Math Word Problems Difference

Mario has room for 15 more minutes of songs on his iPod. He is going to upload three songs that are 5.15, 4.4, and 4.8 minutes long. About how many minutes will he have room for after he uploads these three songs?

• 2 minutes

• 5 minutes

• 3 minutes

• 1 minute

Barb is making a brick border around her patio. The distance around her patio measures approximately 553 inches. Each brick is about 8 inches long. About how many bricks will Barb need to make the border?

• 90

• 70

• 40

• 30

Juanita made a fruit salad. She put 3 7/8 cups of cantaloupe and 2 2/4 cups of honeydew melon in the salad. About how may cups of melon did she put in the fruit salad?

• 6 cups

• 5 cups

• 4 1/2 cups

• 1 1/4 cups 

Dorian paid $15.95 and $5.50 for two books. About how much money did he pay for the books?

• $20

• $15

• $25

• $30

Mr. Anderson had 185 pieces of wood.  He sold 25 pieces of wood to his neighbor and stacked the rest of the wood into piles around his house.  Each pile of wood contained 40 pieces of wood.  Which equation can be used to find p, the number of piles of wood Mr. Anderson made?

• p = (185+25)+40 

• p = (185−25)−40 

• p=(185+25)×40 

• p=(185−25)÷40 

Michael, Noah, and Rohan were playing in a toy store. Initially, the store had 897 toys. During their playtime, they noticed that 412 toys were sold. How many toys are left in the store now?

• 485

• 312

• 724

• 600

Mandy earned $5.00 for allowance. She bought an ice cream cone for $1.25 and a pack of stickers for 50 cents. How much money does Mandy have left?

• 3.25

• 6.75

• 4.35

• 11.75

Solve the word problem: There were 789 books in the library. 345 books were borrowed. How many books are left in the library?

• 123

• 444

• 567

• 678

Mr. Elachkar sold 247 meals on Tuesday at his restaurant. He sold 516 meals on Wednesday. What is the difference between the numbers of meals Mr. Elachkar sold on these two days?

• 763

• 331

• 379

• 269

Mr. Anderson had 185 pieces of wood. He sold 25 pieces of wood to his neighbor and stacked the rest of the wood into piles around his house. Each pile of wood contained 40 pieces of wood. Which equation can be used to find p, the number of piles of wood Mr. Anderson made?

• p = (185 + 25) + 40

• p = (185 - 25) - 40

• p = (185 + 25) × 40

• p = (185 - 25) ÷ 40