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Number Sense Word Problems

Authored by Anthony Clark

Mathematics

5th Grade

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Number Sense Word Problems
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Write an Equation.
A 1,000-pound horse eats about 25 pounds of hay a day. How many days would it take the horse to eat 400 pounds of hay?

25x = 400

x/25 = 400

x + 25 = 400

x - 25 = 400

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Write an Equation.
Lee is 32 years younger than his mother and his mother is 67 years old. How old is Lee?

x + 32 = 67

x - 32 = 67

32x = 67

x/32 = 67

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Write an Equation.
Elroy is taking a train to downtown. The train has made 11 stops already and will make another 23 stops before it reaches its destination. How many total stops are there on the train route?

x − 11 = 23

x/11 = 23

11x = 23

x + 11 = 23

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Write an Equation.
The Houston Rockets scored 66 points in the second half. There are 24 minutes in a half. What was their average number of points per minute?

24x = 66

x/24 = 66

x + 24 = 66

x - 24 = 66

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Write an Equation.
It takes two-thirds of a yard of fabric to make a pillowcase. How many pillowcases can be made from 16 yards of fabric?

2/3 x =16

16x = 2/3

x + 2/3 = 16

x - 2/3 = 16

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Write an Equation.
Kiesha has $250 in two-dollar bills in her teller drawer at the bank. How many bills does she have?

2x = 250

x/2 = 250

x + 2 = 250

x - 2 = 250

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Write an Equation.
McKenzie is putting away holiday decorations. She has put 36 decorations away and still has 97 left to put away. How many holiday decorations did she have out?

x − 36 = 97

x + 36 = 97

36x = 97

x/36 = 97

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

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