Word Problems

1. Four squirrel families live in an old oak tree. There are four squirrels in each family. How many squirrels live in the old oak tree? To find out how many squirrels live in the old oak tree, follow these steps: 1. Determine the number of squirrel families: 4 families. 2. Each family has 4 squirrels. Calculate the total number of squirrels by multiplying the number of families by the number of squirrels per family: 4 families × 4 squirrels/family = 16 squirrels
2. Saturday morning, Lisa walked through the woods. She looked for squirrels and counted eight in each of the nine oak trees. How many squirrels did Lisa see? Lisa saw 8 squirrels in each of 9 oak trees. So, she saw 8 squirrels/tree * 9 trees = 72 squirrels in total.
3. Lisa watched the squirrels as they looked for acorns. She saw six squirrels find seven acorns each. How many acorns did the squirrels find? The squirrels found 6 squirrels * 7 acorns/squirrel = 42 acorns in total.
4. Bread crusts are a tasty treat for squirrels. Lisa left a dozen bread crusts at each of eight different places. How many crusts did Lisa leave altogether? Lisa left 12 crusts at each of 8 places. So, she left 12 crusts/place * 8 places = 96 crusts in total.
5. Leaves were falling from the trees. While Lisa sat in the woods, nine leaves fell from each of six trees. How many leaves fell? While Lisa sat in the woods, 9 leaves fell from each of 6 trees. So, 9 leaves/tree * 6 trees = 54 leaves fell in total.
6. Lisa heard seven owls hoot. Each owl hooted seven times. How many hoots did Lisa hear? Lisa heard 7 owls hoot 7 times each. So, she heard 7 owls * 7 hoots/owl = 49 hoots in total.
7. Crede has two dogs, Kahntu and Princess. Each dog has one dog collar. How many collars are there in all? 2
8. Tommy, Bobby, and James all want to ride the bumper cars. Each person needs three tickets to ride the cars. How many tickets in all do they need? There are 3 people and each needs 3 tickets. So, they need 3 people * 3 tickets/person = 9 tickets in total.
9. There are five giant spiders spinning their webs. Each giant spider has eight giant legs. How many spider legs are there in all? There are 5 spiders and each spider has 8 legs. So, there are 5 spiders * 8 legs/spider = 40 spider legs in all.
10. Kristen, Allison, Shea, and Derek all had cookies for their snack. Each person ate four cookies. How many cookies were eaten in all? To determine the total number of cookies eaten, follow these steps: 1. Identify the number of people: Kristen, Allison, Shea, and Derek. This is a total of 4 people. 2. Each person ate 4 cookies. Calculate the total number of cookies eaten by multiplying the number of people by the number of cookies each person ate: 4 people×4 cookies/person=16 cookies Therefore, the total number of cookies eaten is 16.
11. Five of the teachers in our school have pet cats. Each one has 3 pet cats. How many pet cats are there in all?
12. 356 bunnies live in the meadow. 98 came out of their nests to eat. How many bunnies are still in their nests?
13. 167 bunnies are lying in the sunshine. 88 of them are wiggling their noses. How many bunnies are not wiggling their noses?
14. 230 bunnies are eating dandelions. 65 bunnies are eating clover. How many more bunnies are eating dandelions?
15. 206 bunnies have black spots. 77 bunnies are all white. How many more bunnies have black spots?
16. The bunnies see 310 butterflies and 54 ladybugs. How many more butterflies than ladybugs?
17. Harold Gink doesn't like to go shopping. He buys his groceries once a year. He bought 500 bags of potatoes, 3,734 cans of peas, 14,000 bananas, 2,000 candy bars, and 15 pickles. He doesn't like pickles very much. How many things did Harold buy?
18. There are 7 pencils in the drawer. Dan placed 9 more pencils in the drawer. How many pencils are now there in total?
19. Ronaldo Sneed works at Big Al's Noodle Factory. His job is to make 100,000 noodles a day. So far today, he has made only 449 noodles. How many more must he make?
20. Tom picked four plums and Nancy picked six plums from the plum tree. Mike picked two pears from the pear tree. How many plums were picked in all?
21. Augie Nozzle is learning how to rollerblade. Last week he fell down 15,872 times. This week, he fell down only 1,999 times. How many more times did Augie fall down last week than this week?
22. Jason grew 9 watermelons and 2 cantelopes. Tim grew 4 watermelons. How many watermelons did they grow in total?
23. Elwood Goggle lives next to the Ace Ant Farm. During the month of June, he counted 27,992 ants in his kitchen. In July, he counted 110,772 ants. Elwood moved out in August. How many ants did he count during June and July?
24. There are two walnut trees currently in the park. Park workers will plant four more walnut trees today. How many walnut trees will the park have when the workshers are finished?
25. Sally's Cafe makes the best vegetable soup in town. Last year, she sold 1,662,983 bowls of her soup. So far this year, she has sold 139,899 bowls. How many bowls must she sell this year to equal last year's total?
26. A restaurant served three hot dogs during lunch and five during dinner today. How many hot dogs were served today?
27. On Monday, Sara spent 6 pennies playing 18 pinball machines. The next day, she spent 15 pennies on pinball. How much did Sara spend playing pinball?
28. Mike has 2 cookies and 6 pears. Melanie ate 5 of Mike's cookies. How many cookies did Mike have to start with?
29. While digging through her clothes for ice cream money, Mary found thirteen nickles in her jacket and twelve nickles in her pants. How much money did Mary find?
30. Alyssa has nine red marbles Fred has three red marbles. How many red marbles do they have in all?
31. When Fred was visited by the toothfairy for two of his missing teeth, he received four each of pennies, quarters and nickles. How much money did the toothfairy leave Fred?
32. Tim found 4 seashells and Joan found 9 seashells on the beach. When they cleaned them, they discovered that 6 were cracked. How many seashells did they find together?
33. Sally wants to buy 17 pencils. As Sally was searching through her couch cushions, she found 9 half-dollars, and 13 dimes in the couch. How much money in total does Sally have?
34. Tim's dog had puppies. He gave six to his friends. He now has seven puppies left. How many puppies did his have to start with?
35. Nancy got 10 dimes and 16 quarters shining shoes. She shined three pairs of brown and black shoes. In her tip jar, Nancy found 11 quarters and 2 pennies. How much money did Nancy get?
36. Joan went to 4 hockey games this year, but missed 2. She went to 3 games last year. How many games did Joan go to in total?
37. On Friday, Jason spent eleven pennies on ice cream. The next day, Jason spent fourteen nickles on baseball cards. All in all, how much money did Jason spend?
38. Jessica ate 6/7 of a cake, while Jason ate 5/7 of a cake. In total, how much cake did these two eat?
39. Sam sold lemonade in his neighborhood. He got three half-dollars on Saturday and eight half-dollars on Sunday. What amount of money did Sam receive?
40. A recipe called for 3/10 cup of chopped tomatoes and 9/10 cup of diced tomatoes. In total, how many cups of tomatoes did the recipe call for?
41. Tim has three quarters and nine dimes. All in all, how much money does Tim have?
42. Melanie picked 1/2 of a bucket of plums, and Sara picked 1/10 of a bucket of plums. How many buckets total did they pick?
43. Keith found 17 half-dollars, 12 pennies, and 9 quarters in four different rooms in his house and found 5 pennies in his piggy bank. How much money did Keith find?
44. Benny has 1/2 of last week's allowance and 1/2 of this week's allowance. How much allowance in total does Benny have left?
45. Keith got 12 pennies for house cleaning, and 16 dimes for washing dishes. How much money does Keith have?
46. Sandy planted 3/11 rows of spinach and 4/11 rows of radishes in a garden. In total how many rows of vegetables did Sandy plant?
47. Girl Scout cookies come packed 12 boxes to a case. Scout Mary sold 13 boxes of Trefoils. What will she pickup from the cookie mom? Answer: 13 boxes of cookies divided by 12 boxes per case = 1 case and 1 box of Trefoils
48. Sam has to read 2 books for school. Sam read 1/3 of the first book on Tuesday, and 2/3 of the second book on Thursday. What total fraction of these two books has Sam read?
49. Girl Scout cookies come packed 12 boxes to a case. Scout Shirley sold 5 boxes of Thin Mints. What will she pickup from the cookie mom? Answer: 5 boxes of cookies divided by 12 boxes per case = 0 cases and 5 boxes of Thin Mints
50. Tim did 7/12 of a load of laundry on Thursday and 11/12 of a load of laundry on Wednesday. What fraction of laundry did Tim do in total?
51. Angela sold 14 boxes of Thin Mints. How many cases of 12 boxes, plus extra boxes does Angela need? Answer: 14 boxes of cookies divided by 12 boxes per case = 1 case and 2 boxes of Thin Mints
52. Tom had to complete chores. Tom has completed 5/8 of the house chores and 4/7 of the yard chores. What fraction of all the chores has Tom done?
53. Girl Scout cookies come packed 12 boxes to a case. Scout Deborah sold 16 boxes of Lemon Chalet Cremes. What will she pickup from the cookie mom? Answer: 16 boxes of cookies divided by 12 boxes per case = 1 case and 4 boxes of Lemon Chalet Cremes
54. Mike drank 1/2 of a cup of milk at breakfast and 1/9 of a cup of milk at dinner. In total, how many cups of milk did Mike drink today?
55. Maria sold 15 boxes of Samoas. How many cases of 12 boxes, plus extra boxes does Maria need? Answer: 15 boxes of cookies divided by 12 boxes per case = 1 case and 3 boxes of Samoas
56. Benny completed 7/10 of Tuesday's crossword and 4/7 of Saturday's crossword. In total, what fraction of these crosswords did Benny finish?
57. Ashton had two boxes of pencils with fourteen pencils in each box. He gave six pencils to his brother. How many pencils did Ashton have left?
58. There are thirty-six dogwood trees and thirty maple trees currently in the park. Park workers will plant fourteen more dogwood trees today. How many dogwood trees will the park have when the workers are finished?
59. At the Tasty Bakery, cupcakes cost fifty-cents each. Bagels cost a dollar twenty-five. How much more do two bagels cost than two cupcakes?
60. Joan has thirty-five books and she read eight of them. Sally has forty-eight books. How many books do they have together?
61. Patty and Carl went to the movies. Patty bought the two movie tickets for $7.35 each. Carl bought two buckets of popcorn at $5.60 each. How much more money did Patty spend than Carl?
62. Sara found forty-three seashells and Nancy found thirty-one seashells on the beach. When they cleaned them, they discovered that forty were cracked. How many seashells did they find together?
63. There are 96 fourth graders at Small Tree Intermediate School. 43 of them are girls. On Friday, 5 fourth grade girls and 4 fourth grade boys were absent. How many fourth grade boys were at Small Tree Intermediate School on Friday?
64. Mary had forty-one baseball cards, and eight were torn. Tim gave Mary forty-seven new baseball cards. How many baseball cards does Mary have now?
