Free Printable VIDIT MATHS WORD PROBLEMS

1.

Scott had 9 worms in his fishing bucket. He dug 5 more worms. How many worms does he have now?

a)

56

b)

15

c)

14

d)

4

2.

Mom took 14 pictures and then she deleted 7. How many pictures were left?

a)

21

b)

7

c)

8

d)

14

3.

Brook had 8 stickers. Maya gave her 4 more stickers. How many stickers does she have now?

a)

10

b)

14

c)

4

d)

12

4.

16 foxes were running in the field. 12 foxes jumped in their hole. How many foxes were left?

a)

28

b)

4

c)

14

d)

0

5.

Tripp has 10 toy cars. Cooper has 7 toy cars. How many toy cars do they have altogether?

a)

7

b)

20

c)

17

d)

3

6.

Eric has 39 hats, Alex has 427 hats and Bill has 14 hats. How many hats does Eric have?

a)

427

b)

39

c)

490

d)

0

7.

Lisa saw 11 big dogs and 6 small dogs at the park. How many more big dogs than small dogs did she see?

a)

5

b)

17

c)

6

d)

18

8.

9 frogs were sitting on a log. 7 jumped off. How many frogs were left on the log?

a)

16

b)

2

c)

7

d)

17

9.

Tim caught 9 bees in his jar, but 3 flew out. How many bees were left in the jar?

a)

9

b)

3

c)

6

d)

12

10.

Macey has 8 barbies, Krimson has 10 barbies. How many barbies do they have altogether?

a)

8

b)

10

c)

2

d)

18

11.

Kade bought 6 Pokemon card packs that had 7 cards in each pack. How many cards did he buy?

a)

40

b)

42

c)

49

d)

36

12.

Ryker ate 4 trays of sushi that had 6 rolls on each plate. How much sushi did Ryker eat?

a)

30

b)

20

c)

24

d)

22

13.

Julian build 8 cars that had 3 seats in each car. How many seats did Julian install?

a)

22

b)

32

c)

24

d)

83

14.

Kevin made 11 crates of green juice. Each crate holds 9 bottles. How many bottles of green juice did Kevin make?

a)

11

b)

90

c)

99

d)

81

15.

Malia sang 7 songs every hour. She sang for 4 hours. How many songs did she sing altogether?

a)

28

b)

32

c)

35

d)

21

16.

Corinne baked 9 trays of cookies. Each tray holds 6 cookies. How many cookies did she bake altogether?

a)

63

b)

45

c)

54

d)

96

17.

Jimmy's mom baked all of the 3rd grade teachers 7 apple pies. There are 3 third grade teachers. How many pies did she bake in all?

a)

15

b)

21

c)

25

d)

1,000,000

18.

There are three butterflies on a leaf. If each butterfly has two wings, how many wings are there?

a)

6

b)

8

c)

10

d)

12

19.

If you had 5 packs of jelly beans and each pack contained 9 jelly beans in each, how many jelly beans would you have?

a)

35

b)

50

c)

45

d)

14

20.

Rayan put together 8 vacuum cleaners. He needed to use 9 bolts on each vacuum cleaner. What is the total number of bolts he used?

a)

70

b)

72

c)

80

d)

64

21.

It's a busy day at McDonald's. Eight children each want 6 chicken nuggets. How many nuggets need to be cooked?

a)

36

b)

60

c)

48

d)

54

22.

On Halloween you got 12 chocolate bars, 10 suckers, and 15 gum balls. How many pieces of candy did you get in all?

a)

37

b)

32

c)

45

d)

40

23.

You and a friend have twenty chocolate bars to share. How many bars will you each get?

a)

12

b)

10

c)

22

d)

8

24.

While trick-or-treating you collected candy in the following pattern: 5,10,15. If the pattern continues what can you expect to collect next?

a)

17

b)

25

c)

30

d)

20

25.

You collected 72 pieces of candy on Halloween. If you give 14 pieces to your favorite teacher, how much candy do you have left?

a)

50

b)

86

c)

58

d)

35

26.

On Green Road there are five houses. If each house has two jack-o-lanterns, how many total jack-o-lanterns are on Green Road?

a)

7

b)

10

c)

3

d)

15

27.

A
A snake was 35 inches long. Now it is 57 inches long. How much did the snake grow?

a)

22 inches

b)

92 inches

c)

29 inches

d)

20 inches

28.

