Halloween Quiz- Word Problems

Mr. Crow is trying to make a costume. He has 18 yards of black fabric and 23 yards of grey fabric. He lost 4 yards of fabric from mistakes, but used the rest. How much fabric did it take to make the costume?

• 37

• 38

• 67

• 123

Answer explanation

37

Jane and Maggie, were trying to put together a skeleton for decoration. The skeleton has 206 bones to put together, but so far they have only figured out where 51 of the bones go. How many more bones do they have to use to have a complete skeleton?

• 145

• 155

• 200

• 100

Answer explanation

155

A new haunted house opened up in the town of Hauntville where 953 people lived. If everyone but 174 of the residents went to the haunted house, how many more people visited the haunted house?

• 700

• 156

• 779

• 789

Answer explanation

779

After going trick-or-treating, Rachel, Patty, Diane, and Elizabeth counted their candy. Rachel had 87 pieces of candy, Patty had 124 pieces of candy, Diane had 106 pieces of candy, and Elizabeth had 135 pieces of candy. How many pieces of candy did they have altogether?

• 452

• 456

• 300

• 106

Answer explanation

452

Casper wants to go trick-or-treating in his neighborhood with a total of 147 houses. After an hour, he had been to 78 houses. How many more houses does Casper need to go to if he is going to visit all of them?

• 69

• 45

• 67

• 53

Answer explanation

69

Mike and his brother went to a pumpkin patch. On the left side of the field, there were 364 pumpkins, and on the right side of the field, there were 478 pumpkins. How many pumpkins did they have to choose from total?

• 100

• 842

• 700

• 607

Answer explanation

842

Michael and his mom made candy apples. The first batch had 35 apples and the second batch had 27 apples. His sister ate 12 of the apples. How many apples are left?

• 50

• 40

• 60

• 50

Answer explanation

50

Eddie got 84 pieces of candy on Houston Street and 26 pieces of candy from the carnival. He gave 19 pieces of candy to his friend in a Venom costume. How many pieces of candy did Eddie keep?

• 81

• 32

• 91

• 26

Answer explanation

91

Jason visited 17 houses on Halloween. Freddy visited 8 and Michael visited 5. Out of all the houses they visited, 11 did NOT have candy. How many houses all together had candy?

• 19

• 34

• 17

• 25

Answer explanation

19

Bonnie loves mini Snickers bars. She ate 13 before school, 7 at lunch, and 12 after school. Her bag originally had 50 bars in it. How many Snickers does she have left?

• 18

• 23

• 45

• 100

Answer explanation

18