65. Joe is learning to play the trumpet. On Monday he practiced from 6:30 until 7:05. On Tuesday he practiced from 3:55 until 4:15. How many minutes did he practice in all over the two days?
66. Jason picked twenty-three plums and Mary picked forty-four plums. Sally picked thirty-five oranges. How many plums were picked in total?
67. Each child has 3 bananas and 12 erasers. If there are 2 children, how many bananas are there in total? Answer: 3 bananas * 2 children = 6 bananas
68. There are thirty-three pencils and thirty-seven erasers in the drawer. Keith placed forty-one more pencils in the drawer. How many pencils are now there in all?
69. Shirley has 9 boxes of erasers. Each box holds 6 erasers and there are 16 boxes in a case. How many erasers does Shirley have? Answer: 9 boxes * 6 erasers = 54 erasers
70. Sara grew twenty-five cantelopes and twenty-nine turnips. Benny grew twenty-seven cantelopes. How many cantelopes did they grow in total?
71. Each child has 6 marbles and 8 eggs. If there are 3 children, how many marbles are there in total? 6 marbles * 3 children = 18 marbles
72. Dan went to forty-seven football games this year, but missed twenty-two. He went to twenty-nine games last year. How many football games did Dan go to in total?
73. Each package of cards contains 6 cards. one card costs $6.00. How much do 9 cards cost? Answer: $6.00 * 9 cards =$54.00
74. Jason has fourteen violet and twenty-seven yellow marbles. Melanie has forty-eight violet marbles. How many violet marbles do they have in total?
75. Alan went to the store 4 times last month. He buys 5 bananas and 10 stickers each time he goes to the store. How many bananas did Alan buy last month? Answer: 5 bananas * 4 trips = 20 bananas
76. Tom had forty-one pennies and nineteen dimes in his bank. His dad gave him twenty-nine dimes and forty-eight nickles. How many dimes does he have now?
77. Cost of each book is $3. What is the cost of 6 books?
78. Fred loves eating fruits. Fred paid $6.16 for bananas, $6.36 for apples, and $8.16 for grapes. In total, how much money did he spend?
79. Roger works 8 hours in a day. How many hours does he work in 5 days?
80. Fred went to the mall to buy clothes. He spent $11.53 on a jacket, $5.80 on a shirt, and $12.77 on pants. How much money did Fred spend on clothes?
81. A bag contains 7 balls. How many balls are there in 8 bags?
82. Jason joined his school's band. He bought a viola for $133.32, a music stand for $6.24, and a song book which was $10.16. Jason found $10.47 in his pocket. How much did Jason spend at the music store?
83. Kitty drinks 4 cups of milk in a day. How much milk does it drink in a week?
84. Keith bought a racing game for $10.65, a strategy game for $9.68, and a basketball game for $7.60. Keith already owns 3 games. How much did Keith spend on video games?
85. Flora has tulips 9 times more than roses. If she has 6 roses how many tulips does she have?
86. Fred loves trading cards. He bought 4 packs of basketball cards for $4.81 each, a pack of Pokemon cards for $1.97, and a deck of Digimon cards for $12.25. How much did Fred spend on cards?
87. Kimi and Jaysa wanted to see how far they could jump. Kimi jumped 27 inches. Jaysa jumped 36 inches. How much farther did Jaysa jump than Kimi?
88. Dan got fast food. He spent $2.54 on a hotdog, $1.98 on fries, and $5.41 on a sandwich. He paid with a 20 dollar bill. What was the total of the lunch bill?
89. Kate and Leah compared their jump ropes. Kate's jump rope was 78 inches long. Leah's jump rope was 72 inches long. How much longer was Kate's jump rope than Leah's?
90. Jessica spent $8.94 on a lizard toy, $5.78 on pet food, and a cage cost her $11.41. What was the total cost of Jessica's purchases?
91. Grace and Madison measure how high their flowers grew. Grace's flower was 47 inches tall. Madison's flower was 63 inches tall. How much taller was Madison's flower than Grace's?
92. Sally spent $110.36 on speakers, $113.22 on a CD player, and $111.88 on new tires. She wanted 3 CD's for $8.80, but didn't buy them. In total, how much did she spend?
93. Jack bought a 16-pound bag of dog food. His dog ate 2/3 of the food in a month. How many pounds of food did the dog eat in a month?
94. On Monday, Joan spent $10.50 each on two tickets to a movie theater. She also rented a movie for $3.75, and bought a movie for $7.73. How much money in total did Joan spend on movies?
95. Abigail has a 12-ounce glass of milk. She drinks 3/4 of the glass. How many ounces of milk did she drink?
96. Dan bought a baseball for $11.19, toy cars for $5.94, and got toy trucks for $8.24. He spent $7.24 on shorts. In total, how much did Dan spend on toys?
97. Zoe has 3 square meters of fabric. She needs 5/6 of the fabric to make a skirt. How much fabric will she use to make the skirt?
98. Sandra read 5 books, Deacon read 6 books and Breanna read 7 books. One book was read by all three children, but every other book was different. How many different books did the children read?
99. Ryan has 15 meters of stereo wire. He used 7/8 of the wire to hook up his new speakers. How much wire did he use?
100. Branson and his sister Beatrice combined their allowance of $7 each, so they could buy a movie for $12. They bought $1 containers of fruit salad with the remaining money and split the containers evenly between them. How many containers of fruit salad did they each get?
101. The post office sold 900 stamps yesterday. 1/4 of the stamps were postcard stamps. How many postcard stamps did they sell?
102. In Science class, Sara needed 8 test tubes for 3 different experiments. the first experiment required 2 test tubes and the other two experiments required the same number of test tubes. How many test tubes were needed for each of the other two experiments?
103. The bakery sold 65 cheesecakes yesterday. 3/5 of the cheesecakes were chocolate. How many chocolate cheesecakes did they sell?
104. Before Cam broke his right arm, he was able to type 9 words per minute on his phone. After he broke his arm, he had to use his left hand for a while, and he could only type 6 words per minute. What is the difference between the number of words he could type in 5 minutes before he broke his arm.
105. What is the product of 7/8 and 14?
106. When Gisselle decided to stop eating junk food, she started saving more of her allowance to buy a larger bicycle. She managed to put away $6 every week for 8 weeks and found a nice used bicycle for $50. She thought that she had close to that amount in her savings jar. Did she have exactly enough for the bicycle? If not, how much extra or how much too little did she have?
107. The price of a hat is $27. When is goes on sale, it will be 1/3 less. How much would you save if you were to buy it on sale?
108. Annie and Dustin took a beginner's programming course over several weekends that showed them how to make simple video games. They spent most of their waking hours engaged in programming tasks and ended up with a game they called "Ro-Bot-Ro-Call." How many hours do you think they spent on their course? Show your work.
109. During arts and crafts, Noah thought he could make a twelve-wheeled toy car. He took a regular toy car, and glued seven wheels to it. Did he make a twelve-wheeled car?
110. Dylan grew three inches taller last year and five inches taller this year. How many inches taller did Dylan grow in the last two years?
111. For Halloween Debby and her sister combined the candy they received. Debby had thirty-two pieces of candy while her sister had forty-two. If they ate thirty-five pieces the first night, how many pieces do they have left?
112. A pet store had thirteen siamese cats and five house cats. During a sale they sold ten cats. How many cats do they have left?
113. Luke was trying to expand his game collection. He bought two games from a friend and bought two more at a garage sale. If two of the games didn't work, how many good games did he end up with?
114. The school cafeteria ordered forty-two red apples and seven green apples for students lunches. But, if only nine students wanted fruit, how many extra did the cafeteria end up with?
115. Lana picked thirty-six tulips and thirty-seven roses to make flower bouquets. If she only used seventy of the flowers though, how many extra flowers did Lana pick?
116. Carol and her mom were picking carrots from their garden. Carol picked twenty-nine and her mother picked sixteen. If only thirty-eight of the carrots were good, how many bad carrots did they have?
117. Roger had sixteen dollars. For his birthday he got twenty-eight more dollars but spent twenty-five on a new game. How much money does he have now?
118. While on vacation, Megan took fifteen pictures at the zoo and eighteen at the museum. If she later deleted thirty-one of the pictures, how many pictures from her vacation did she still have?
119. Rachel bought two coloring books. One had twenty-three pictures and the other had thirty two. After one week she had already colored forty-four of the pictures. How many pictures does she still have to color?
120. Ned had to wash nine short sleeve shirts and twenty-one long sleeve shirts before school. If he had only washed twenty-nine of them by the time school started, how many did he not wash?
121. Calvin paints pictures and sells them at art shows. He charges $56.25 for a large painting. He charges $25.80 for a small painting. Last month he sold six large paintings and three small paintings. How much did he make in all?
122. Jennie makes quilts. She can make 7 quilts with 21 yards of material. How many yards of material would be required to make 12 quilts?
123. Brayden and Gavin were playing touch football against Cole and Freddy. Touchdowns were worth 7 points. Brayden and Gavin scored 7 touchdowns. Cole and Freddy's team scored 9 touchdowns. How many more points did Cole and Freddy have than Brayden and Gavin?
124. On Thursday the Meat King Market sold 210 pounds of ground beef. On Friday they sold twice that amount. On Saturday they only sold 130 pounds. How much more meat did they sell on Friday than Saturday?
125. While playing at the arcade, Paul won thirty-nine tickets playing 'whack a mole' and fifteen tickets playing 'skee ball'. If he was trying to buy candy that cost nine tickets a piece, how many could he buy?
126. Vanessa was making baggies of cookies with six cookies in each bag. If she had twenty-five chocolate chip cookies and twenty-nine oatmeal cookies, how many baggies could she make?
127. For homework Sarah had seventeen math problems and twenty-eight spelling problems. If she can finish five problems in an hour how long will it take her to finish all the problems?
128. Isabel uploaded eleven pictures from her phone and seven from her camera to Facebook. If she sorted the pics into nine different albums with the same amount of pics in each album, how many pictures were in each of the albums?
129. A group of nine friends went into a restaurant. The chef already had thirty-four chicken wings cooked but cooked eleven more for the group. If they each got the same amount how many would each person get?
130. For Halloween Gwen received nineteen pieces of candy form neighbors and five pieces from her older sister. If she only ate four pieces a day, how long would the candy last her?
131. A toy store had thirty-two giant stuffed bears in stock when they got another shipment with ten bears in it. They put the bears onto shelves with six on each shelf. How many shelves did they use?
132. A vase can hold six flowers. If you had thirty-seven carnations and seventeen roses, how many vases would you need to hold the flowers?
133. Maria's class is going on a field trip to the zoo. If each van can hold nine people and there are forty-one students and thirty-one adults going, how many vans will they need?
134. At a company picnic twenty-three managers and two employees decided to start a game of volleyball. If  they split into five teams how many people would be on each team?
135. Robin had 17 math problems for homework. If she finished 8 of them on the bus ride home, how many more did she have to do?
