Number Word Problems

Find four consecutive integers whose sum is 62.

Which equation would give you the answer?

• 4x + 4 = 62

• 4x + 6 = 62

• 4x + 1 = 62

• x + x + x + x = 62

Find four consecutive even integers whose sum is 100.

Which equation would give you the answer?

• 4x + 12 = 100

• 4x + 4 = 100

• 4x + 10 = 100

• x + x + x + x = 100

Find four consecutive integers whose sum is 226.

Which equation would give you the answer?

• x + 4 = 226

• 4x + 4 = 226

• x + x + 6 = 226

• 4x + 6 = 226

Find two consecutive integers such that the sum of the largest and 2 times the smallest is 121.

• 40 and 41

• 60 and 61

• 100 and 21

• 50 and 71

You bought a magazine for $8 and 6 erasers.  If you spent a total of $11, then how much did each eraser cost?

• $3.00

• $2.00

• $.50

• $.625

You decide to rent a bike for $25 plus $3.00 per hour.  If you spent a total of $40.00, how many hours did you rent the bike?

• 1 hour

• 4 hours

• 2 hours

• 5 hours

Paul bought a notebook for $2.50 and 3 pencils.  He spent a total of $5.47.  How much did each pencil cost? 

• $.99

• $2.97

• $7.97

• $1.17

Cora lives by the beach, but her family is taking a trip to the mountains. Her house is 15 feet above sea level, but their rental home is 2200 feet above sea level. How far is the height of her house to the height of the rental home?

Maya is updating her house, and right now her focus is on repainting the walls. She is using 4 different colors throughout the house. She used 1/3 of a gallon of burgundy paint, 7/8 of a gallon of a light beige paint, two 1/4 gallons of sky blue paint, and 1 3/4 gallons of lavender paint. In total, how many gallons did she use to paint the walls in her house? Write your answer as a mixed number.

Raegan was playing a game where catching a fish in her basket adds 10 points to her score. If she catches a crab, she loses 5 points. What is her point total if she catches 2 fish and 5 crabs?