5th Grade One-step Word Problems (4 operations)s)

Vivian had 17 pencils. David had 32 pencils. How many more pencils does David have than Vivian?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Vanessa walks to and from school 5 days a week. Each way is 2 miles. How many miles does she walk in all for the whole week?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

In the following word problem, what is the operation needed to solve the first step?

Annabel was running in the Fun Run to raise money for her school. Her parents donated $8 per lap. Her grandparents donated $4 per lap. She ran 12 laps. How much money did she raise during the Fun Run?

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

What operation will you use to solve step two?

Five friends went to dinner at Old Chicago. Each person’s meal was $8. They paid with $55. The amount they got back after they paid was the amount they tipped their waitress. How much did they tip her?

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

375 pieces of vouchers were distributed to every school. Calculate the number of vouchers distributed to 25 schools.

• 9 375

• 15

• 400

1. Carol is the treasurer of her bird-watching club. The club wants to order shirts for each of the 18 members. If each shirt costs $21, what is the cost for the members’ shirts?

• $39

• $378

• $380

• $540

3. A vendor at the balloon festival sold 10,450 shirts the first year and 11,232 shirts the following year. How many more shirts were sold in the second year than in the first year?

6. A company made 1,215 yards of copper wire. They want to wrap the same amount of wire on each of three spools. How many yards of wire will be on each spool?

• 45 yards

• 405 yards

• 414 yards

• 43 yards

There are 5 dogwood trees currently in the park. Park workers will plant 9 more dogwood trees today. How many dogwood trees will the park have when the workers are finished?

• 45 dogwood trees

• 13 dogwood trees

• 14 dogwood trees

• 20 dogwood trees

Melanie has 126 blue marbles Dan has 242 blue marbles. How many blue marbles do they have in all

• 368 blue marbles

• 116 blue marbles

• 300 blue marbles

• 200 blue marbles