A
A snake was 35 inches long. Now it is 57 inches long. How much did the snake grow?

a)

22 inches

b)

92 inches

c)

29 inches

d)

20 inches

29.

B
A ribbon was 50 cm long. After I cut some off, 37 cm was left. How much did I cut off?

a)

87 cm

b)

13 cm

c)

80 cm

d)

31 cm

30.

C
A baby giraffe was 36 cm tall. Another young giraffe in the enclosure was 100 cm tall. How much shorter was the baby giraffe?

a)

30 cm

b)

136 cm

c)

63 cm

d)

64 cm

31.

D
A beaver is 15 inches long. It grows 23 inches. How long is the beaver now?

a)

8 inches

b)

38 inches

c)

30 inches

d)

38 centimeters

32.

E
I have 3 pencils. The pencils are 17cm, 12cm, and 9cm. What is the total length of all my pencils?

a)

38 cm

b)

4 cm

c)

55 cm

d)

48 cm

33.

F
Ben is 48 cm tall. Mike is 13 cm taller than Ben. How tall is Mike?

a)

35 cm

b)

91 cm

c)

55 cm

d)

61 cm

34.

G
A building is 60 meters tall. A tree near the building is 12 meters tall. How much taller is the building than the tree?

a)

39 meters

b)

48 meters

c)

72 meters

d)

12 meters

35.

H
A whale is 78 feet long. A rhinoceros is 13 feet long. What is the difference in length between the whale and rhinoceros?

a)

65 feet

b)

91 feet

c)

36 feet

d)

74 feet

36.

J
I had a ball of wool. I cut a 12 cm piece off and had 76 cm left. How much wool did I begin with?

a)

64 cm

b)

88 cm

c)

33 cm

d)

29 cm

37.

K
Jenna's hair was 39 inches long. She got a haircut and now her hair is 25 inches long. How many inches did she cut off?

a)

64 inches

b)

14 cm

c)

14 inches

d)

78 inches

38.

L
Esperanza decides that the tail she has made for her kite is too long and cuts off 11 cm. Now the kite's tail is 39 cm. How long was the tail to begin with?

a)

50 cm

b)

28 cm

c)

70 cm

d)

13 cm

39.

M
A zookeeper measured two snakes. One measured 41 cm and the other measured 64 cm. What was the difference in length between the two snakes?

a)

105 cm

b)

23 cm

c)

51 cm

d)

38 cm

40.

N
Jandee was 46 inches tall when she was in 2nd grade and 56 inches tall when she was in 3rd grade. How many inches did she grow over the summer?

a)

20 inches

b)

100 inches

c)

10 inches

d)

45 inches

41.

P
My cat is 48 cm tall and my dog is 26 cm taller than my cat. How tall is my dog?

a)

14 cm

b)

74 cm

c)

83 cm

d)

22 cm

42.

Janice hangs 7 ornaments on the Christmas tree. Her brother Teddy hangs 6 more. How many ornaments do the kids hang in all?

a)

13

b)

42

c)

1

43.

Leo receives 8 candy canes in his Christmas stocking. His brother Max eats 3 of them. How many candy canes does Leo now have?

a)

11

b)

5

c)

24

44.

Marion opens all her presents in 20 minutes. Her little sister Tina opens all her in half an hour. Who opens all her presents the fastest?

a)

Tina

b)

Marion

c)

Same for both

45.

Jason and Mark have the same amount of gifts under the Christmas tree. They have 12 gifts in all. How many gifts does each boy have?

a)

6

b)

24

c)

Jason 3
Mark 4

46.

A second grade class visits a holiday store and 12 of the students buy red decorations. The other 8 students buy green decorations. How many decorations did they buy in all?

a)

96

b)

4

c)

20

47.

Ivan is putting bulbs on the Christmas tree. He already put 74 bulbs on the tree but has 225. How many more bulbs does he have to put on the tree?

a)

299

b)

155

c)

Too many to count

48.

Amber has 36 candy cane to share among herself and 3 friends. How many candy canes does each friend get?

a)

9

b)

39

c)

40

d)

33

49.

Ken's new advent calendar has 1 chocolate for 1st day, 2 on the 2nd day, 3 on 3rd day, 4 on 4th day, and so on. How many chocolates will he have eaten by the 12th day?

a)

Too many...he is sick

b)

78

c)

100

d)

95

50.

It takes 90 days to save money for Christmas shopping. How many months is 90 days?

a)

1

b)

5

c)

12

d)

3

51.

