Math Review - Word Problems

An office manager just got back from vacation, so he has a pile of 115 letters to read. Then, the mail carrier comes and delivers 83 more letters for him. How many letters does the office manager have now?

• 198

• 32

• 215

• 169

A treasure hunter discovered a buried treasure chest. She opened it up and discovered that it contained 527 diamonds and 85 rubies. How many gems were in the chest?

• 625

• 442

• 612

• 452

Doug and Joe swam in a relay race. Doug swam the backstroke for 53 seconds. Then Joe finished the race. Their total time was 136 seconds. How long did it take Joe to swim his leg of the race?

• 189

• 83

• 72

• 201

Nina won an award because she wrote 578 popular songs. However, she also wrote 10 songs that weren't popular. How many songs did Nina write?

• 448 songs

• 568 songs

• 588 songs

• 589 songs

Megan just started working at a French restaurant. Last week, she polished 856 small glasses and 44 large glasses. How many glasses did she polish?

• 44 only large glasses

• 956 glasses

• 812 glasses

• 900 glasses

Tucker runs his own baking company. This morning, Tucker's workers baked 77 coconut cream pies. They also baked some more after lunch. In total, they baked 687 coconut cream pies. How many coconut cream pies did Tucker's workers bake after lunch?

• 800 pies

• 764 pies

• 610 pies

• 710 pies

Answer explanation

Subtract the number of coconut cream pies baked this morning from the total number of coconut cream pies.

Subtract:

687− 77

Subtract the ones.

687– 770

Subtract the tens.

687– 7710

Subtract the hundreds.

687– 77610

The difference is 610.

Tucker's workers baked 610 coconut cream pies after lunch.

The 3 kindergarten teachers ordered some new whiteboard markers to share equally. They could afford 5 packs with 6 markers in each. How many markers will each teacher get?

• 25

• 15

• 30

• 10

Brandon wants to buy 8 candles. If there are 4 candles in each box, how many boxes of candles should Brandon buy?

• 2

• 8

• 6

• 4

Rick wants to buy 36 cat toys. If there are 9 cat toys in each pack, how many packs of cat toys should Rick buy?

• 4

• 6

• 8

• 9

Jordan bakes 16 brownies and arranges them equally on 8 plates to give to 8 neighbors. How many brownies does each neighbor receive?

• 2

• 8

• 6

• 16