Word Problems Practice

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 paint brushes 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

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

A local bookstore sold 98 copies of a cookbook. The book was on sale for $17.75. How much did the bookstore make on the cookbooks all together?

• $1,739.50

• $1,607.05

• $2,705.00

• $1,760.70

Vanessa has a ribbon that is 3720 inches long. She wants to divide in into 4 equal parts. What will be the length of each part?

• 1560 inches

• 360 inches

• 830 inches

• 930 inches

Eli bought 880 green slimy candy bars. He wanted to divide the candy evenly for his 12 kids. How many candy bars would each kid get, and how many would be left over?

• Each kid would get 73 green slimy candy bars and none would be left over.

• Each kid would get 75 green slimy candy bars and none would be left over.

• Each kid would get 4 green slimy candy bars and 73 would be left over.

• Each kid would get 73 green slimy candy bars and 4 would be left over.

William has 3614 books. He can put 91 books on each shelf in his bookshelf. How many bookshelves can he fill with books and how many books are leftover to be filled in the shelf?

• 38 shelves & 64 leftover books

• 39 shelves & 64 leftover books

• 40 shelves and 65 leftover books

• 39 shelves and 65 leftover books

Julian is going to buy bagels for the teachers at Motley Elementary. A dozen bagels cost $6.85. A single bagel costs $0.79. If Julian buys 3 dozens and one single, how much will he have to pay?

• $20.55

• $21.24

• $21.84

• $21.34

Evann goes to baseball practice on Mondays and Thursdays. Each practice lasts 2.15 hours. How many hours of baseball practice does Evann attend in 3 weeks?

• 11.75 hours

• 12.9 hours

• 13.3 hours

• 15.05 hours