136. Carol needs to buy 16 apples for apple bobbing. If each bag contains 4 apples, how many bags will she need?
137. Tom bought 4 boxes of candy. Later he bought 2 more boxes. How many boxes did he have total?
138. For a potluck lunch Katie brought 6 bottles of soda. If everyone only drank 2 of the sodas, how many did she have to take back home?
139. Victor played 8 games of basketball with his friends. If Victor scored 2 point each game, how many points did he score total?
140. While playing basketball Team A scored 35 points. If each person scored 7 points, how many people were playing?
141. A pet store had 4 cages of snakes with 9 snakes in each cage. How many snakes did the pet store have total?
142. Ned bought 17 books at the book fair. If he gave 8 of them to his brother, how many books did he have left?
143. Edward was drawing super heroes on a sheet of scrap paper. He drew 4 heroes on the front and 8 heroes on the back. How many heroes did he draw total?
144. The mailman delivered 11 pieces of mail to a house. If 8 of the pieces were junk mail, how many pieces were actually good?
145. Oliver is helping to put away books. If he has 12 books to put away and each shelf can hold 2 books how many shelves will he need?
146. Adam has to sell 18 chocolate bars to get a prize. If each box contains 3 chocolate bars, how many boxes does he need to sell?
147. Tiffany was placing her spare change into stacks. One stack had 4 coins and the other had 8. How many coins did she have total?
148. Paul was helping his mom wash clothes. They washed 4 short sleeve shirts and 4 long sleeve shirts. How many shirts did they wash total?
149. Isabel was helping her mom pick apples from the tree in their front yard. Together they picked 10 total. If 4 of the apples weren't ripe yet, how many good apples did they pick?
150. On Wednesday you saw 12 robins on one tree and 7 on another tree. How many robins did you see altogether?
151. Your friends just gave you 12 sparkle markers, now you have 19! How many did you have before your friends gave you 12 more?
152. you picked 8 flowers and your friend picked 17 flowers. How many more flowers did you friend pick?
153. You have 17 birthday gifts! 9 came from your family, the rest came from your friends. How many gifts did your friends give you?
154. You saved 17 dimes and your brother saved 8 dimes. How many more dimes did you save?
155. Today is May 4th and your birthday is on May 21st, how many more days until your birthday?
156. In your class today, only 18 of the 26 students were at school. How many were absent?
157. Your 8 friends all have 2 wheeled bicycles, how many wheels is that altogether?
158. How many different outfits can Sally wear if she has 1 red, 1 blue, 1 white shirt and orange pants and blue pants? Name the outfits on the back.
159. You have 3 quarters and you pop cost you 54¢. How much money do you have left?
160. Kelly has 14 blue marbles, 21 green marbles, 31 multi-colored marbles and 9 smokey marbles. How many marbles does she have?
161. Marci has 36 candies to share with 3 friends. How many candies will each friend get?
162. Tom made 31 paper airplanes but only 11 would fly. How many airplanes wouldn't fly?
163. Jim's newspaper route is on one street. The houses are numbered 21 to 54. He gives a newspaper to all of the houses between and including 21 to 54. How many newspapers does he deliver?
164. Jim gets paid 5¢ for delivering newspapers. He delivers 9 newspapers. How much money does he make?
165. There are 15 boys and 17 girls in your class. How many students are there in your class altogether?
166. Mother had 8 chocolates. She gave one each to Mable, June and Sisily. How many chocolates are left with her now?
167. Kile has $150. She spends $125 to buy a book. How much money is she left with?
168. 15 boys and 14 girls are going for a school picnic. How many children are going altogether?
169. Kate spent $2 to buy a pencil, $5 to buy a chocolate and $5 to buy and eraser. What amount does she spend altogether?
170. Kelly has 5 nickles and 9 pennies. Does she have enough money to buy a pencil that costs 50¢?
171. Tony wants to buy a toy car. It costs 86¢. He has 3 quarters and 2 dimes. Does he have enough money to buy the toy car?
172. Molly has 1 quarter, 3 dimes, and 3 nickels. She wants to buy some stickers that cost 75¢. Does she have enough money to buy the stickers?
173. Karen has 3 dimes and 4 nickels. Does she have enough money to buy a cookie that costs 50¢.
174. James needs a new pen. The one he wants costs $1.25. He has 6 quarters. Does he have enough money to buy the pen?
175. Rick wants a new kite. The one he wants costs $3.50. He has 1 dollar bill, and 12 quarters. Does he have enough money to buy the kite?
176. Petra and Louie collected money for the party tickets. Each ticket cost $100. They sold 37 tickets. How much money did the kids collect?
177. At the party, Kristine bought a donut for 58¢, a cookie for 35¢, and a soda for 60¢. How much money did she spend?
178. John bought a slice of pizza for $.50 and a soda for $.60. He gave the lady $1.25. How much change did John receive?
179. Zachary went to the party with $10.00. After spending $6.75 at the party, how much money did Zachary go home with?
180. Florence emptied her bank and counted 3 half-dollar coins, 7 quarters, 5 dimes, 8 nickles, and 20 pennies. How much money did Florence have?
181. Kimberly has $98.00 and Christine has $3.45. How much more money does Kimberly have than Christine? $98.00 - $3.45 = $94.55
182. Kimberly starts with $68.00 and spends $7.75 on Skittles. How much money does Kimberly have left? $68.00 - $7.75 = $60.25
183. Roy gives $2.45 to Nicholas. If Roy started with $23.00, how much money does he have left? $23.00 - $2.45 = $20.55
184. Amanda has $80.00 and Steven has $47.05. How much more does Amanda have than Steven? $80.00 - $47.05 = $22.95
185. Dorothy earns $8.00 per hour working. If she works for 80 hours, how much money will Dorothy earn? $8.00 * 80 hours = $640.00
186. On Wednesday you saw 12 robins on one tree and 7 on another tree. How many robins did you see altogether?
187. Your friends just gave you 12 sparkle markers, now you have 19! How many did you have before your friends gave you 12 more?
188. You picked 8 flowers and your friend picked 17 flowers. How many more flowers did your friend pick?
189. You have 17 birthday gifts! 9 came from your family, the rest came from you friends. How many gifts did your friends give you?
190. You saved 17 dimes and your brother saved 8 dimes. How many more dimes did you save?
191. Today is May 4th and your birthday is on May 21st, how many more days until your birthday?
192. In your class today, only 18 of the 26 students were at school. How many were absent?
193. Susan went to the store to buy hats for her 8 children. If one hat costs 5 nickles. How much money is required to buy the hats?
194. Ashley had $20 with her. She went to the market and had an ice cream and a burger for lunch which cost her $17. How much money does Ashley have left?
195. George earns 90 cents a day for transporting luggage from one site to another. How much income does he earn in two weeks?
196. Garry's mother gave him $30 to buy some fruit. He went to the market and lost $10 on the way. How much money does Garry have now?
197. Harry had his practical. He has to submit 35 cents for his exam fees. But he only has 25 cents. How much more money is required for Harry?
198. Steven took his television to be repaired. The repair cost him $75. He gave $100 to the shopkeeper. How much money did shopkeeper returned to him?
199. Sandy has 6 dollars, 2 quarters, 5 dimes, 8 nickels with him. How much money does he have all together?
200. Derik took $70 from his father to go for a movie. But he spent only $45. How much money does Derik have left?
201. Andrew went to see a circus with his family. Tickets cost $15 each person. If Andrew and his family includes 8 people. How much money is required to buy tickets for all?
202. Davis went to the exhibition. He bought a ticket for $22. He paid $30 at the ticket window. How much money does Davis have left?
203. You have a dime, 2 nickels, 1 quarter and 3 pennies. How much money do you have?
204. A man was carrying balloons but the wind blew 12 away. He has 17 balloons left. How many did he start with?
205. Denise earned $21.00 working. Kathy works at the same store and earns $5.00 per hour. If she worked for 3 hours, how much money does Denise earn per hour? $21.00 / 3 hours = $7.00 per hour
206. William earns $9.00 per hour working. He wants to earn $11.00 to buy oranges. If William worked for 4 hours, how much money did he earn? $9.00 * 4 hours = $36.00
207. Paul earned $28.00 working. Timothy works at the same store and earns $8.00 per hour. If he worked for 4 hours, how much money does Paul earn per hour? $28.00 / 4 hours = $7.00 per hour
208. Frank has $8.00. bottle caps cost $4.00 each, blocks cost $5.00 each. How many bottle caps can Frank buy? $8.00 / $4.00 = 2 bottle caps
209. Adam spends $45.00 on erasers. Lisa buys 12 erasers. Each eraser costs $9.00. How many erasers did Adam buy? $45.00 / $9.00 = 5 erasers
210. Steve has $6.00. Carlos gives with $7.00 to Steve. If Carlos started with $8.00, how much money does he have left? $8.00 - $7.00 = $1.00
211. Paula starts with $18.00 and spends $12.00 on blocks. Nancy spends $17.00 on blocks. How much money does Paula have left? $18.00 - $12.00 = $6.00
212. Ashley has $12.00. Gloria gives with $15.00 to Ashley. If Gloria started with $15.00, how much money does she have left? $15.00 - $15.00 = $0.00
213. Deborah starts with $14.00 and spends $2.00 on stickers. Sean spends $15.00 on stickers. How much money does Deborah have left? $14.00 - $2.00 = $12.00
214. Bridget starts with $12.00 and spends $12.00 on bottle caps. Nicholas spends $19.00 on bottle caps. How much money does Bridget have left? $12.00 - $12.00 = $0.00
215. After buying some apples for $19.00, Wayne has $12.00 left. How much money did Wayne have to begin with? $19.00 + $12.00 = $31.00
216. Maria starts with $17.00 and spends $11.00 on cards. How much money does Maria have left? $17.00 - $11.00 = $6.00
217. Nathan starts with $7.00 and spends $4.00 on cards. How much money does Nathan have left? $7.00 - $4.00 = $3.00
218. Eric has $9.00 and Jean has $3.00. How much money do they have together? $9.00 + $3.00 = $12.00
219. Nicholas has $6.00 and Denise has $3.00. How much money do they have together? $6.00 + $3.00 = $9.00
220. A family of 2 ate lunch at the zoo. It cost a total of $22. How much did the lunch cost per person?
221. Jill bought 2 donuts. She gave 1 donut(s) to each child. How many children did she give donuts to?
222. Jane bought 14 pencils. She put 2 in each packet. How many packets did she use?
223. Robert ran an equal number of miles each day. He ran 12 mile(s) in 1 week(s). How much did he run in 1 week?
224. Tom ran an equal number of miles each day. He ran 6 mile(s) in 2 week(s). How much did he run in 1 week?
225. 4 child(ren) rode the elevator. 1 child(ren) rode the elevator each time. How many groups of 1 rode the elevator?
226. Sam ran an equal number of miles each day. He ran 24 mile(s) in 2 week(s). How much did he run in 1 week?
227. 10 child(ren) rode the elevator. 1 child(ren) rode the elevator at each time. How many groups of 1 rode the elevator?
