Math Word Problems with Graphs

Reed had some baseball cards in an album. He gave away 131 cards. Now he has 372 cards in his album. Reed made a strip diagram to model the number of cards he started with.

Which set of number sentences shows how Reed found the number of cards he started with?

• __ = 131 + 372

  372 + 131 = 503

• __ + 131 = 372

  372 + 131 = 530

• __ – 131 = 372

  372 - 131 = 241

How many students have blue for a favorite color?

• 11

• 12

• 14

• 17

How many more people have purple for a favorite color than red?

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 9

How many people like cheese pizza the best?

• 5

• 10

• 25

• 50

How many students take the bus to school?

• 35

• 20

• 10

• 15

Which character did exactly 10 people say was their favorite?

• Mickey Mouse

• Dora

• Daffy Duck

• Sponge Bob

How many more people like the color purple than blue?

• 1

• 3

• 6

• 8

How many cones were sold in all?

• 16

• 21

• 11

• 33

How many books did the class read in May and July?

• 70

• 25

• 65

• 75

What type of graph is this?

• Bar Graph

• Pictograph

• Line Plot

• Tally Chart