Math Word Problems Identifying Operation

John likes to collect coins. John got 38 coins from his brother, 21 coins from his mother, as well as 19 coins from Fred. However, John lost 29 coins before putting those coins into his piggybank. How many coins does John have in his piggybank?

• 78 Coins

• 49 coins

• 50 coins

• 38 coins

Keith wants 180 cupcakes for his party. Keith has already made 48 cocoa cupcakes, and 60 cherry cupcakes. How many more cupcakes does Keith need to make?

• 70 Cupcakes

• 45 Cupcakes

• 12 Cupcakes

• 72 Cupcakes

At an amusement park, Sara wants to ride a rollercoaster that costs 16 tickets, a bumper car that costs 22 tickets, and a merry-go-round that costs 25 tickets. Sara had 31 tickets, but lost 5 of them on a ride. How many more tickets does she need?

• 37 tickets

• 40 tickets

• 35 tickets

• 3 tickets

Sara had 226 kitty stickers. Sara gave 66 stickers to Joan, 50 stickers to her sister and an additional 54 stickers to Mike. How many stickers does Sara still have?

• 46 stickers

• 56 stickers

• 85 stickers

• 7 stickers

Mary made 3 different stacks of wooden blocks. The first stack was 7 blocks high, the second stack was 3 block(s) higher than the first, and the final stack was 7 block(s) higher than the second. In total, how many blocks did Mary use for all 3 stacks?

• 30 blocks

• 50 blocks

• 34 blocks

• 44 blocks

For softball season, Sandy decided to buy a ball for $7.90, new shorts for $18.10, as well as a pair of softball shoes for $49.50. Sandy currently has $20.60, and a coupon for $13.00 off her purchase. How much more money does Sandy need to complete her purchase?

• $41.90

• $41.09

• $14.90

• $32.50

Alyssa, Sally, Jason, and Melanie each have 33 Pokemon cards. Sally has 25 baseball cards. How many Pokemon cards do they have in all ?

• 150 Pokemon cards

• 232 Pokemon cards

• 132 Pokemon cards

• 78 Pokemon cards

There are twenty-six children in the classroom, each student will get twenty-eight pencils and thirty-six erasers. How many pencils will the teacher have to give out ?

• 400 pencils

• 1,664 pencils

• 500 pencils

• 728 pencils

Mary bought 255 crayons that came in packs of 15. There were 5 colors of crayons. How many packs of crayons did Mary buy?

• 17 packs

• 1,275 packs

• 85 packs

• 20 packs

There were a total of 192 basketball games in the season, and 8 are played at night. The season is played for 12 months. How many games were played each month, if each month has the same number of games?

• 24 games

• 17 games

• 16 games

• 128 games