228. A family of 2 ate lunch at the zoo. It cost a total of $14. How much did the lunch cost per person?
229. Mrs. Hilt traveled 21,120 feet. How many miles did she travel?
230. Mrs. Hilt collected 1,003 nickels in a jar. She went to the bank to cash them in. How much money did the bank give Mrs. Hilt?
231. Mrs. Hilt owns a house on a lot shaped like a rectangle. The perimeter of the lot is 60 feet. What is the length and the width of the lot?
232. Mrs. Hilt bought 15 books. She paid $11 for each book. She later sold all 15 books for $25 each. What it the difference between the total amount of money Mrs. Hilt sold the books for and the total amount of money she paid for the books?
233. Mrs. Hilt earned $25 one week for shoveling snow and $50 for the next week. Then, she gave 2/5 of her earning to her little sister for helping her. How much money did she give her little sister?
234. Over the weekend, the Philadelphia area received an approximate 26 7/10 inches of snowfall. If a province in Canada received three times as much snowfall, how much would the accumulation in that province be?
235. Mary has a garden in which are 3 mango trees, 2 papaya trees and 4 avocado trees. How many trees are in her garden?
236. While going to town, I stopped at the supermarket and the bakery. On return I stopped as school to pick Peter up. How many places did I make a stop at?
237. At the olympic games, Linda won 3 gold medals in swimming and 2 silver medals in high jump. How many medals did she win at the olympics?
238. Paul's mother took him to the toy shop; he admired 3 toys but his mother Becky ended up buying only 2, to add to the tree at home which she bought the previous year. How many toys did Paul end up having?
239. Dorin's house has 3 rooms with each of them having 2 windows. How many windows are in Dorin's house?
240. A zoo has 3 lions, 5 monkeys and 8 tigers. Write the correct expression for the sum of animals in the zoo.
241. Peter's school bag has 3 exercises books, 4 text books and 3 novels. Write the correct expression for the sum of trees in Mary's garden.
242. Mary's garden has 3 pear trees, 6 mango trees and 9 apple trees. Write the correct expression for the sum of trees in Mary's garden.
243. A hall has 2 parlours each having 4 chairs. Write the correct expression for the sum of chairs in the hall.
244. A car park contains three sports cars, eight mail vans and 2 buses. Write the correct expression for the sum of vehicles in the car park.
245. Alfonso wants to share his money with his little sister. He wants to give her enough so that they each have exactly the same amount of money. His sister has $9. How much money should Alfonso give her, and how much money will they each have? Show your work.
246. Ling put her basketball cards in an album. She put 4 cards on each page. How many pages did she fill with her cards? Show all your work.
247. Victor had 126 baseball cards. His cousin gave him 20 more cards. Then his brother gave him 58 more cards. How many baseball cards does Victor have now? Show all your work.
248. Rodney has a piece of rope that is 144 inches long. Simon has a piece of rope that is 87 inches long. How much longer is Rodney's piece of rope? Show all your work.
249. Maria and Katy each have a piece of string. When they put the 2 pieces of string together end-to-end, the total length is 84 inches. Maria's string is 6 inches longer than Katy's. How long is Maria's piece of string? How long is Katy's piece of string? Show all your work. Use another piece of paper if you need to.
250. There are two third grade classes at our school. There are 28 students in one class and 25 students in the other. There are also two fourth grade classes at our school. There are 27 students in one class and 23 students in the other. Which grade has more students? Exactly how many more students does that grade have? Show all your work.
251. Liam wanted to put a fence around his vegetable garden patch. His brother asked him to put a fence around his garden patch too. Liam's garden patch was 5 feet wide and 10 feet long. His brother's patch was 6 feet wide and 7 feet long. How many feet of fencing will Liam need? Show all your work.
252. Liam bought too much fencing and had 26 feet of it left over. He and his brother decided to make a rectangle-shaped garden patch for their little sister. They wanted to use all the extra fencing to outline her garden patch. What could be the dimensions of the patch they make for their sister? (Use only whole numbers of feet.) Show all your work.
253. Mai is buying gifts for her 4 friends. She wants to get each friend a bracelet that costs $4 and a mechanical pencil that costs $3. How much money will she spend in all? Show all your work.
254. Mai changed her mind and decided to get each of her 4 friends a comic book that costs $3.99 and an eraser that costs 99¢. How much money did she spend in all? Show all of your work.
255. Flora was reading a book that was 283 pages long. She read 56 pages on Thursday, 45 pages on Friday, and 72 pages on Saturday. How many pages will she have to read on Sunday to finish her book? Show all your work.
256. Greg wants to buy a new TV that costs $1,679. He has $326 in his bank account. His grandma gave him $50 for his birthday. He will earn $385 mowing lawns this summer. How much more money will he need to buy the TV? Show all your work.
257. Wanda and her sister Lola were eating sandwiches. The sandwiches were the same size. Wanda ate 1/2 of her sandwich. Lola ate 3/4 of her sandwich. Who ate more of her sandwich, Wanda or Lola? Explain how you know using pictures, numbers, and/or words.
258. Lucy and her brother Bob were eating sandwiches at a picnic. The sandwiches were all the same size. Lucy ate 1/2 of a peanut butter sandwich and 1/4 of an egg salad sandwich. Bob ate 1/4 of a tuna sandwich and 3/4 of a turkey sandwich. Who ate more, Lucy or Bob? Explain how you know using pictures, numbers, and/or words.
259. Marty ordered a small milk at lunch. His brother Bob ordered a large milk. They each drank three-fourths of their milk. Who drank more milk, Marty or Bob? Explain how you know.
260. At the movies Laura got a large popcorn. Her sister Susan got a small popcorn. They each ate half their popcorn. Who ate more popcorn, Laura or Susan? Explain how you know.
261. At lunch Steven ate a third of a jumbo burger. His mother ate a third of a regular burger. Who ate more, Steven or his mom?
262. Jim drank 2/3 of a bottle of juice that was 24 ounces. Frank drank 3/4 of a bottle of juice that was 16 ounces. Who drank more juice? Use pictures, numbers, and/or words to explain how you know.
263. A farm stand was selling 2-pound boxes of strawberries. Noah's family ate 2/5 of a box. Zach's family ate 3/4 of a box. Which family ate more strawberries? Use pictures, numbers, and/or words to explain how you know.
264. Ronda and Shawna bought a bunch of grapes. Ronda ate 5/16 of the grapes and Shawna ate 1/2 of the grapes. Who ate more grapes? Use pictures, numbers, and/or words to explain how you know.
265. Violet's mom got a melon at the store and cut it into 8 equal pieces. Violet ate 3/8 of the melon. Her mom ate 1/4 of the melon. Who ate more melon? Use pictures, numbers, and/or words to explain how you know.
266. Jim and Emma were eating pizza for lunch. Jim ate 2/6 of the pizza. Emma ate 3/6 of the pizza. How much pizza did they eat altogether? Use pictures, numbers, and/or words to explain how you got the answer.
267. Rosa and Carmen made two mini-pizzas for lunch. They cut both pizzas into fourths. Rosa ate 3/4 of a pizza. Carmen ate 3/4 of a pizza. Altogether, how much pizza did they eat? Use pictures, numbers, and/or words to explain how you got the answer.
268. Jose and his three cousins helped their grandma work in her garden on Saturday. She gave them each $16 to thank them for their help. How much money did she give them altogether? Show all your work.
269. Laura and her four sisters went apple picking. They each picked 14 apples. How many apples did they pick altogether? Show all your work.
270. There were 3 apples on the table. Jan put 6 more apples on the table. How many apples were on the table in all? Show your work.
271. Marco has 6 dollars. How many dollars does he need to have 10 dollars altogether? Show your work.
272. Katy has 5 dollars. How many more dimes does she need to have 8 dollars altogether? Show your work.
273. Gus had some fish. He got 6 more fish at the pet store. Now he has 11 fish. How many fish did Gus have to start with? Show your work.
274. Mrs. Jones has ducks and sheep on her farm. The animals have a total of 6 heads and 16 legs. How many ducks does Mrs. Jones have? How many sheep does Mrs. Jones have? Show your work.
275. James had 13 baseball cards. He gave 6 to his brother. How many baseball cards does James have now? Show your work.
276. There were 13 fish in the tank. The cat ate some. Now there are only 9 fish in the tank. How many did the cat eat? Show your work.
277. John had some crayons. He gave 5 to Jen. How he has 7 crayons left. How many crayons did John have to start with? Show your work.
278. Tim has 12 fish. 7 are yellow and the rest are red. How many red fish does Tim have? Show your work.
279. Rosa has 6 blocks. Eric has 7 more blocks than Rosa. How many blocks does Eric have? Show your work.
280. 4 apples cost $1.00. How much will Jenny have to pay for 5 apples? Show your work.
281. Tammy has 14 pennies. Troy has 5 pennies. How many more pennies does Tammy have than Troy?
282. There are some bikes and trikes on the playground. There are 7 seats and 19 wheels. How many bikes are there? How many tries are there? Show your work.
283. Rosa had 14 shells. She gave 3 of the shells to her sister and 4 of the shells to her brother. How many shells did Rosa have left? Show your work.
284. Jared has 5 coins in his pocket. They are worth 18¢ in all. What coins does Jared have? Show your work.
285. Mark has 3 dogs, 5 cats, and 8 fish. How many pets does he have in all? Show your work.
286. There are 12 fish in the tank. 5 of the fish are blue. The rest of the fish are red. How many of the fish in the tank are red? Show your work.
287. Jacob has 12 fish. Some of the fish are yellow. Some of the fish are red. There are no other colors. There are twice as many yellow fish as red fish. How many yellow fish does Jacob have? How many red fish does Jacob have? Show your work.
288. lin got a t-shirt for 7 dollars and a teddy bear for 4 dollars. He gave the clerk a 20-dollar bill. How much money did he get back? Show your work.
289. Two 8-legged spiders landed on a 4-legged turtle. Then three 2-legged birds landed on the turtle. How many legs in all (counting the turtle)? Show your work.
290. Jana has 7 dollars. How many more dollars does she need to have 14 dollars altogether? Show your work.
291. Timmy has 7 dollars. How many more quarters does he need to have 12 dollars altogether? Show your work.
292. Jen had some flowers. Her friend gave her 9 more flowers. Now she has 14 flowers. How many flowers did Jen have to start with? Show your work.
293. Jon had 4 oranges. He cut each orange into 8 slices. How many orange slices did he have in all? Show your work.
294. There were 15 cookies on the plate. The dog got some of them. Now there are only 7 cookies on the plate. How many did the dog get? Show your work.
295. Ann had 4 apples. She cut each apple into 5 slices. Each slice had 3 seeds in it. How many seeds in all? Show your work.
296. There were some granola bars on the table. The kids ate 6 of them. Now there are 9 granola bars left on the table. How many granola bars were on the table to start with? Show your work.
