Exploring Like Terms & Distributive Property in Word Problems

1. Sarah has 3 bags of apples and 2 bags of oranges. Each bag of apples contains 4 apples, and each bag of oranges contains 5 oranges. How many pieces of fruit does she have in total?

• 22

• 25

• 18

• 20

2. A gardener is planting flowers. He has 5 packs of tulips and 3 packs of daisies. Each pack of tulips has 6 flowers, and each pack of daisies has 4 flowers. How many flowers does he have altogether?

• 48

• 30

• 42

• 36

3. Tom bought 2 boxes of chocolates and 3 boxes of cookies. Each box of chocolates has 10 chocolates, and each box of cookies has 8 cookies. How many treats does Tom have in total?

• 32

• 50

• 38

• 44

4. A bookstore sells 4 types of books: fiction, non-fiction, comics, and magazines. If there are 3 fiction books, 2 non-fiction books, 5 comics, and 4 magazines, how many books are there in total?

• 10

• 14

• 16

• 12

5. Lisa is collecting stickers. She has 7 packs of star stickers and 4 packs of heart stickers. Each pack of star stickers contains 5 stickers, and each pack of heart stickers contains 3 stickers. How many stickers does she have?

• 50

• 42

• 35

• 47

6. A toy store has 6 toy cars and 4 toy trucks. Each toy car costs $10, and each toy truck costs $15. What is the total cost of all the toy cars and trucks?

• $120

• $90

• $100

• $150

7. In a classroom, there are 5 tables with 4 chairs each and 3 tables with 6 chairs each. How many chairs are there in total?

• 32

• 38

• 40

• 36

8. A baker made 3 types of cookies: chocolate chip, oatmeal, and peanut butter. If he made 12 chocolate chip cookies, 8 oatmeal cookies, and 10 peanut butter cookies, how many cookies did he bake in total?

• 25

• 28

• 32

• 30

9. A farmer has 4 fields. In each field, he planted 3 rows of corn and 2 rows of beans. How many rows of crops did he plant in total?

• 25

• 18

• 15

• 20

10. Emma is saving money. She saved $5 each week for 4 weeks and $10 each week for 3 weeks. How much money did she save in total?

• $30

• $50

• $40

• $60