Word Problems

Working alone at a constant rate, Carla can wash a load of dishes in 42 minutes. If Carla works together with Dan and they both work at constant rates, it takes them 28 minutes to wash the same load of dishes. Working at a constant rate, how long would it take Dan to wash the load of dishes by himself?

• 50 minutes

• 1 hour

• 84 minutes

• 2 hours

Sheyenne has 23 marbles. Jessica has 5 more marbles than Sheyenne does. How many marbles does Jessica have?

• Multiply

• Divide

• Subtract

• Add

Emma is baking cookies. She bakes 19 batches of cookies. There are 12 cookies in each batch. How many total cookies did she bake?

• Multiply

• Divide

• Add

• Subtract

Our dog had 6 puppies. We gave away 4. We kept the rest. How many puppies do we have left?

• 2

• 10

• 8

A theater can seat 460 people at one time. If a movie in the theater fills every seat, every day for 3 weeks, how many tickets were sold?

• 1,380

• 9,660

• 9,200

• 13,800

The 5th grade class at Greenways Intermediate School sold more chocolate bars than any other class. They ordered 576 boxes of chocolate. Each box held 24 chocolate bars. How many chocolate bars did they sell?

• 13,818
• 3,456
• 13,824
• 13,248

A banana contains 105 calories. Last week, Nate and Haley ate a total of 14 bananas. How many calories did they eat?

• 525
• 1,450
• 1,470
• 4,305

An office needs to buy 20 new printers and 100 packages of paper. Each printer costs $300. Each package of paper costs $25. What is the cost of the printers and paper combined?

• $8,000

• $445

• $8,500

• $325

A company sells jerseys for $50 each. In October they see 32 jerseys. In April, they sold 55 jerseys. What is the total amount of money they earned by selling jerseys in October and April combined?

• $1,600

• $4,350

• $2,750

• $4,000

How many eggs are in 2 dozens?

• 10

• 2

• 12

• 24