297. Lin bought 3 fruit strips for 45¢ each. He gave the clerk $2.00. How much change did he get back? Show your work.
298. Trina has 17 beads. 9 of the beads are blue, and the rest are red. How many red beads does Trina have? Show your work.
299. Mrs. Brown is the gym teacher. She has 15 soccer balls and 8 footballs. How many more soccer balls than footballs does Mrs. Brown have? Show your work.
300. James had 17 baseball cards. He gave 9 of them to Andre. Who has more baseball cards now, James or Andre? How many more? Show your work.
301. Neena bought 7 red apples, 8 green apples, and 3 yellow apples. Neena is 12 years old. How many apples did Neena buy?
302. Pedro had 15 dollars. He spent 9 dollars on a book. His friend had 12 dollars. How much money did Pedro have left?
303. The gym teacher had 16 soccer balls. She had 14 footballs. She gave 8 of the soccer balls to the playground helper. How many soccer balls did she have left?
304. The ladybug ate 12 aphids in the morning. Then she took a nap on a leaf for 3 hours. She ate 34 aphids in the afternoon. How many aphids did she eat in all?
305. Nick has 3 cats. He had 12 fish. He gave 4 of the fish to his friend. How many fish does he have left?
306. Lin's big sister is 15. She listened to 8 songs on her CD player in the morning. She listened to 9 more songs that night. How many songs did she listen to in all?
307. Amber made 9 cupcakes. Then she made 12 more cupcakes. It took 2 cups of sugar to make the frosting. How many cupcakes did she make in all?
308. The Green Dragon had 250 gold pieces. He is 18 feet tall. He is mad because the trolls took 60 of his gold pieces. How many gold pieces does he have left?
309. Sara has 4 coins in her right pocket. Together, they are worth 30¢. What 4 coins does Sara have in her right pocket? Show your work.
310. Sara has 7 coins in her left pocket. Together, they are worth 24¢. What 7 coins does Sara have in her left pocket? Show your work.
311. Josh got 12 goldfish. He wants to put 3 goldfish in each little fishbowl. How many little fishbowls will he need? Show your work.
312. 36 kids are going to the park. Each van can hold 6 kids. How many vans will they need to take all the kids to the park? Show your work.
313. Jose, Matt, and Dani went to the library. They each checked out 5 books. How many books is that in all? Show your work.
314. There are 7 apples. Every apple has 5 seeds. How many seeds do they have in all? Show your work.
315. Amy and her friends are making snow people. They use 2 stones for the eyes, 5 stones for the mouth, and 5 stones for buttons. How many stones will it take to make 7 snow people? Show your work.
316. Jess had 28 marbles. She gave half of them to Eli. Then Jess gave half of the marbles she had left to her sister. How many marbles does Jess have now? Show your work.
317. Rob had 16 shells. He gave half of them to his brother. How many shells does Rob have now? Show your work.
318. The squirrels are hiding nuts for the winter. Three of the squirrels each got 4 nuts. Five of the squirrels each got 5 nuts. How many nuts do they have in all? Show your work.
319. The zookeeper brought 9 bunches of carrots for the elephants. Each bunch had 5 carrots. He gave one of the elephants 24 carrots. How many carrots were left for the other elephants? Show your work.
320. Erika went to the store. She got a pencil for 15¢ and a tablet for 25¢. She gave the storekeeper 50¢. How much money did she get back? Show your work.
321. Alex went to the store. She bought an orange for 25¢, an apple for 24¢, and a banana for 23¢. How much money did she spend in all? Show your work.
322. Manuela has 2 one dollar bills, 5 quarters, 8 dimes, a nickel and 3 pennies. How much money does she have?
323. Jake has three quarters and 4 nickels. An apple costs 20¢. How many apples can Jake buy? Show your work.
324. The cost of a pizza is $12.00. If four people are to share the cost equally, how much should each pay?
325. Three brothers each have four pairs of shoes. How many shoes are there in total? 
326. Michele was assigned a project on March 7th. If she was given 3 weeks to complete the project, when is it due? 
327. Mr. Rawlins has 57 fifth graders in two classes. He gives them a test with 30 questions on it. How many questions will he have to read to grade papers?
328. Antoin has $12.50. He wants to buy 20 pens that cost 80¢ each. Does he have enough money?
329. School ended at 3:20 P.M. Ida walked to Sam’s house, which took 20 minutes. She stayed there for 1 hour. Then she had to walk home. The walk from Sam’s house to her home took 40 minutes. At what time did she get home? 
330. Marilu’s dad has some weights in the basement. Marilu is trying to lift a box with 3 5-lb weights, 7 1-lb weights, and 2 7-lb weights. How much weight is in the box? 
331. A football stadium can seat 50,013 people. If 24,394 seats are empty, how many people are attending the game? 
332. Shari sold 114 boxes of cookies with 14 cookies in each box. How many cookies did she sell? 
333. Sue is packing 116 spools of thread into shoe boxes. Each box can hold 42 spools of thread. Will Sue be able to pack all the spools into 2 boxes? Explain.
334. Stacey jogged for 25 minutes on Saturday and 38 minutes on Tuesday. How much longer did she jog on Tuesday than on Saturday?
335. Rolanda completed 12 homework problems before dinner and 18 after dinner. How many homework problems did she complete altogether?
336. Tony is estimating the time he needs to complete his math homework. He can complete about 3 problems per minute. If he allows 20 minutes, will he finish his 42 math problems? Explain.
337. Train A traveled the 29 miles between Dell City and Mesabi 18 times. Train B traveled the 21 miles between Mesabi and Dodge 24 times. Which train traveled the most miles?
338. Joanna left school at 3:30 P.M. She went to volleyball practice for 90 minutes. She stopped at her aunt’s house for 75 minutes. What time did she get home?
339. Write an equation using the variable p. Robin had some pens. She gave Ben 6 and now has 12.
340. Ted bought eggs for $1.98, milk for $2.19, and bread for $1.10. What change should he receive from $10.00?
341. Write an expression using the variable n. There were 9 pears in the bowl. Jenny took some out.
342. Kim has a scarf. It has a red stripe, a blue stripe, and a white stripe. This pattern repeats. What color is the eighth stripe?
343. A baker can make 8 batches of cookies an hour. How many batches of cookies can the baker made in 7 hours?
344. Jake has three quarters and 4 nickels. An apple costs 20¢. How many apples can Jake buy? Show your work.
345. Melanie’s family took a trip. The first day they drove 140 miles. The second day they drove 210 miles. The third day they drove 120 miles. The last day they drove 190 miles. What was their average daily mileage?
346. Beckett had a quarter in his bank. His mom gave him another quarter for carrying in the groceries, and he found 2 nickels and 3 pennies in the car. How much money did he have in all? Show your work.
347. Melanie’s mother bought 30 gallons of gasoline during their trip. If they drove a total of 660 miles, how many miles did they drive on each gallon of gasoline?
348. Willie, Donald, and Maya found a quarter, a dime, a nickel, and 2 pennies when they were cleaning the house. They traded their dad for some other coins that were worth the same amount of money and split up the money evenly. How much did they each get? Show your work.
349. If gasoline costs $1.45 a gallon, how much did Melanie’s mother spend on gasoline for their trip? 
350. There are 10 bikes and 6 cars in the school parking lot. How many wheels in all? Show your work.
351. How much less would Melanie’s mother have spent on gas if gas had cost $1.25 per gallon?
352. Akiko has 27 marbles. Sara has 53 marbles. Sam has 24 marbles. How many marbles do Sara and Sam have in all?
353. At the end of five days Joseph had saved $30. If each day he saved $2 more than the day before, how much money did Joseph save each day?
354. Jenny has 12 toy people. She is building a house for them. She used 12 blocks for the front gate, and 48 blocks for the rest of the house. How many blocks did Jenny use in all?
355. A series of numbers starts with 2. Each number in the series is two times as great as the number before it. What is the sixth number in the series?
356. Juan had 56 crayons. He gave 23 of his crayons to his friend. Juan also gave his friend 15 marking pens. How many crayons does Juan have left?
357. During his vacation, Brian used 7 rolls of 24-photo film. How many photos did Brian take?
358. The Toy Factory made 90 robots on Tuesday. 23 people work at the factory. They sold 54 of the robots on Wednesday. How many robots did they have left?
359. If 8 students can sit at one table, how many tables are needed to seat 134 students?
360. John hiked 2/3 miles on Monday and 5/6 miles on Tuesday. On which day did he hike farther?
361. Tony has read 45 of the 100 pages in his book. Write a fraction in simplest form to show how much of the book Tony has read.
362. To prepare for a presentation, Pete colored 1/2 of a poster. Rebecca colored 1/3 of the poster. What fraction still needs to be colored?
363. There are 4 baskets on the table. Each basket has 12 apples in it. How many apples are there in all? Show your work. Mark the answer clearly.
364. Rosie’s Umbrella Shop is selling umbrellas for $4.00 off the usual price of $15.00. What is the cost of buying 3 sale umbrellas?
365. Henry wanted to buy his friend a treat. He had $3.87. If the treat cost $2.65, about how much money did he have left?
366. Sally bought two packages of hamburger. One package was 2.45 pounds and the other was 3.16 pounds. How many pounds of hamburger did she buy?
367. Joan’s older sister is 1.65 meters tall. Joan is 1.26 meters tall. How much taller is her sister?
368. Henry bought radish, tomato, and pumpkin seed packages. The radish and tomato seed packages were $0.89 each. The pumpkin seed packages were $1.25 each. How many of each package of seeds did he buy if he spent $4.28 in all?
369. Sylvia ran 50 meters in 9.62 seconds. Linda finished 0.35 seconds later. Ramie’s time was 0.09 seconds more than Linda’s. What was Linda’s time? Ramie’s?
370. Ron’s car has a 12-gallon gas tank. If gas costs $1.45 per gallon, how much will it cost to fill the tank?
371. A 5-lb bag of flour costs $1.10. A 20- oz bag of flour costs $0.40. Which is the better buy?
372. If 3 servings of macaroni and cheese cost $0.99, how much will it cost to serve 200 people?
373. One serving of macaroni and cheese is 70 g. How many kilograms are needed to serve 200 people?
374. Franz ate 1 3/8 granola bars. Aimee ate 2 1/8 granola bars. How many granola bars did Franz and Aimee eat in all?
375. A cube has a volume of 64 cubic centimeters. What are the cube’s dimensions?
376. What is the volume of a rectangular prism that has a length of 6 in., a width of 4 in., and a height of 8 in.?
377. The race started at 6:53 P.M. and ended at 7:14 P.M. How long did the race take?
378. Amanda bought an oil painting for $45.95 at the church bazaar. How much change will she get from a fifty dollar bill?
379. James is buying a new computer. He is choosing among 3 different hard drives, 4 different printers, and 5 modems. How many possible computer packages could he make?
380. Carlos has 37 CDs in his music collection. To the nearest ten, how many CDs does Carlos own?
381. Nathan scored 2,349 points playing a video game. To the nearest hundred, how many points did he score?
382. Kayla collects animal pictures. So far, she has 27 horse pictures and 12 pictures of bears. About how many pictures does she have now?