Your string of Christmas lights has 10 bulbs on it. You have 3 strings. How many lights do you have in all

a)

13

b)

7

c)

30

d)

I don't know

52.

For your Christmas party, you have 15 mini pizzas to share with 5 friends. How many pizzas does each friend get?

a)

20

b)

10

c)

5

d)

3

53.

There are 6 baskets of 4 rolls. How many rolls do you have in all?

a)

10

b)

24

c)

2

54.

There are 5 rows of candy canes. Each row has 10 candy canes. How many candy canes do you have?

a)

50

b)

15

c)

5

55.

Amber has 7 boxes of cookies. In each box, there are 2 cookies. How many cookies does she have?

a)

14

b)

9

c)

5

56.

There are 40 lights on 4 trees. How many lights are on one tree?

a)

44

b)

10

c)

36

57.

Mrs. Warner is 98 years old. How old is she rounded to the nearest 10?

a)

90

b)

100

c)

95

d)

80

58.

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?

a)

Addition (+)

b)

Subtraction (-)

59.

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?

a)

Addition (+)

b)

Subtraction (-)

60.

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

a)

5-3=2

b)

3-2=1

c)

5+3=8

d)

3 = 5+2

61.

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

a)

14

b)

7

c)

9

62.

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

a)

3

b)

5

c)

6

63.

The florist sold 192 roses and 119 sunflowers. How many flowers were sold altogether?

a)

73

b)

83

c)

301

d)

311

64.

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

How many cows are in the barn now?

a)

4

b)

7

c)

1

d)

9

65.

Sam has 27 flowers. If she shares them among 3 friends, how many flowers does each friend get?

a)

9 flowers

b)

30 flowers

c)

24 flowers

d)

3 flowers

66.

There are 2 hamburgers in a box. If there are 8 boxes, how many hamburgers are there in all?

a)

2 + 8 = 10

b)

8 ÷ 2 = 4

c)

2 x 8 = 16

d)

8 - 2 = 6

67.

Joe had 25 trophies. He put an equal number of trophies on each of his 5 shelves. How many trophies were on each shelf?

a)

5 trophies

b)

20 trophies

c)

30 trophies

d)

25 trophies

68.

There are 42 campers equally sharing 7 tents. How many campers are in each tent?

a)

42 campers

b)

6 campers

c)

7 campers

d)

49 campers

69.

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?

a)

40 books

b)

13 books

c)

5 books

d)

8 books

70.

There is 1 spoon in each bowl. There are 33 spoons. How many bowls are there in total?

a)

34 bowls

b)

1 bowl

c)

3 bowls

d)

33 bowls

71.

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

a)

45

b)

7

c)

23

d)

48

72.

The pet store has 14 tropical fish. They keep 2 fish in each tank. How many fish tanks are there?

a)

14

b)

16

c)

7

d)

5

73.

Admission to the carnival costs 5 dollars. If a family of 5 people attends the carnival, how much must they pay for admission in all?

a)

34

b)

10

c)

76

d)

25

74.

Johnsonville Elementary school was having a canned food drive. Fifth grade students brought in a total of 13,928 cans. Third grade students brought in 2,074 cans more than the fifth grade students. How many cans did the third grade students bring in?

a)

13,928 + 2,074

b)

2,074 - 13,928

c)

2,074 x 13,928

d)

13,928 - 2,074

75.

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?

a)

700 candy bars

b)

695 candy bars

c)

625 candy bars

76.

A restaurant served 42 slices of pizza at lunch and 59 slices at supper. How many slices of pizza were served altogether?

a)

100

b)

101

c)

99

d)

17

77.

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

a)

700 magazines

b)

695 magazines

c)

625 magazines

78.

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?

a)

296 - 8

b)

296 ÷ 8

c)

296 x 8

d)

296 + 8

79.

Ella had 15 ribbons. she gave 7 of them to Grant. How many ribbons does Ella have left?

a)

5

b)

15

c)

8

d)

22

80.

Payton had 16 markers. She gave 5 of them to Juan. How many markers does Payton have left?

a)

11

b)

398

c)

21

d)

1

81.

Anu has 16 blocks. 9 are red and the rest are blue. How many blocks are blue?

a)

7

b)

6

c)

5

d)

4

82.

There are 20 animals in the zoo. 14 are bears and the rest are tigers. How many of the animals are tigers?

a)

8

b)

14

c)

34

d)

6

83.

