Number Problems

James bough four 8-ounce bottles of water for a hiking trip. He drank 28 ounces. How many ounces of water are left?

• 20

• 32

• 4

• 36

Vanessa was making 7 salads. She opened a can of olives and put 6 olives on each salad. Then she ate the rest of the olives in the can. If there were 51 olives to start with, how many olives did Vanessa eat? 

• 9

• 64

• 38

• 11

Kim and Sarah sold bags of cookies.

• Each bag has 8 cookies
• Kim sold 4 bags of cookies
• Sarah sold 5 bags of cookies

What is the total number of cookies that Kim and Sarah sold together?

• 60

• 52

• 17

• 72

Danielle sorted her marbles into 8 groups. She put 3 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 2 yellow marbles in each group. How many marbles did she have in all?

• 16

• 18

• 24

• 64

Wanda bought three boxes of cookies. Two boxes had 10 cookies. The third box had 8 cookies. Which equation shows the total number of cookies, c, Wanda bought?

• 2 + 10 + 8 = c

• 2 × 10 + 8 = c

• 2 × 10 × 8 = c

• 2 + 10 × 8 = c

Michael is preparing for an upcoming bike race. His goal is to bike a total of 48 miles this week. In the first 4 days, he biked 5 miles each day. In the next 2 days he biked 8 miles each day. How many more miles does he need to bike on the last day to reach his goal?

• 8

• 11

• 12

• 14

Ms. Weiss cooked some pancakes for herself and 3 family members. She made 28 pancakes to split equally. How many pancakes will each person receive?

• 7

• 4

• 3

• 8

Sarah had $139. She worked and earned some more money. She now has $302 total. How much money did she earn while working?

• $441

• $139

• $163

• $63

Mr. Brizz drinks 8 ounces of coffee everyday. How many ounces of coffee will he drink in a 7 day week?

• 15

• 56

• 48

• 54

In the following word problem, what is the operation needed to solve the first step? Annabel was running in the Fun Run to raise money for her school. Her parents donated $8 per lap. Her grandparents donated $4 per lap. She ran 12 laps. How much money did she raise during the Fun Run?

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division