Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide Word Problems

Dave bought 4.1 pounds of potatoes and 0.9 pounds of carrots. How many pounds of vegetables did he buy in all?

Evelyn bought 4 spools of brown thread. She got 726 inches of thread in all. How many inches of thread were on each spool?

If gas costs $2.35 a gallon, and it takes 16.3 gallons to fill up my tank. How much will a tank of gas cost? 

• $38.307

• $38.31

• $6.91

• $13.95

3.69 ÷ 0.9

• 4.1

• 4.3

• 3.1

• 4.2

If a train travels 60 miles per hour and you want to know how far it will travel in 3 hours, which operation should you use?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

• A

• B

• C

• D

7.3B

• A

• B

• C

• D

Corrine bought 8.4 pounds of almonds. She divided them into 30 snack-size bags. How many pounds are in each bag?

•  0.28 pound

• 28 pounds

$4.25 x 3.1

• 1.3175

• 13.175

• 131.75

• 1317.5

Paige was measuring how much taller she got over two years. In the first year she grew 4.62 cm. In the second year she grew 7.7 cm. How much taller did she get altogether?

• 12.3 cm

• 3.8 years

• 12.32 cm

• 12.32 years