Word Problems Measurement

20 liters of water come out of the faucet into a sink each minute. How much water is in the sink after 13 minutes?

• 278

• 7

• 260

• 33

George was filling up the class aquarium. In the first trip he brought 586 liters of water. In his second trip he brought 928 liters. How many liters did the aquarium hold?

• 1,623

• 1,514

• 342

• 302

My friend says that one tank at the pet store holds 345 liters of water. Amy says that it holds 480 liters of water. What is the difference between the two amounts?

• 135

• 515

• 45

• they are different numbers

Emily is filling up the kiddie pools. Each pool holds 98 liters of water. She has 9 to fill. How many liters of water will she use to fill all the pools?

• 863

• 107

• 882

• 81

Meghan went to the store to buy dog food. She had 12 kilograms of dog food at home but she needs to have 59. How many kilograms of dog food does she need to purchase?

• 708

• 47

• 71

• 57

Mr. Jones walked 472 steps Monday morning, 318 steps on Tuesday morning and 390 steps Wednesday morning. How many steps did he walk altogether?

There were 3 jars of candy corn at the Fall Festival. The first jar had 79 pieces of candy corn, the second jar had 147 pieces of candy corn and the third jar had 144 pieces of candy corn. How many pieces of candy corn were there in all 3 jars combined?

• 291

• 223

• 376

• 370

The store has 150 baseballs. At the end of the month, there were 81 baseballs left. How many baseballs did the store sell?

Susie, Eric, Kim, and Tom each sold 10 boxes of candy bars to raise money for their school. Each box contained 45 candy bars. How many candy bars did the four friends sell together?

• 180 candy bars

• 450 candy bars

• 900 candy bars

• 1800 candy bars

Veronica baked 12 cookies. Her sister baked twice as many cookies as Veronica. How many cookies did they bake altogether?