Basic Word Problems

A classroom currently contains 5 rows of chairs with 7 chairs per row. On parents’ night the classroom had TWICE as many chairs. Which number sentence can be used to find the number of chairs in the classroom on parents’ night?

• 5 + 7 + 2

• 5 x 7 x 2

• 5 x 7 ^÷ 2

• 5 + 7 x 2

Find the number sentence:

Cat had 575 shirts on Monday. On Tuesday she gave away 125 shirts. How many shirts does Cat have left?

• 575-125=

• 575+125

• 575+___=125

• 125+___=575

Sam made 180 cupcakes for the bake festival. Kate also made 180 cupcakes for the bakesale. How many cupcakes did they make altogether?

• 180+___=___

• 180+180=___

• 180+___=___

• ___+180=180

Find the number sentence: Cat had 575 shirts on Monday. She gave away 125 shirts. On Wednesday, she received another 100 shirts. How many shirts does Cat have?

• 575-125+100=__

• 575+125-100=___

• 575+100=125

• 125-100=575

Sheyenne has 23 marbles. Jessica has 5 more marbles than Sheyenne does. How many marbles does Jessica have?

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Emma is baking cookies. She bakes 19 batches of cookies. There are 12 cookies in each batch. How many total cookies did she bake?

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The 4th graders have 546 people going on the field trip. The 5th grades have 789 people going on the field trip. How many more people does 5th grade have going than 4th grade?

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Dante bought a car for $5,677. Malachi bought his car for $10,987. What is the difference in the cost of the 2 cars?

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Marley has 456 brownies and 9 boxes. If she divides the brownies evenly, how many brownies will go in each box?

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The Campbell family went to the grocery on Saturday and spent $134. They went again on Monday and spent $65. On Thursday they spent $78 more. How much did the Campbell family spend altogether at the grocery this week?

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