Word Problems

A popular rock band has scheduled 29 cities for the upcoming tour. Their goal is to sell 350 tickets for each show. How many tickets in all need to be sold for them to meet that goal?

• 9,500

• 10,150

• 10,000

• 8,750

Rasheed bought 20 bags of candy for the class valentine’s day party. Eight of the bags had 32 pieces of candy each. Twelve of the bags has 132 pieces of candy each. How many pieces of candy did Rasheed buy?

• 1,830

• 1,900

• 1,840

• 164

An organization held an all-you-can-eat pasta dinner for a local charity and sold tickets for $32.00. That night 215 people came. What was the total amount they raised for the charity?

• 5,880

• 6,000

• 4,800

• 6,880

The company took 59 employees to a management conference across the country. Each round trip plane ticket cost $799. What was the total amount needed to take the employees to the conference?

• 47,000

• 46,141

• 47,141

• 48,000

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

Sofia earns $10 a week for babysitting. She wants to buy a new scooter for $75. How many weeks will she have to babysit to earn enough money to buy her scooter?

• 7 weels

• 3 weeks

• 8 weeks

• 9 weeks

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.

• 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)

Mrs. Zapata paid a total of $8.17 to mail three packages. She paid $2.77 to mail the first package. She paid $3 to mail the second package. How much did Mrs. Zapata pay to mail the third package?

• $3.60

• 6.37

• $2.40

• Not here

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