Number Sense Word Problems

Jan had $20.00. He bought a board game for $8.49. How much money does he have left?

• $11.51

• $11.59

• $12.51

• $11.49

Marnie and Cass are able to run the farthest in the school. Marnie's farthest run is 9.5 miles and Cass's is 8.8 miles. What is the difference in their running distance?

• 1.7 miles

• 18.3 miles

• 83.6 miles

• 0.7 miles

The Johnson family is having a busy weekend. They have to drive 325.7 miles to Aunt Mary's wedding and then continue 88.1 miles to a graduation. What is the total distance the family will travel on their trip?

• 413.8

• 403.8

• 237.6

• 28694.17

Two friends went to an apple orchard to pick apples. Karla picked 4.25 pounds and Ben ped 3.8 pounds of apples. How many pounds of apples did they pick in all?

• 0.45 pounds

• 16.15 pounds

• 8.05 pounds

• 7.05 pounds

Last weekend, Jack went to play in the park near his house. He rode the new bicycle gifted by his grandma on his birthday. After reaching the park, Jack saw that there were 14 tricycles and bicycles. If there were totally 38 wheels, how many tricycles were there in the park?

• 8

• 9

• 10

• 11

Sophie has $14 and plans to save $5 each week until she has the $64 she needs for a new jacket.  How many weeks will it take Sophie to save money for a new jacket?

• 11 weeks

• 10 weeks

• 12 weeks

• 13 weeks

Ziana has $14 and plans to save $5 each week until she has the $64 she needs for a new jacket.  How many weeks will it take Ziana to save money for a new jacket?

• 11 weeks

• 10 weeks

• 12 weeks

• 13 weeks

Keith bought a soft drink for 2 dollars and 6 candy bars. He spent a total of 14 dollars. How much did each candy bar cost? 

• $12

• $6

• $2

• $3

A business that rents cars is open for 8 hours on Monday. On Monday morning the business had 45 cars. The business rented 3 cars to customers during each of the first 5 hours. The business rented 2 cars to customers during each of the next 3 hours. The total number of cars that were brought back to the business by customers on Monday was 17. In which equation does c represent the number of cars the business had at the end of the day on Monday?

• 0. c = 45−(5+3)−(3+2)+17

• 0. c = 45−(5×3)−(3×2)−17

• 0. c = 45−(5+3)−(3+2)−17

• 0. c = 45−(5×3)−(3×2)+17

Mark set a goal to bike 100 miles in a week. If he bikes 12 miles every day of the week, then will he meet his goal?

• Yes, he biked 12 miles more than his goal

• Yes, he biked 20 miles more than his goal

• No, he needs to bike 40 more miles

• No, he needs to bike 16 more miles