Equation Word Problems

Sara had 16 red flowers and 24 yellow flowers.  She wants to make bouquets with the same number of each color flower in each bouquet.  What is the greatest number of bouquets that she can make?

• 4

• 2

• 48

• 8

Ms. Kahley bought 4 bags of candy.

Each bag had 80 pieces.

How many pieces of candy are there in all?

• 300 pieces

• 84 pieces

• 320 pieces

• 300 pieces

A farmer has 26 employees. He pays each employee $410 per week. After paying his workers for one week, he has $162 left. How much did the farmer have at first?

• $162

• $572

• At first the farmer had $3,280.

• At first the farmer had $10,822.

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

Joe made $24.00 dollars mowing lawns last week.  He charges 4 dollars per lawn.  How many lawns did he mow last week?

• 8

• 6

• 3

• 5

A small pizza costs $7. An extra-large pizza costs 3 times as much as the small pizza. How much does an extra-large pizza cost?

• 4

• 10

• 21

• 28

Jennie makes quilts. She can make 7 quilts with 21 yards of material. How many yards of material would be required to make 12 quilts?

• 252 yards of material

• 36 yards of material

• 3 yards of material

• 84 yards of material

You bought your twin sister Molli 3 gifts costing $24 each and your other twin sister, Mary 5 gifts at $18 each. How much money did you spend on Molli and Mary?

• $152

• $162

• $262

• $9.60

At Subway, cheese melts cost $3 each and turkey subs cost $4. Jacob has $42. If he buys some cheese melts and has $3 left over, how many cheese melts did he buy?

• 11

• 12

• 13

• 14

Ronnie needs 101 cupcakes for a birthday party. He already has 21 chocolate cupcakes and 33 vanilla cupcakes. How many more cupcakes should Ronnie buy?

• 80

• 113

• 47

• 68