Mixed Word Problems

The girl had 5 pets.  The 3 dogs were outside.  How many cats did she have?  What number sentence tells the story?

• 5-3=2
• 3-2=1
• 5+3=8
• 3 = 5+2

Brooke has a bookcase in her room. The bookcase has 5 shelves. On each shelf there are 8 books. How many total books are in the bookcase?

• 40 books

• 13 books

• 5 books

• 8 books

Last Saturday, Cindy sold 425 magazines and 275 newspapers. What is the total number of reading materials she sold? 

• 700 magazines
• 695 magazines 
• 625 magazines

Molly picked 582 berries. She threw away 125 rotten berries. How many berries does Molly have left? What plan ( + or -) would you use to answer the question?

• Addition (+)

• Subtraction (-)

Jakisa is participating in a fundraiser for Sterling School. To raise money, she sold 425 Hershey bars and 275 Snickers bars. What is the total number of candy bars she sold?

• 700 candy bars

• 695 candy bars

• 625 candy bars

Mrs. Bollinger loves to read! Her bookshelf, that has 8 shelves, is completely full. If each bookshelf has 296 books on it, how many books does she have?

• 296 - 8

• 296 ÷ 8

• 296 x 8

• 296 + 8

If there were 12 people on the bus and 6 people got off of the bus how many kids are left on the bus?

• 3
• 5
• 6

There were 10 cows in a barn. Then, 3 cows left the barn.

How many cows are in the barn now?

• 4

• 7

• 1

• 9

If Payton has 24 pencils and gives Nathalie 17 of her pencils how many pencils does Payton have left?

• 14
• 7
• 9

Ms. Brown brought 6 evenly divided boxes of muffins to class. There are 42 muffins altogether. How many muffins are in each box?

• 45
• 7
• 23
• 48