383. This week the school store sold 39 pencils and 12 folders. About how many pencils and folders did the school store sell this week?
384. For a family picnic, Javier bought 18 peaches, and his sister bought 24 apples. How many pieces of fruit did they buy?
385. Alondra’s science class planted 29 zinnia seeds and 31 marigold seeds. What is the total number of seeds they planted? 
386. Students were growing plants in science class. So far, 4 plants have flowered: 2 plants have 3 flowers each, and 2 plants have 6 flowers each. Find the total number of flowers.
387. Every year, Daniel’s mother volunteers about 245 hours in the hospital. In 2 years, about how many hours of volunteer work will she do?
388. There are 15 cards in one box and 64 cards in another box. How many cards are there in all? 
389. There are 31 students in Miss Strom’s class and 27 students in Miss Wilson’s class. About how many students are there in all? 
390. Delmar’s school has collected money for charity. They collected $47 from Mrs. Johnson’s class and $52 from Mr. King’s class. How much money do they have in all?
391. For Garrett’s birthday party, he is bringing 2 bags of cookies to school. Each bag contains 24 cookies. How many cookies are there in all? 
392. Bill has $0.34 in his pocket. Amanda has $0.54 in her pocket. An apple costs $0.85. If they combine their money, can they buy the apple to share? Explain.
393. In one aquarium, there are 22 minnows. In another aquarium, there are 27 snails. About how many pond animals are there?
394. For a PTA meeting at the Parkvale Elementary School, the principal has ordered 215 muffins and 155 bagels. How many muffins and bagels were there in all?
395. In February, Lucinda read a book that was 98 pages long. In March, she read a book that was 124 pages long. How many pages did she read in February and March?
396. Miranda’s sunflower plants grew 27 inches in the first month and 37 inches the second month. How tall were Miranda’s sunflowers after two months? 
397. Tess has 42 jars of paint. She gave 13 jars to Penny. How many were left for herself?
398. Retta is 43 inches tall. Her brother is 52 inches tall. What is the difference in their heights?
399. Kiyo had $21 when she went to the shopping center. On her trip, she purchased a new alarm clock. If she returned home with $8, how much was the alarm clock? 
400. The tree in Sue’s backyard is 72 feet tall. The tree in Joe’s backyard is 87 feet tall. About how much taller is the tree in Joe’s backyard?
401. Amy’s favorite tree is 67 feet tall. Another tree is 35 feet shorter than Amy’s favorite tree. About how tall is the other tree?
402. Ross buys a game for $84. He gives the cashier $90. How much change does he get? 
403. Tawana buys a toy for $66. She gives the cashier $80. How much change did the cashier give her?
404. Annie bought some shirts and paid with two $20-bills. The cashier gave Annie $16 in change. How much did the shirt cost? 
405. Howard bought two sandwiches for $4 each. He gave the cashier two $5-bills. How much change did he get? 
406. A bag holds 300 seeds. Brandon plants 79 of the seeds. How many seeds are left?
407. A book about gardening has 504 pages. Amy has read 245 pages so far. How many more pages does she have left to read?
408. There were 902 movie tickets at the ticket booth. Now, there are only 129 tickets left. How many tickets have been sold? 
409. The cafeteria has 300 chairs. There are only 271 people sitting in the chairs. How many chairs are empty? 
410. Omar collected 8 cans of food on Monday, 8 cans of food on Tuesday, and 8 cans of food on Thursday. How many cans did he collect in all? 
411. If Jason can collect 5 cans in one week, how many cans can he collect in 7 weeks?
412. Justin is going to a baseball game with 8 other boys. The tickets cost $5. How much will it cost for all 9 boys to watch the game?
413. Mike worked 8 hours washing cars for Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith paid him $4 an hour. How much did Mike earn? 
414. The Sports Cap Company sent 3 caps to each of the 9 starters on a baseball team. How many caps did the company send?
415. Jordan saw 9 airplanes fly over his house every day last week. How many airplanes did Jordan see last week?
416. Jim has 5 packs of cards. There are 15 cards in each pack. He gives 3 of his packs away. How many cards does he have left? 
417. Winnie is making a quilt. The first section has 2 pieces of fabric. The second section has 5 pieces of fabric. The third section has 8 pieces of fabric. If this pattern continues, how many pieces of fabric will be in the eighth section of the quilt? 
418. This year, a town sells tickets to the picnic to 252 adults and 518 children. Last year, there were 695 people at the picnic. How many more people are there this year than last year ?
419. There are three groups of students making murals for the train station. Each group has 6 students. How many students are there in all?
420. Write a problem that you could solve by drawing a picture or by finding a pattern. Share it with others.
421. Tony and his friends had a pizza party. They bought 2 pizzas, each cut into 8 slices. Tony put 3 slices of banana pepper on each piece. How many slices of banana peppers did he use? 
422. Tony also bought 3 packs of soda in cans. Each pack held 6 cans. How many cans of soda did Tony buy?
423. In Mr. Ryan’s class, 18 students write reports on stars. The students work in groups of 3. Each group hands in 1 report. How many reports on stars did the students hand in?
424. Janell pays $20 for 5 astronaut models. Each model costs the same amount. How much does each model cost?
425. There are 18 markers on the table. If Fred and Sam each get an equal amount, how many markers will each one get?
426. Janet has a small pizza cut into 12 pieces. She wants to share the pizza equally with her friend. How many pieces should she give her friend?
427. Rudy spent $30 to buy 5 shuttle models. Each model costs the same amount. How much money did each model cost?
428. There are 40 people on the Space Rocket ride at the amusement park. Each car holds 5 people. All the cars are full. How many cars does the ride have?
429. Each magazine costs $5. Jeremy has $35. How many magazines can Jeremy buy?
430. There are 30 blueberries in a bowl. Gina and her four friends each eat the same number of blueberries. If they eat all of the blueberries in the bowl, how many will they each eat?
431. The Christo family spends $70 on 10 fishing permits. How much does each permit cost?
432. Thirty people paddle down the river on rafts. Each raft holds 10 people. How many rafts are on the river?
433.  You hike a total of 60 miles in 10 days. Each day you hike the same distance. How many miles do you hike each day?
434. A group of park visitors spends $50 for 10 tickets for a raft ride. How much does each ticket cost?
435. Jason buys 3 model rockets and shares them with 2 friends. How many rockets does each boy have?
436. Lisa has 3 key chains. If each chain holds 1 key, how many keys does Lisa have?
437. Myra draws and cuts out 8 planets for a class project. She pastes each planet on a separate sheet of paper. How many sheets of paper did Myra use?
438. Alonzo has 1 bookbag. It has 5 keychains on it. How many keychains does Alonzo have?
439. Miss Gomez's 21 third-grade students work in 3 equal groups to make models of a spacecraft. How many students are in each group?
440. Chuck and his 2 brothers read 15 books about the solar system. Each boy read the same number of books. How many books did each boy read?
441. Alberto plants 42 tree seedlings in 6 rows. Each row has the same number of tree seedlings. How many rows of tree seedlings does Alberto plant?
442. Six park rangers take 54 people on a tour of Great Bear National Park. Each ranger has the same number of tourists. How many people are in each group?
443. A banana has a mass of 125 grams. Use repeated addition to find the mass of two bananas?
444. A container holds 5 liters of water. How many milliliters of water does the container hold?
445. A table is 2 meters long. How many centimeters long is the table?
446. A spider monkey has a mass of 6 kg. How many grams is this?
447. The library at Ladew Mansion in Maryland has 8 sides. What is the shape of the library?
448. A kitchen tile has 4 sides of equal length. What is the shape of the tile?
449. There are 10 children at the Sunnyside Preschool. Seven children are younger than 4 years old. Write a fraction and a decimal for the number of children who are younger than 4 years old.
450. There are 10 third grade students near the swings. Six of the students are girls. Write a fraction and a decimal for the number of girls.
451. To buy bubbles, Taye needs 75 cents. He has 6 nickels, 2 dimes, and 1 quarter. Does he have enough?
452. Julie spent 7/10 of a dollar on a bag of trail mix. If she gave the clerk 75/100 of a dollar, how much change did she get back?
453. Curtis gives 1/2 of all of the money he earns to his parents. If he earns $50, how much will he give his parents?
454. Brad has 3 dimes and 2 quarters. How much money does he have altogether?
455. Tara puts some of her stickers in a book. She fills 2 pages. Each page has 40 stickers on it. How many stickers are on those pages?
456. A library spends $1,000 each month for new books. How much does it spend in 6 months?
457. There are 26 tables in the room and 6 chairs around each table. About how many chairs are there?
458. There are 432 rows of 7 chairs in the movie theater. About how many chairs are there?
459. A rectangle is 3 tiles wide by 13 tiles high. How many tiles are in the rectangle?
460. Books are stacked in 3 stacks with 12 books in each stack. How many books are in the stacks?
461. Thom and Julie collected cans for recycling. Thom collected 3 times as many as Julie. The total number collected by their class was 400 cans. Thom and Julie collected 1/4 of that. How many cans did they each collect?
462. Frank, Joyce, Dalia, and Amando were waiting for the train. Frank was next to Dalia. Dalia was not next to Amando. Amando was next to Joyce, but not next to Frank. In what order were they standing?
463. Becky charges $25 rent for each space at her flea market. If 8 people rent space, how much money does Becky get?
464. Mrs. Sands teaches 9 different classes at the high school. There are 36 students in each class. How many students does she teach?
465. The field trip to the art museum costs $11 per student. Mrs. King collects the money from the 6 students in her group. How much does she collect?
466. Each wing of the museum has 2,500 pieces of art on display. How many pieces of art are displayed in the 4 wings of the museum?
467. Mrs. Pena bought frozen yogurt for Alonso and three of his friends. Each cone was $2.19. How much did Mrs. Pena spend on cones?
468. Mrs. Diaz bought four packs of hot dogs at $4.79 each and 3 packages of buns at $1.79 each. How much did Mrs. Diaz spend on buns and hot dogs?
469. Erin was buying supplies for her new pet hamster. She needed two packages of bedding at $3.99 each, four bags of treats at $2.89 each, and three bags of food at $4.79 each. How much did Erin spend on her new pet?
470. An engineer estimates that a job will take 640 hours. If the engineer works 8 hours each day, how many days will it take to finish the job?
471. The engineer gives part of the job to 4 workers. If they each work the same number of hours and they work a total of 200 hours, how many hours do they each work?
472. There are 390 students going on a trip to a factory. They fill 5 buses. Each bus holds the same number of students. About how many students. About many students does each bus hold?
473. At the factory tour, the guide tells the students that each worker makes an average of 250 parts each day. About how many parts each hour does a worker make during an 8-hour day?
474. Dave earns $70 for cleaning a house. He splits the money equally with a helper. How much money do they each get?
475. Ruby earns $96 in tips at her job as a waitress. She divides her money into 3 equal amounts for taxes, spending, and saving. How much money does she have for spending?
