Single Step Word Problems All Operations

Mrs. Knight and Ms. Carpenter sell flags to raise money for their club. Mrs. Knight sells 457 flags and Ms. Carpenter sells 686 flags.  Who sells more flags? How many more? 

• Mrs. Knight, 229

• Ms. Carpenter, 229

• Mrs. Knight, 219

• Ms. Carpenter, 219 

A total of 3,718 tickets were sold for a skating show. Of that total, 1,279 were adult tickets. The remaining tickets were child tickets. How many child tickets were sold?

• 2,439

• 2,561

• 3,439

• 4,997

A desktop computer that Hunter likes costs $1,275. A laptop model of the same computer costs $1,648. How much more does the laptop cost?

• $473

• $433

• $373

• $333

Jared made sixty dollars mowing lawns over the summer. If he spent thirty-nine dollars buying new mower blades, how many seven dollar games could he buy with the money he had left?

• 21 games

• 3 games

• 7 games

• 99 games

Each pack of pencils contains 8 pencils. Sahil bough 3 packs and divided them equally among 6 people. How many pencils did each person get? 

• 24

• 4

• 17

• 5

Kaya has 20 photos of dogs and 30 photos of cats. She displayed an equal number of them on 10 posters for a fund raiser for an animal shelter. How many photos were on each poster? 

• 5

• 150

• 60

• 20

The Oregon Trail is 2,197 miles long. How long would it take a covered wagon traveling 20 miles a day to complete the trip? (round up)

• 100 days

• 110 days

• 95 days

• 120 days

Burger city will need to hire 648 new employees for all the restaurants it plans on opening next year.  If 24 employees are needed to run each restaurant, how many restaurants are being opened next year?

• 24

• 37

• 30

• 27

What is this problem asking you to do? Francisco bought 4 boxes of candy. Later he bought 2 more boxes. How many boxes did he have total?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

Francisco bought 4 boxes of candy. Later he bought 2 more boxes. How many boxes did he have total?

• 8 boxes

• 6 boxes

• 4 boxes

• 2 boxes