Match Number Sentences to Word Problems

To do something Saturday afternoon, Sue thought she would like to take her two daughters to the movies, and she only has two-twenty dollar bills in her wallet. She would like to take Sarah (age 13) and Ann (age 11) and herself to an 11am movie. For snack she will get three drinks, one bag of popcorn and a bag of gummies. Which expression lets us find out the cost of the movie tickets?

• 3 x $3

• 4 x $3

• $10 x 2 + $8

• $10 + 2 x $8

To do something Saturday afternoon, Sue thought she would like to take her two daughters to the movies, and she only has two-twenty dollar bills in her wallet. She would like to take Sarah (age 13) and Ann (age 11) and herself to an 11am movie. For snack she will get three drinks, one bag of popcorn and a bag of gummies. Which expression lets us find out the the amount of change Sue would get back?

• 2 x $20 - 3 x $3 + 3 x $3 + $4 + $2

• 2 x $20 - (3 x $3) + (3 x $3 + $4 + $2)

• 2 x $20 - (3 x $3 + 3 x $3 + $4 + $2)

• (3 x $3 + 3 x $3 + $4 + $2) - 2 x $20

• (3 x $3) + (3 x $3 + $4 + $2) - 2 x $20

Summer scores 10 points fewer than Keira, who scores 40 points. Imogen scored half as many points as Summer. Which Mathematical sentence would allow you to determine Imogen's score?

• 40 - 10 ÷ 2

• (40 ÷ 10) ÷ 2

• (40 - 10) ÷ 2

• 30 ÷ 2

Answer explanation

the 30 is needed to find the answer but you had to calculate it first by doing 40 - 10

A small factory makes children’s coats. The last step in the production process is to sew 4 buttons down the front of each coat. Every day, an inspector makes sure that the coats are perfect. If there is any problem with a coat it is placed in a special room. On the wall of the sewing room, a display board shows the number of buttons used in the factory that day. At the end of one day, the inspector noticed that the display board indicated that 460 buttons had been used. He also noticed that 7 red and 7 blue coats had been placed in his special room. Match the mathematical sentence that the manager was trying to determine.

• 460 ÷ 4

• The number of non defective coats

• 7 x 2

• the number of coats made that day

• 460 ÷ 4 - (7 + 7)

• The number of defective coats

Mr. Nolan paid $36.95 for each adult shirt and $23.95 for each youth shirt he bought. Mr. Nolan bought 2 adult shirts and 5 youth shirts. How much money did he spend on these shirts?

• $167.35

• $258.65

• $232.65

• $193.65

Jonathan buys 4 sheets of 10 stamps each and 2 sheets of 8 stamps each. He uses 25 stamps on envelopes. Which equation can be used to find n, the number of stamps Jonathan has left?

• (4 + 10 x 2 + 8) - 25 = n

• 4(10) + 2(8) - 25 = n

• 4(10) + 2(8) + 25 = n

• 10 + 8 - 25

Mrs. Nunez had 182 paper clips in a container on her desk. She ordered another 19 boxes, each box had 48 paper clips in it. How many paper clips does she have now.

Hint: Multi-step

• 912

• 3,458

• 1,094

• 8,736

Ms. Ritter put 45 marbles in a jar. Then, four of her students put in 12 marbles each. Then, nine of her students put in 18 marbles each. Which expression represents how many marbles are in the jar?

• 45 + (4 + 12) × (9 + 18)

• 45 + (4 × 12) + (9 × 18)

• 45 × (4 + 12) + (9 + 18)

• 45 ÷ (4 × 12) + (9 × 18)

Ben had 5 sheets of stickers.

*Each sheet had 12 stickers on it.

*Ben gave 23 stickers to his sister.

*He gave 16 stickers to his brother.

Which equation can be used to determine s, how many stickers Ben has left?

• (5x12)-23-16=s

• (12+5)-23-16=s

• (5x12)-23+16=s

• (12x5)+23-16=s

Charlene had n pieces of candy. She gave 4 pieces to each of her eight friends. Now she has 16 pieces left. Which number sentence represents this situation?

• n − (4 × 8) = 16

• (4 × 8) − 16 = n

• n + (4 × 8) = 16

• n + 16 = (4 × 8)