NBT Word Problems

Vanessa has a ribbon that is 372 inches long. She wants to divide in into 4 equal parts. What will be the length of each part?

• 156 inches

• 36 inches

• 83 inches

• 93 inches

Mr. Jones walked 472 steps Monday morning, 318 steps on Tuesday morning and 390 steps Wednesday morning. How many steps did he walk altogether?

Mr. Johnson ordered 32 boxes of paper clips. There were 86 paper clips in each box. How many paper clips does Mr. Johnson have for his classroom now?

• 2,679 paper clips

• 2,752 paper clips

• 3,302 paper clips

• 3,592 paper clips

• 1,883

• 883

• 783

• 873

Ben had 5 sheets of stickers. Each sheet had 12 stickers on it. Ben gave 23 stickers to his sister. He gave 16 stickers to his brother. Which equation can be used to determine s, how many stickers Ben has left?

• (5x12)-23-16=s

• (12+5)-23-16=s

• (5x12)-23+16=s

• (12x5)+23-16=s

Ms. Ritter put 45 marbles in a jar. Then, four of her students put in 12 marbles each. Then, nine of her students put in 18 marbles each. Which expression represents how many marbles are in the jar?

• 45 + (4 + 12) × (9 + 18)

• 45 + (4 × 12) + (9 × 18)

• 45 × (4 + 12) + (9 + 18)

• 45 ÷ (4 × 12) + (9 × 18)

A booster club had 476 spirit towels at the beginning of the basketball season. During the season, the 15 team members each sold 12 spirit towels. Which integer represents the change in the number of spirit towels that the booster club had?

• 296

• 180

• -180

• -296

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

Jonathan buys 4 sheets of 10 stamps each and 2 sheets of 8 stamps each. He uses 25 stamps on envelopes. Which equation can be used to find n, the number of stamps Jonathan has left?

• (4 + 10 x 2 + 8) - 25 = n

• 4(10) + 2(8) - 25 = n

• 4(10) + 2(8) + 25 = n

• 10 + 8 - 25

• 8,407

• 8,307

• 7,407

• 8,207