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Math Word Problems Practice

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 1hrs 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Jonah and Austin bring 5 balloons to Mrs. Tammy's party. Jonah brings 4 of the balloons.  How many balloons did Austin bring?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
2.
Mrs. Hodges has 4 cookies. She holds 3 cookies in one hand. How many cookies are in her other hand?
a)
3
b)
1
c)
4
3.
Mrs. Laura has 3 balls. She gives 2 balls to Mrs. Jennifer. How many balls does Mrs. Laura have left?
a)
4
b)
1
c)
0
4.
Mrs. Taylor sees 5 flowers. She picks 2 flowers. How many flowers are left?
a)
1
b)
4
c)
3
5.
2 balls are on the grass. Austin took 1 ball. How many balls are left?
a)
0
b)
1
c)
3
6.
Coach has 4 balloons. 2 balloons fly away. How many balloons are left?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
0
7.
Mrs. Parker is playing with 5 balls.  Mrs. Hodges takes 3 balls away. How many balls do they have now?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
1
8.
Mrs. Laura sees 5 flowers growing by the fence. She picks 4 flowers. How many flowers are left by the fence?
a)
1
b)
3
9.
Mrs. Ann finds 6 flowers. She picks 2 flowers. How many flowers are left?
a)
5
b)
2
c)
4
10.
Mrs. Angela has 4 fish.  She gives 1 fish away.  How many fish does she have left?
a)
4
b)
1
c)
3
11.

Sam had 11 apples. He ate 4 of them. How many apples does he have left?

a)

4

b)

7

c)

6

d)

5

12.

Maya made 7 pictures. 6 pictures blew away. How many pictures does she have left?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

0

d)

1

13.

Don had 12 toy cars. He lost 4 of them. How many does he still have?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

14.

Jack played with his Frisbee. His brother gave him 6 more. How many does he have now?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

15.

Mom baked 3 pies. Dad baked 2 cakes. How many things did they bake in all?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

16.

Tom ate 6 apples. Lee ate 3 apples. How many did they eat in all?

a)

12

b)

10

c)

8

d)

9

17.

Paul had 5 pencils and 1 pen. Mom gave him 1 more pen. How many things does he have in all?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

18.

Joe ran in the race. He ran 4 laps. Tom ran 2 laps. Ed ran 2 laps. How many laps did the boys run in all?

a)

8

b)

9

c)

10

d)

11

19.

My dog had 7 bones. She hid all of them. How many does she still have?

a)

3

b)

2

c)

0

d)

1

20.

My mom slept for 3 hours this morning. She slept for 2 hours this afternoon. How hours did she sleep in all?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

21.
All together
a)
Addition
b)
Subtraction
c)
Multiplication
d)
Division
22.
Decreased by
a)
Addition
b)
Subtraction
c)
Multiplication
d)
Division
23.
Product
a)
Addition
b)
Subtraction
c)
Multiplication
d)
Division
24.
Times
a)
Addition
b)
Subtraction
c)
Multiplication
d)
Division
25.
How many more
a)
Addition
b)
Subtraction
c)
Multiplication
d)
Division
26.
Out of
a)
Addition
b)
Subtraction
c)
Multiplication
d)
Division
27.
Fewer than
a)
Addition
b)
Subtraction
c)
Multiplication
d)
Division
28.
11 x 7 = 77
The numbers in red are the...
a)
products
b)
sum
c)
factors
d)
difference
29.
10 x 6 = 60
The blue number in the equation represents the...
a)
product
b)
difference
c)
sum
d)
factor
30.
45 - 10 = 35
The green number in the equation represents the...
a)
sum
b)
product
c)
difference
d)
factor
31.
Mrs. D made cookies for a party. She baked 240 cookies. Mrs. Green baked 360 brownies. How many cookies and brownies did they have for the party? 
a)
500 cookies and brownies
b)
600 cookies and brownies
c)
590 cookies and brownies
d)
510 cookies and brownies
32.

On Monday, students checked out 257 books. On Friday, students checked out another 465 books. How many books did the students check out on both days?

a)

208

b)

722

c)

721

d)

732

33.

Mason took 546 pictures at Disneyland. He had his mom print out 319 at the photo shop. How many pictures were not printed?

a)

227

b)

875

c)

327

d)

237

34.
The temperature was 80 degrees in the afternoon.  It was 50 degrees in the evening.  How much did the temperature change?
a)
25 degrees
b)
30 degrees
c)
130 degrees
d)
20 degrees
35.
Sunrise Goat Farm has 5 pens.  
Each pen has 9 goats.  How many goats are on the farm?
a)
59
b)
45
c)
15
d)
96
36.
Vanessa has a ribbon that is 36 inches long. She wants to divide in into 4 equal parts. What will be the length of each part?
a)
156 inches
b)
36 inches
c)
4 inches
d)
9 inches
37.
Pop Pop has 25 posters.  He bought 15 more.  How many does he have now?
a)
10 posters
b)
30 posters
c)
15 posters
d)
40 posters
38.
Bepa went to the store and bought chairs. Each chair cost 5 dollars. How much money did Bepa spend for the 4 chairs he bought?
a)
$20
b)
$1
c)
$15
d)
$10
39.
Santa's elves made 5 toys for each  house on Main Street that Santa would visit. There are 5 houses on Main Street. How many toys in all did the elves make then?
a)
15
b)
9
c)
20
d)
25
40.
Patty has 817 marbles. She gave away 529 of her marbles. How many marbles does she have left?
a)
1,446 marbles
b)
288 marbles
c)
312 marbles
d)
298 marbles