Ethan has 15 jelly beans and Gemma has 8 jelly beans. How many fewer jelly beans does Gemma have than Ethan?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

23

d)

8

84.

Natalie made 20 cupcakes for her class. Her teacher ate 2 of them! How many are left?

a)

18

b)

22

c)

20

d)

4

85.

Sophie had a box of 15 crayons. She gave 5 of them to Caleb. How many crayons does Sophie have now?

a)

18

b)

20

c)

10

d)

5

86.

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

a)

14

b)

7

c)

9

87.

There were 10 squirrels in a tree. Then, 2 squirrels climbed down.

How many squirrels are in the tree now?

a)

11

b)

10

c)

12

d)

8

88.

Bob had 7 balls. He lost 5 balls. How many balls did he have left?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

12

d)

11

89.

Suzy has 6 pieces of pizza.

She gives 3 pieces of pizza to her brother.

What fraction represents the pizza she gave away?

a)

6/3

b)

3/6

c)

3/4

d)

6/8

90.

Katherine has 3 cookies.

She eats 1 of her cookies.

What fraction represents the cookies she ate?

a)

3/1

b)

3/4

c)

1/4

d)

1/3

91.

Tommy has 10 pieces of pie.

He gives 6 pieces of pie to his school bake sale.

What fraction represents the pie he donated?

a)

10/6

b)

6/10

c)

3/6

d)

6/3

92.

Kiki ate 1/6 of the celery sticks.

What fraction of the celery sticks is left for Carl to eat?

a)

5/6

b)

2/3

c)

3/4

d)

4/6

93.

Pam poured 1/4 cup of sugar into the cake mix.

Her mom poured another 1/4 cup.

How much sugar is in the cake mix?

a)

3/4

b)

2/8

c)

2/4

d)

1/4

94.

Gene ate 2/8 of the pizza pie.

Tommy ate 1/8 of the pizza pie.

What fraction of the pizza pie was eaten altogether?

a)

5/8

b)

4/8

c)

2/8

d)

3/8

95.

Jordan ate 3/9 of the crackers. Sam ate of the 4/9 crackers. What fraction of the crackers is left?

a)

7/9

b)

2/9

c)

1/9

d)

5/9

96.

Alley makes a sandwich.

She puts jelly on a slice of bread.

She puts peanut butter on another slice of bread.

What fraction of the bread has jelly on it?

a)

2/1

b)

1/5

c)

a half

d)

one fourth

97.

Matthew has 8 pencils.

Three of them do not have erasers on the end.

What fraction of the pencils do not have erasers?

a)

8/3

b)

3/8

c)

5/8

d)

1/2

98.

Chelsea divided an apple into eight equal pieces.

She ate five pieces.

She put the other three in the fridge.

What fraction did Chelsea eat?

a)

5/8

b)

1/4

c)

1/2

d)

3/8

99.

How many eggs are in 2 dozens?

a)

10

b)

2

c)

12

d)

24

100.

Lauren walked for 6 miles each day. How many miles did she walk in 5 days?

a)

20

b)

25

c)

30

d)

35

101.

Tom worked four hours for eight days. How many hours did he work in total ?

a)

18

b)

32

c)

12

d)

34

102.

A restaurant sold 7 salads every day for a week. How many salads were sold during the week ?

a)

56

b)

7

c)

77

d)

49

103.

Sandy goes out to lunch with Jason and Sara. Each person orders the $5 lunch special. Sandy agrees to pay the bill. How much will she have to pay ?

a)

$15

b)

$10

c)

$3

d)

$5

104.

Mike, Alyssa, and Sara each have seven crayons. How many crayons do they have have in all ?

a)

14

b)

21

c)

3

d)

28

105.

Sam was at the beach for 12 days and found 8 seashells every day. How many seashells did Sam find during the beach trip ?

a)

84

b)

72

c)

96

d)

100

106.

Jessica worked four hours for nine days. How many hours did she work in total ?

a)

32

b)

36

c)

40

d)

28

107.

Mike has 8 dimes in his bank. How much money does Mike have in dimes ?

a)

90

b)

85

c)

80

d)

100

108.

Dan goes fishing with Jason. Dan catches nine trout. Jason catches twice as many trout as Dan. How many trout did Jason catch ?

a)

16

b)

10

c)

20

d)

18

109.

What multiplication problem is represented by this array?

a)

2x6

b)

2x5

c)

6x3

d)

4x3

110.