476. The South Sound Ferry has a snack bar. Drinks cost $1 and hamburgers cost $3. Julia has 1 drink and 1 hamburger. Julia and Harry spend $12 altogether. If Harry buys the same number of each item, how many drinks and hamburgers does he have?
477. Tickets for the ferry are $5 for adults and $2 for children. The Lin family spends $16 to ride the ferry. How many children do Mr. and Mrs. Lin have?
478. Marisol and her sister Marta spend $3.20 on two bus tickets to the carnival. Once at the carnival, Marisol buys a popcorn for $4.25 and Marta buys a hot dog for $2.75. They each get a caramel apple, which cost $1.50 each. If they began with $20.00 to share and need to save at least $3.20 to get back home, do they have any money to spend after eating? How much?
479. Bethany and Andrey want to go to the library. Andrey lives 10 blocks away from the library. Bethany will be walking from the park, which is 7 blocks away from Andrey’s house. If Bethany stops first to pick up Andrey, how many total blocks will she walk to the library? How many more blocks will she walk than Andrey?
480. Samantha’s mother has given her 2 hours to play any of her 4 favorite video games. It will take her 30 minutes to play one game and 45 minutes to play another. The third game takes 20 minutes to play and the fourth games takes one hour and 20 minutes. List three different combinations of games Samantha can play completely in the amount of time her mother has given her.
481. There are 4 rows of seats in the first-class part of a plane. There is a business-class part of the same plane. If there are 4 seats in each row and 40 seats on the entire plane, how many rows of seats are there is the business-class section?
482. Mr. and Mrs. Lopez take several members of the school’s theater club to a show. Adult tickets cost $9 and student tickets cost $5. They spend $38 on tickets. How many students did Mr. and Mrs. Lopez take?
483. Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson take their 3 children to a Revolutionary War fort. Tickets cost $7 for adults and $5 for children. How much do the Jeffersons spend?
484. Nick buys 6 packs of postcards and 2 packs of souvenir photos. A pack of postcards costs $4. Nick spends $34. How much does each pack of photos cost?
485. Mr. Hong takes a bus to the city. He arrives at a business meeting at 9:00 A.M. The bus ride takes 30 minutes. Then he takes a subway to get to a meeting. The subway ride takes 15 minutes. What time did he leave his house?
486. Eight passengers each took 2 suitcases on a plane. 32 passengers each took one suitcase. How many suitcases did the passengers take on the plane in all?
487. Betsy and her brother split the cost of lemons for their lemonade stand. They spent a total of 298¢. How much did each pay?
488. The lemonade container holds 128 ounces. How many 8-ounce glasses of lemonade does the container hold?
489. There are 900 seconds in 15 minutes. How many seconds are in one hour?
490. Adelaide’s parents are having a dinner party. There are 112 guests invited. Should 5, 6, or 8 guests sit at each table so that each table has the same number of guests?
491. On Peapack’s Park Day, volunteers work in the park. One volunteer has 6 boxes of plants. There are 12 plants in each box. If the volunteer puts the plants in rows of 9, how many rows can he make?
492. Peapack’s town square is surrounded by 64 trees. The same number of trees are on each of the 4 sides. The trees on each side are divided into 2 equal rows. How many trees are in each row?
493. Bonnle takes a large photo. She makes a square frame for the photo. Each side of the frame is 27 inches long. How many inches around is the frame?
494. Some volunteers are building picnic tables. The tables can seat 4 adults or 6 children. How many adults can sit at 6 tables? How many children?
495. The benches at the park can seat a total of 95 people. Each bench can seat 5 people. How many benches are at the park?
496. The third-grade class makes a mural for the train station. The mural is 30 feet long. The mural is divided into 6 equal sections. How many feet long is each section?
497. In the 1988 Olympic Games, Florence Griffith Joyner of the United States set an Olympic record for the women’s 100-meter dash. Her time was ten and sixty-two hundredths seconds. How is this time written as a number?
498. Lisa had $40.80. She spent $14.50 for a CD, $9.57 for a shirt, and $8.95 for lunch. Exactly how much money should Lisa have left?
499. Anish went to sleep at 9:00 P.M. and woke up at 6:30 A.M. What is the total number of hours Anish slept?
500. Field Day begins at 8:45 A.M. and ends at 2:20 P.M. How long is Field Day?
501. Six out of every ten fifth-grade students in a school have a pet. There are 50 fifth-grade students in this school. What is the total number of fifth-grade students in this school who have a pet?
502. The scale on Todd’s map is 1 inch = 200 miles. The distance from his house to his friend’s house on the map is 5 1/4 inches. What is the distance in miles from Todd’s house to his friend’s house?
503. Mary-George has 4 buckets of clams for the Long House feast. Each bucket contains the same number of clams. Altogether, Mary-George has 120 clams. How many clams are in each bucket?
504. Lesley read 114 pages of an exciting novel. The novel is 204 pages. How many more pages does Lesley have to read?
505. The water cooler held 66 cups of water. Each minute, 3 cups of water were taken. How many minutes did it take for the water cooler to empty?
506. Three towers were built. Each tower had the same number of toy blocks. Altogether, there were 144 blocks. How many blocks were in each tower?
507. Jaipreet picked 30 boxes of blueberries in the bush. After she sold some boxes, she had 13 boxes left. How many boxes did Jaipreet sell?
508. Wendy washed 72 windows in an apartment building. She had 98 windows to wash altogether. How many more windows has Wendy to wash? 
509. Scott and Jamie have a collection of autographed pictures. Altogether, they have 36 pictures. Scott has 13 pictures. How many pictures does Jamie have?
510. The girls’ field hockey team has 32 jerseys. Some of these jerseys are new. Nineteen jerseys are from last year. How many jerseys are new?
511. Mandeep buys a case of 24 cans of juice. In one week, Mandeep drinks 11 cans. How many cans are left?
512. Sholeh wants to add 40 files to a folder in her laptop computer. There is only enough room for 13 files. Sholeh cannot delete any files. How many files will not fit?
513. A ribbon is 45 cm long. Adam cuts off a piece. The ribbon that is left is 12 cm long. How long was the piece Adam cut off?
514. For a traditional burning ceremony, Cam had 22 bundles of cedar logs. Each bundle contained 3 logs. How many logs did Cam have altogether?
515. Holly made a comic book with 8 pages. She had several copies of the book printed. Holly paid for 96 pages altogether. How many comic books did she print?
516. Starkley used his computer to write and record a drum track. Each bar of the song had 4 beats. The printout showed 31 bars of music. How many beats did Starkley record?
517. Kimberly left Edmonton for a long car trip. She travelled 400 km in 5 h. About how far did Kimberly travel in 1 h?
518. Teagan picked cranberries for one week. Each day, he picked 30 baskets of cranberries. How many baskets did Teagan pick in 7 days? 
519. Adala runs 5 km each day. How far does Adala run in 17 days?
520. Joe is collecting cans of food for the food bank. On Monday, he had 27 cans. On Tuesday, he had 53 cans. How many more cans did Joe have on Tuesday than on Monday?
521. Suri has 75 stickers. She shares the stickers among her friends. Each friend has 15 stickers. How many friends received stickers? 
522. Measure a straw to the nearest centimetre. Suppose 1 million straws were laid end-to-end. How far would they stretch? How many different ways can you find out?
523. Ms. Carr is buying granola bars for her choir. There are 72 students in the choir. Granola bars come in boxes of 10. How many boxes should Ms. Carr buy? Explain.
524. The number of people who attended the baseball game was about 42 000 when estimated to the closest thousand. What was the least possible number of people who attended the game? How do you know?
525. There are 8625 tickets for the concert. Six thousand eight hundred eighty-five tickets have been sold. About how many tickets are still for sale?
526. Great Slave Lake has an area of 28 568 square kilometres. Great Bear Lake has an area of 31 328 square kilometres. About how much greater is the area of Great Bear Lake?
527. Taking 10 000 steps a day is a target for healthy living. Suppose your pedometer counts 8934 steps in one day. About how many more steps do you need to reach the target number? Show your work.
528. There are 4 utensils at each place setting on the table. There are 7 place settings. How many utensils are on the table?
529. Jason knows the product of 5 and 9 is 45. How can he use that fact to find the product of 4 and 9?
530. There are 6 loot bags for a birthday party. There are 42 items to be shared equally among the bags. How many items go in each bag?
531. Anjotie has 24 kayaks. She rents out a kayak for $14 per hour. All the kayaks are rented for 8 hours. How much money will Anjotie get? Show the strategy you used.
532. Erica earns $9 per hour. She works 32 hours per week. Estimate, then calculate, how much Erica earns in 2 weeks.
533. Geri is organizing school supplies. She counted 248 pencils. Geri decided to put 6 pencils in each packet. About how many packets did she make?
534. Janelle has a book with 246 pages. She has to read it in 6 days. Janelle plans to read the same number of pages each day. How many pages does she need to read daily?
535. A baker made 615 loaves of bread in 5 days. She made the same number of loaves each day. How many loaves did the baker make each day? 
536. One hundred forty-eight students are going to Festival du Voyageur in Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg. They are travelling in equal groups on 4 buses. How many students will be on each bus?
537. Kendra has twice as many building blocks as Janet. Janet has twice as many as Fariah. Fariah has 57 blocks. The girls use all the blocks to build 3 identical towers. How many blocks are in each tower? How do you know?
538. A tire factory makes 824 tires a day. A new car needs a set of 4 tires. How many sets of tires are made each day?
539. Most minivans have 3 wiper blades. How many sets of 3 blades can be made from 342 blades? 
540. Gabi has 629 pennies. She wants to give 90¢ to each of 7 friends. Can she do it? Explain.
541. Zoomin’ Inc. makes skateboards. In 5 days, 980 skateboards were made. The same number of skateboards was made each day. How many skateboards were made each day? How can you check?
542. Troy is planning a family reunion. He estimates that 250 people will attend. Troy plans one hot dog per person. Hot dogs come in packages of 6 or 8. Which type of package should Troy buy? Justify your answer.
543. Rhianna mows lawns and shovels driveways. Last year, she earned $1252. She mowed 93 lawns for $8 each. How much money did she earn from shovelling driveways?
544. Kamil played a game 3 times. His first score was 1063 points. His second score was 129 points lower. His third score was 251 points higher than his second score. How many points did Kamil score in his third game?
545. Three people are sharing the costs for a barbecue equally. Alison buys the meat for $157. Brent buys the pop and juice for $124. Ahmed buys the salads, buns, and desserts for $136. How much should each person pay? Justify your answer.
546. Samrina organized a team to participate in a 325-km bike relay. Half the team members ride 25 km. The rest ride 40 km. Including Samrina, how many people are on Samrina’s team?
547. Together, two bicycles cost $300. One bicycle costs $40 more than the other. What is the cost of the cheaper bicycle?
