Word Problem Review

In September, Liberty Elementary School collected 32,537 cans for a fundraiser. In October, they collected 207,492 cans. How many cans were collected during September and October?

• 74,955

• 240,029

• 240,929

• 239,969

A baseball stadium sold some burgers. 2,806 were cheeseburgers. 1,679 burgers didn’t have cheese. How many burgers did they sell in all?

• 4,486

• 1,127

• 4,4475

• 4,485

Mrs. Smith had 12 donuts. She bought 25 more. How many does she have now?

• 37
• 63
• 13
• 47

Mary had 24 cookies. She made 31 more cookies. How many cookies does she have now?

• 55
• 53
• 35
• 13

Coco the Clown was making balloon animals at a birthday party.  26 children wanted dog balloon animals and 17 wanted bears.  How many balloon animals did Coco the Clown make at the party?

• 21
• 43
• 45
• 33

After two games of the 5th grade basketball season, the team has a 1 win, 1 loss record. In their win, the team scored 56 points. For their loss, they scored 27 points. How many more points did the team score in their first game than their second game? 

• 19 points
• 39 points
• 29 points 
• 49 points 

Megan has 27 seashells. How many more seashells does she need to find to have 64 seashells in her collection?

• 37

• 91

• 81

• 47

Cindy’s mom baked 41 cookies. Paul’s dad baked 38 cookies. Cindy and Paul ate 6 cookies each and then brought them to school for a party. How many cookies did they bring to school altogether?

• 85

• 73

• 3

• 35

Beth has 74 crayons. She gives 25 of them away to Jen. How many crayons does Beth have left?

• 99

• 49

• 51

• 126

79 birds were sitting in a tree. 21 more birds flew up to the tree. How many birds were there altogether in the tree?

• 100

• 58

• 90

• 68