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Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 2hrs 35mins

Name

Class

Date

R.J. and O-Ren were making posters. R.J. made 52 posters. O-Ren made six times as many. Which equation can be used to find the total number of posters that were made by BOTH people?

52 x 6 =

(52 x 6) + 6 =

(52 x 6) + 52 =

52 + 6

Fiona is trying to save money for drama school. If she saves $2,876 each year for the next four years, how much will she have saved?

$11,504

$11,294

$11,490

$2,880

Crystal has 25 lollipops. Angie has 12 more lollipops than Crystal. How many lollipops do the girls have all together?

A box of pencils has 40 pencils. Chloe wants to split them equally between herself and 4 friends. How many pencils will each friend get?

160

A pack of gum has 24 pieces. Rick splits it into 4 equal groups. How many are in each group?

Raul spent 10 minutes doing homework for each of 5 subjects and 15 minutes for another subject. How many minutes did Raul spend on his homework?

At Sonya's cello recital, there were 8 rows of chairs, with 6 chairs in each row. There was a person in each chair, and there were 17 more people standing. How many people were in the audience altogether?

A store sells bananas in bunches of 6. Sait buys 5 bunches and Daniel buys 4 bunches. How many bananas did Sait and Daniel buy all together?

Wanda bought three boxes of cookies. Two boxes had 10 cookies. The third box had 8 cookies. Which equation shows the total number of cookies, c, Wanda bought?

2 + 10 + 8 = c

2 × 10 + 8 = c

2 × 10 × 8 = c

2 + 10 × 8 = c

10.

Heather is 5 years older than Jason. Hillary is 7 years younger than Heather. Jason is 12 years old. How old is Hillary?

11.

James has 7 bags of 6 goldfish and one bag of 10 minnows. Which equation would show the total number of fish James has?

7 x 6 - 10 = f

7 x 6 x 10 = f

7 + 4 + 10 = f

7 x 6 + 10 = f

12.

Erin wants to buy a dictionary that costs $12, a dinosaur book that costs $16, and a children's cookbook that costs $11. She has saved $29 from her allowance. How much more money does Erin need to buy all three books?

$68 total

$10 more

$39 more

$39 total

13.

Mackenzie has 8 markers. Ty has three times as many. If they combine their markers, how many do they have?

14.

Blaze is paid $4 for every hour he babysits. Mrs. Dirlam paid him for 5 hours of babysittting. On the way home, Blaze spent $9 on a book and $6 on a puzzle. How much money did Blaze have left from the money he received from Mrs. Dirlam?

$5 left

$20 left

$14 left

$10 left

15.

Melvin has twice as many pencils as Ali. Zachary has four times as many pencils as Ali. If Ali has 3 pencils, how many pencils do the three boys have in all?