Solving Word Problems Adding and Subtracting

Ms. Grim and Mr. Warner are planning a giant party for the whole school. They have $10,000 to spend. They want to spend $2,500 on decorations, $3,000 on renting a place and DJ, and the rest on the food. How much money will they have for food?

• $5,500

• $6,000

• $4,000

• $4,500

The list below shows the number of texts sent each week by students in one month.

Week 1 - 15,687 texts sent

Week 2 - 23,975 texts sent

Week 3 - 18,678 texts sent

Week 4 - 22,451 texts sent

ABOUT how many more messages were sent during week 4 than week 3? (REMEMBER: about means to estimate to the closest answer!)

• 12,000

• 15,000

• 4,000

• 5,000

Dawson filled a bag with soil. The bag weighed 3.575 pounds. He poured some soil from the bag into a planter. The bag now weighed 1.837 pounds. How much soil did Dawson pour into the planter?

• 1.738 pounds

• 5.412 pounds

• 1.748 pounds

• 2.748 pounds

Ms. Brooks was shopping on Amazon. She bought an audiobook for $16.99, a toy for Zoe for $8.99, and candy for her class for $3.48. She used a coupon to save $5.00 off her order. A shipping cost of $3.50 was added to the order. What was her total cost?

• $27.96

• $24.46

• $29.46

• $37.96

Menu

Cheeseburger - $4.83

Salad - $2.79

Candy Bar - $0.50

Sweet Tea - $0.95

Bottled Water - $0.75

Ms. Compton bought a bottled water and a candy bar. Ms. Basham bought a cheeseburger, candy bar, and a sweet tea. What is the difference between the amount of money Ms. Compton spent, and the amount of money Ms. Basham spent?

• $1.25

• $5.03

• $6.28

• $7.53

Ms. Beard went shopping for Halloween supplies and spent $76.52 on three items. The list below shows the price of two of the three items she bought. How much did Ms. Beard spend on the dancing skeleton?

Candy for Trick or Treaters - $34.75

Dancing Skeleton - ?

Scary Movies - $16.99

• $128.26

• $51.74

• $17.76

• $24.78

Bob's mom weighs 174.3 pounds (BOB! Don't tell your mom's weight to people!). Bob weighs 42.9 pounds. What is the difference in these weights?

• 131.4 pounds

• 217.2 pounds

• 178.59 pounds

• 60.33 pounds

Veronica wanted to bike 10 miles over the weekend for exercise. She biked 3.52 miles on Friday and 4.546 miles on Saturday. How many more miles does she need to bike on Sunday to reach her goal?

• 5.454

• 1.934

• 8.066

• 6.48

Choose each list of numbers that are ordered correctly from GREATEST to LEAST. You must select ALL correct answers!

• 5.06, 4.09, 4.99, 1.99

• 5.06, 4.99, 4.09, 1.99

• 3.3, 2.5, 2.05, 1.68

• 3.3, 2.05, 2.5, 1.68

Which decimal, when it is rounded to the nearest tenth, would be 9.8?

• 9.834

• 9.082

• 9.866

• 9.735