Word Problems

Susan and Marcy were wondering how many cubes long they would be if they lay down head to foot.  Susan had measured Marcy and she was 84 cubes long.  Marcy measured Susan and she was 102 cubes long. How many cubes long will they be?

A school of fish was swimming together in the ocean. There were 28 fish in all. Another school of fish decided to join them, making a larger school of fish. The new larger school had 64 fish. How many fish were in the school that joined the first group of fish?

Tania is on page 32 in her book. Tomorrow she hopes to read 15 more pages. What page will she be on if she reads that many pages?

Eduardo had 121 marbles. He gave Erica 46 marbles. How many marbles does Eduardo have now?

Mary has 114 spaces in her photo album. So far she has 89 photos in the album. How many more photos can she put in before the album is full?

Tommy was on page 247 of his book. Then he read 38 more pages. How many pages did Tommy read in all?

Sam had 56 baseball cards He went to a card show and got some more cards for his collection. Now he has 93 cards. How many cards did Sam buy at the card show?

Juanita counted all of her crayons. Some were broken and some were not. She had 273 crayons in all. 146 crayons were not broken. How many were broken?

Seventeen people helped plant flowers in front of the school. Eight people planted only daffodils and four people planted only daisies. Everyone else planted both. How many people planted both kinds of flowers?

Jamal set a goal to study multiplication facts for 150 minutes last week. He studied for 20 minutes on Monday, 25 minutes on Tuesday, 35 minutes on Wednesday, and 40 minutes on Thursday. In order for Jamal to reach his goal, how long did he have to study on Friday?