OLS 13.5 Word Problems

Jackelyn wants to buy One Direction concert tickets. The tickets cost $89. She saved $30 from babysitting, $27 from chores found $4.31 behind the couch. How much does she still need to save?

• $61.31

• $59

• $119

• $27.69

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Francisco bought 4 boxes of candy. Later he bought 2 more boxes. How many boxes did he have total?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

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

Solve the problem.

Damian played 8 games of basketball with his friends. If Damian scored 2 points each game, how many points did he score total?

• 16 points

• 10 points

• 6 points

• 4 points

What is this problem asking you to do?

James was drawing super heroes on a sheet of scrap paper. He drew 4 heroes on the front and 8 heroes on the back. How many heroes did he draw total?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

The Lin family spent $800 on 4 airplane tickets. Each ticket was the same price. How much was each ticket?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

John has 8 cabinets, he splits 139 papers between 7 cabinets. He put the remaining papers in the 8th cabinet. How many papers did he put in the 8th cabinet?

• 19

• 20

• 6

What is this problem asking you to do?

Alexah was helping her mom pick apples from the tree in their front yard. Together they picked 10 total. If 4 of the apples were bad, how many good apples did they pick?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

There are 8 butterflies. 4 are yellow. The rest of the butterflies are white. How many butterflies are white?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 12