Single Step Word Problems

Adriana has 4 stacks of quarters. There are 6 quarters in each stack. How many quarters does Adriana have in all?

• 16

• 36

• 24

• 20

Olivier has 30 marshmallows. He wants to put an equal number of marshmallows into 6 cups of hot cocoa. How many marshmallows will go in each cup?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

A stationary store had 5,300 greeting cards. If they sold 3,710 cards, how many cards are left?

• 2,410

• 9,010

• 1,690

• 1,590

There are 5 bags of beans. Each bag contains 40 beans. How many beans are there in all?

• 160

• 200

• 220

• 225

Brent gave 24 gumballs to 4 friends. Each friend got the same amount of gumballs. How many gumballs did each friend get?

• 24

• 4

• 20

• 6

Sarah has 8 apples and buys 5 more. She then gives 4 apples to her friend. How many apples does she have now?

• 11

• 1

• 9

• 17

Tom bakes 24 cookies. He puts them into boxes with 6 cookies each. How many boxes does he use?

• 9

• 30

• 2

• 4

A movie ticket costs $8. If you buy 4 tickets, what is the total cost?

• $4

• $12

• $16

• $32

A box contains 12 chocolates. If each person gets 3 chocolates and there are 4 people, how many chocolates are distributed?

• 7

• 1

• 12

• 24

A company calculated their advertising expenses for their accountant. The company spent $175,543 on online advertising and $102,875 on print advertising. How much money did the company spend on advertising in all?