Which multiplication sentence is represented by this array?

a)

4x4

b)

2x4

c)

3x4

d)

4x5

111.

8 x _____ = 64

a)

8

b)

7

c)

9

d)

6

112.

2 x 12 = _____

a)

23

b)

22

c)

24

d)

21

113.

Which equation is represented by this array?

a)

3 x 4

b)

4 x 2

c)

4 x 4

d)

4 x 5

114.

Ben has 4 cupcakes. Mary has 6 cupcakes. How many cupcakes do they have altogether?

a)

10 cupcakes

b)

2 cupcakes

c)

9 cupcakes

d)

11 cupcakes

115.

Edward woke up from a nap at 2:35. If he originally went to sleep at 1:30, how long was his nap?

a)

1 hour

b)

1 hour and 30 minutes

c)

1 hour and 5 minutes

d)

30 minutes

116.

Sally read 6 pages before lunch. Then she read some more pages after lunch. Altogether she read 12 pages. How many did she read after lunch?

a)

6+N=12 She read 6 pages after lunch.

b)

6+12=18 She read 18 pages after lunch

117.

Sam picked some apples. Then he picked 5 more. He picked 12 apples altogether. How many apples did Sam first pick?

a)

5+12=17 Sam pick 17 apples first.

b)

5+N=12 Sam picked 7 apples first

118.

Write the missing MINUEND

________ - 7 = 11

a)

4

b)

18

c)

12

119.

________ - 5 = 0

a)

5

b)

10

c)

2

120.

_________ - 4 = 8

a)

13

b)

4

c)

12

121.

_______ - 7 = 9

a)

16

b)

12

c)

5

122.

_________ - 1 = 3

a)

4

b)

1

c)

2

123.

Write the missing SUBTRAHEND

15 - _______ = 7

a)

8

b)

9

c)

2

124.

11 - _______ = 8

a)

2

b)

19

c)

3

125.

9 - ________ = 8

a)

17

b)

1

c)

4

126.

16 - ______ = 8

a)

8

b)

9

c)

7

127.

7 - ______ = 5

a)

12

b)

2

c)

3

128.

Farrah had drawn 14 fairies and Ava and Farrah had a total of 22 Fairy drawings between them, how many had Ava drawn?

a)

36

b)

63

c)

8

d)

12

129.

Farrah had drawn 14 fairies and Ava and Farrah had a total of 22 Fairy drawings between them, how many had Ava drawn?

a)

36

b)

63

c)

8

d)

12

130.

Ayden had 40 footballs in his pile, there were a total of 65 footballs on the oval in two piles. How many were in Jed's pile?

a)

105

b)

20

c)

25

d)

45

131.

Cameron had answered 5 questions and Aidan and Cameron had answered 14 questions altogether. How many questions had Aidan answered?

a)

9

b)

14

c)

5

d)

19

132.

Damon and Nigel had 600 points altogether. If Nigel had scored 350, how many had Damon scored?

a)

950

b)

900

c)

300

d)

250

133.

Joseph and Holley had eaten 33 cakes altogether. If Joseph had eaten 20 cakes, how many had Holley eaten?

a)

3

b)

13

c)

23

d)

53

134.

If Jayden had 18 games and Jayden and Max had a total of 27 games, how man of the games were Max's?

a)

45

b)

3

c)

9

d)

11

135.

If Holly and Angela had 52 movies between them and Angela's share was 30 of them, what was Holly's share of the movies?

a)

82

b)

8

c)

22

d)

25

136.

If Abigail had 16 pets and Kara and Abigail had 32 pets between them, how many of the pets did Kara have?

a)

8

b)

16

c)

24

d)

48

137.

If Sean typed 60 words and Sean and Axel together had a total of 105 words, how many words had Axel typed?

a)

165

b)

60

c)

40

d)

45

138.

Evelynn and Luca shared 28 chocolates between them evenly. How many chocolates did Luca get?

a)

28

b)

16

c)

14

d)

0

139.

Cowen and Mr Melkert ran a total of 100 laps of the oval. If Cowen ran 75, how many did Mr Melkert run?

a)

25

b)

50

c)

75

d)

100

e)

175

140.

Total in the question means you...

a)

add or multiply

b)

subtract or divide

c)

add only

d)

multiply only

141.

Total in the story means you...

a)

subtract only

b)

divide only

c)

subtract or divide

d)

add or multply

142.

VIDIT MATHS WORD PROBLEMS

Total questions: 166

Worksheet time: 5hrs 53mins

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