548. Raffi’s stamp album has 35 pages. There are 48 stamps on each page. About how many stamps are in Raffi’s album?
549. Jacob has ninety-seven $20 bills. How much money does he have? 
550. Sandra bought 17 CDs for $23 each. How much did she spend on CDs?
551. There are 265 students in Mountview Elementary School. There are 9 classes. About how many students are in each class?
552. Bedding plants are sold in trays of 6. How many trays are needed to hold 340 plants?
553. At Marg’s Market, you can buy 6 boxwood plants for $354. At Green Gardens, the same size of boxwood plant costs $53. Which store has the better price on boxwood plants? How do you know?
554. An apartment building has 32 one-bedroom apartments, 24 two-bedroom apartments, and 16 three-bedroom apartments. How many bedrooms are in the building?
555. In a parking lot, there are 59 rows of parking spaces. There are 25 spaces in each row. About how many cars can park in the lot? Show your work
556. Nicole drew a line longer than 8 cm but shorter than 99 mm. How long might the line be? How do you know?
557. Ernesto made a 1-m square garden this year. He plans to enlarge the garden. Ernesto will increase each of the four side lengths by 2 m each year. What will the perimeter and the area of Ernesto’s garden be in 6 years? 
558. Harold is designing a patio with congruent square concrete tiles. He has 72 tiles. Use grid paper to model all the possible rectangular patios Harold could build. Label the dimensions in units. Which patio has the greatest perimeter? The least perimeter?
559. Suppose you have a 7-cm by 5-cm rectangle. You increase the length by 1 cm and decrease the width by 1 cm. You continue to do this. What happens to the perimeter of the rectangle? The area? Explain why this happens.
560. Brenna cuts wood for a fire. She can cut a log into thirds in 10 min. How long would it take Brenna to cut a similar log into sixths?
561. One-fourth of a 10-m by 10-m rectangular garden is planted with corn. Two-tenths of the garden is planted with squash. Thirty-five hundredths of the garden is planted with beans. The rest is planted with flowers. What fraction of the garden is planted with flowers?
562. A snail is trying to reach a leaf 8 m away. The snail crawls 4 m on the first day. Each day after that, it crawls one-half as far as the previous day. After 4 days, will the snail reach the leaf? How do you know?
563. Jimmy has 79 m of string. He plans to make 5 kites. How much string is available for each kite? Write the answer as a decimal. 
564. Two people share a gift of $125 equally. How much does each person get?
565. Mario cycled 17 km from his home to visit a friend. He left home at 9 A.M. Mario arrived at his friend’s home at 11 A.M. He cycled the same distance each hour. How far did he cycle each hour? Write the answer as a decimal.
566. Janine made 4 pizzas for her party. She invited 8 friends. How much pizza did Janine think each person would eat? Explain.
567. A 4-kg bag of peaches costs $10. What does 1 kg of peaches cost?
568. Teagan bought 250 cm of leather cord to make necklaces. He wants to make 8 necklaces, all the same length. How much cord will Teagan use for each necklace?
569. The tallest woman on record was 2.483 m tall. The shortest woman on record was 0.61 m tall. Estimate the difference in their heights. Show your work.
570. Paul bought a piece of ribbon 4.9 m long. He cut it into 2 pieces. What lengths could the 2 pieces be? How many different answers can you find?
571. Lesley bought a CD for $19.95 and a DVD for $26.85. How much did she pay for the two items?
572. Tagak needed 2.43 m and 2.18 m of rope for his dog team. When he added the two lengths, he got the sum 46.1 m. Tagak realized he had made a mistake. How did Tagak know? What is the correct sum?
573. In the men’s long jump event, Marty jumped 8.26 m in the first trial and 8.55 m in the second trial. What is the difference of his jumps?
574. Candida got a $50 bill for her birthday. She bought a camera for $29.95 and a wallet for $9.29. How much money is left?
575. A canoe is 5.67 m long. How many centimetres is that?
576. A nickel is about 21 mm wide. How many centimetres is that?
577. Five identical books cost $33. How much does 1 book cost?
578. Juanita’s bakery ordered 48 lb of white flour, 32 lb of wheat flour, 42 lb of butter, and 38 lb of margarine. What was the total number of pounds the bakery ordered?
579. The bakery usually orders 62 lb of walnuts each week. At the end of this week, there were 14 lb left over. How many pounds of walnuts should be ordered for next week?
580. If the bakers bake 100 loaves of white bread every day, how many loaves do they bake every 4 weeks?
581. The bakers at Juanita’s bake 12 dozen potato rolls, 15 dozen crescent rolls, and 10 dozen kaiser rolls each day. What is the total number of rolls baked each day?
582. Emil and Jade have equal amounts of play money in two piles. Emil has $1 and a quarter in his pile. Jade has 5 quarters in her pile. If Emil gives Jade $1 and Jade gives Emil 4 quarters, will the two piles still be equal in value? Explain.
583. Jack spent 3/4 of an hour biking and 5/6 of an hour jogging. Afterwards, he swam for 1/8 of an hour. How much time did Jack exercise before he went swimming? 3/4 + 5/6 = 1 7/12 Before he went swimming, he exercised for 1 7/12 hours.
584. To stay healthy, Emily decided to walk for 4/5 mile every day. She walked 2/5 mile to work and walked 1/4 mile at lunchtime. How much more does she need to walk after dinner if she want to meet her target distance? 4/5 - 2/5 -1/4 = 7/20 She needs to walk another 7/20 of a mile to meet her target distance.
585. Olivia is an athlete. During this morning, she ran three laps. It took her 5/6 minutes to finish the first lap. The second lap took her 1/10 less minutes than the second lap. How much time did it take her to finish the third lap? 5/6 + 1/12 - 1/10 = 49/60 It took her 49/60 minutes (or 49 seconds) to finish running the third lap.
586. Kyle is a basketball player. His bottle was full at the beginning of the game. At the end of the first quarter, he drank 5/7 of the bottle. A coach filled up his bottle for him during the second quarter. At the end of second quarter, he drank some more water and left only 2/5 of water in the bottle. How much water did he drink during the first half of the game? 5/7 + (1 - 2/5) = 1 11/35 Kyle drank 1 11/35 bottle of water during the first half of the game.
587. Emma is a professional cyclist. For the past year, she has been practicing to ride as far as she can in a minute. At the beginning of the year, her personal record was 5/6 of a kilometer in one minute. After six months, she improved her record by 1/15 of a kilometer. After a year, she further improved her record by 1/12 of a kilometer. What is her best record? 5/6 + 1/15 + 1/12 = 59/60 Her best record is 59/60 kilometer in one minute.
588. Emily, Melissa, and Matthew each have 224 baseball cards. How many cards do they have in all? Answer: 672 cards 
589. Marla, Berkeley, and Calvin were all playing a video game. Marla's score was 645. Berkeley's score was 121. Calvin's score was 329. Find the sum of their scores. Answer: 1,095 points
590. Christopher, Nathan, and Samantha went to the ice cream stand. Christopher ordered a chocolate ice cream cone for $2.25. Nathan ordered a hot fudge sundae for $3.29. Samantha ordered a strawberry milkshake for $2.85. Samantha said, "I'll pay for all of our orders." How much did she have to pay? Answer: $8.39
591. Marla, Berkeley, and Ryan each buy a bag of jelly beans. Marla's bag has 967 jelly beans in it. Berkeley's bag had 734 jelly beans. Ryan's bag has 1,045 jelly beans in it. What is the total number of jelly beans they had? Answer: 2,746 jelly beans
592. Tyler, Krys, and Aliyah collect stickers. Tyler has 367 stickers. Krys has 862 stickers. Aliyah has 743 stickers. How many stickers did they have in all? Answer: 1,972 stickers
593. The Buffalo Wildcats played the New York Bulldogs in a football game. The Wildcats scored 42 points. The Wildcats scored 42 points. The Bulldogs scored 28 points. How many more points did the Wildcats score than the Bulldogs? Answer: 14 more points
594. Kristine and her friends are raising money for charity. They hope to raise $900 to reach their goal. So far, they have raised $780. How much more do they need to collect in order to reach their goal? Answer: $120
595. Harry is reading a chapter book that has 432 pages. He has already read 116 pages. How many pages does he have left to read? Answer: 316 pages
596. Francine goes to the grocery store and spends $31.79. She pays the cashier with a fifty dollar bill. What will her change be? Answer: $18.21
597. Brian buys two pieces of candy. Each piece of candy costs one dollar and twelve cents. If he gives the cashier a ten dollar bill, what will his change be? Answer: $7.76
598. Olivia sees 6 blue cars. Jake sees 4 red cars. How many cars do they see in all?
599. Eli made 9 snowballs. He threw 7 of them. How many snowballs does Eli have left?
600. Sophie made 3 drawings. Molly made 2. How many did they make in all?
601. Mike ordered a 12 piece pizza pie. James ate 4 of those pieces. how many pieces of pizza are left?
602. Matt had 18 colored pencils. He lost 7 of them. How many colored pencils does Matt have left?
603. Ana bought 6 stamps to put in her collection. Over the next year she bought 14 more. How many stamps did Ana buy in all?
604. Heather, Sarah, Nicky, and Jill each have nine markers. How many markers do they have in all?
605. Peter goes fishing with Patrick. Peter catches 3 small fish and 3 big fish. Patrick catches four times as many fish as Peter. How many fish did Patrick catch?
606. Kathryn goes out to lunch with Mia and Fran. Each girl orders the $7 lunch special. Kathryn agrees to pay the bill. How much will she have to pay?
607. David has 6 dozen golf balls. How many golf balls does he have? 72 golf balls
608. Daniel bought 3 dozen eggs. How many eggs did Daniel buy?
609. Olivia baked 4 dozen cupcakes. How many cupcakes did she bake?
610. Alyssa saw 2 dozen birds in a tree. How many birds did Alyssa see?
611. Samantha made 7 dozen bracelets. How many bracelets did she make?
612. Jasmine swims 12 laps every afternoon, Monday through Friday. How many laps does she swim in one week?
613. Samantha can run one mile in 8 minutes. At this rate, how long will it take for her to run 5 miles?
614. On a certain day, 525 people signed up to play softball. If 15 players are assigned to each team, how many teams can be formed?
615. Josita received $50 as a gift. She plans to buy two cassette tapes that cost $9 each and a headphone set that costs $25. How much money will she have left?
616. A bus stops at the corner of Elm Street and Oak Street every half hour between 9 A.M. and 3 P.M. and every 15 minutes between 3 P.M. and 6 P.M. How many times will a bus stop at the corner between 9 A.M. and 6 P.M.?
617. Caribou calves weigh about 13 pounds at birth. Tell whether this weight is a prime or a composite number.
618. A wildlife biologist once found a caribou traveling at 37 miles per hour. Tell whether this speed is a prime of composite number. Explain.
619. To find the area of a floor, you multiply its length times its width. The measure of the area of a floor id 49. Find the most likely length and width of the room.
620. To find the volume of a box, you can multiply its height, width, and length. The measure of the volume of a box is 70. Find its possible dimensions.
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