One Step Math Word Problems

Josh has 24 crayons. Jessy has 15 fewer than that. How many crayons does Jessy have?

• 9

• 10

• 39

• 8

Mary had 14 stuffed animals. Don has half that amount. How many stuffed animals does Don have?

• 14

• 28

• 6

• 7

Nancy eats 50 calories at breakfast. Blaine eats triple that amount. How many calories did Blaine eat at breakfast?

• 100

• 150

• 25

• 200

There were 24 flags for flag football. 12 of the flags are yellow. The rest are red. How many red flags are there?

• 24

• 36

• 18

• 12

Carson bought 5 boxes of pens.  There were 45 pens in each box.  How  many pens did Carson buy?

• 50 pens

• 9 pens

• 40 pens

• 225 pens

Sam and Austin are each collecting magazines for recycling.  Sam collected 489 magazines.  Austin collected 893 magazines.  How many magazines did they collect in all?

• 404 magazines

• 1,382 magazines

• 432,212 magazines

• 1.8 magazines

David is reading a book with 149 pages in it.  He has 30 pages left to finish the book.  How many page has David read so far?

• 179 pages

• 146 pages

• 5 pages

• 119 pages

Lauren is five inches shorter than Justin.  If Justin is 71 inches tall and weighs 143 pounds, how tall is Lauren?

• 76 inches

• 66 inches

• 72 inches

• 219 inches

Julie bought six bags of gummy bears.  There are 12 gummy bears in each bag.  How many gummy bears did Julie buy in all?

• 18 gummy bears

• 2 gummy bears

• 6 gummy bears

• 72 gummy bears

Ms. Muolo needs to buy 120 hamburger buns for her big summer barbecue.  The hamburger buns come in packages of 8.  How many packages does she need to buy?

• 128 packages

• 112 packages

• 15 packages

• 960 packages