word problems

An art teacher had 342 paint brushes.

-She threw away 87 broken paint brushes .

-Then she bought 150 more paint brushes.

Which equation shows how to find the number of crayons the art teacher has now?

• 342 - 87 - 150 =

• 342 - 87 + 150 =

• 342 + 87 + 150 =

• 342 + 87 - 150 =

Max's goal is to practice playing drums for 300 minutes this week.

On Sunday he practiced for 127 minutes. On Tuesday he practiced for 38 minutes.

How many more minutes does Max need to practice in order to meet his goal?

• 135

• 465

• 165

• 145

Crystal has 25 lollipops.  Angie has 12 more lollipops than Crystal.  How many lollipops do the girls have all together?

• 37
• 62
• 49
• 13

The temperature was 80 degrees in the afternoon.  It was 50 degrees in the evening.  How much did the temperature change?

• 25 degrees
• 30 degrees
• 130 degrees
• 20 degrees

A teacher bought 12 packets of crayons. Seven of the packets had 9 crayons and the other five packets had 10 crayons How many crayons did the teacher buy in all?

• 113
• 50
• 63
• 120

Snow fell in Newton twice in one day. The town received 3/8 inch of snow in the morning and another 1/2 inch of snow in the afternoon. How many total inches of snow fell in Newton on that day?

• 1/8
• 3/10
• 5/8
• 7/8

A batch of oatmeal cookies calls for 3/4 cup of oatmeal. Ellen wants to double the batch. How much oatmeal will Ellen need?

• 3

• 3 1/8

• 1 1/2

• 4 4/6

There are seven gloves in the lost & found box. There are two blue gloves, three green gloves, one black glove, and one brown glove. What fraction of the gloves are black?

• 1/7
• 2/7
• 3/7
• 6/7

A local bookstore sold 342 copies of a cookbook. The book was on sale for $17.75. How much did the bookstore make on the cookbooks all together?

• $6070.50

• $607.05

• $60705.00

• $60.70

Jacob bought 5 bottles of orange juice at a market. Each bottle cost $2.43. How much did the orange juice cost all together?

• $7.43
• $10.05
• $12.15
• $20.05