©Montessori for Everyone 2008 Advanced Word Problems Set 1

[Link] Addition

In her week of camping, Krista

saw 8 chipmunks run for the There are 9 big flies buzzing
safety of their homes. She also around a pond. Also buzzing
saw 12 squirrels climb into the are 11 little flies. How many
trees. How many animals did flies are there altogether?
Krista see in all?

Stephanie had 21 dolls in her

collection. She received 8 There were 14 spotted birds in
more for her birthday. What is the field. They were joined by
the total number of dolls 31 plain birds. What is the sum
Stephanie has in her collection? of the birds in the field?

Alicia saw 15 butterflies. Yumiko Jessica brought 13 pennies to

saw 8 butterflies. What is the school and Billy brought 9
total number of butterflies pennies to school. How many
that they saw? pennies did they bring in all?

Andy counted 19 dandelions. There are 18 bees and 25

Beth counted 16 violets. What hornets flying near the bushes.
is the sum of the flowers How many insects are
they counted? there in all?

John had 21 baseball cards. His At Simon’s birthday party there

dad gave him 36 more. How were 13 girls and 12 boys. How
many baseball cards does he many children were there
have in all? altogether?
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[Link] Subtraction

The teacher brought 20 cup-

cakes to school, but there were Mary had 18 fish in her fish tank.
only 17 students in the class. If She transferred 12 of the fish to
each student had one cupcake, her brother’s fish tank. How many
how many cupcakes were left? fish were left in Mary’s tank?

Ashish had a box of 17 books.

His friend Michael had a box of Mr. Walters planted 28 tulip
13 books. What is the difference bulbs in his yard. His dog dug
between the number of books up 11 of the bulbs. How many
in each box? bulbs were left in the ground?

Sam got 21 pieces of candy

while trick-or-treating. His mom Kim had 27 stickers, but then
took 19 of them away to save she gave away 9 of them.
for later. How many pieces of How many stickers did she
candy did Sam have left? have left?

Jasmine bought 19 pencils at

the store, while her friend bought Doug made 36 paper airplanes
13. What is the difference and took 21 of them to school.
between how many pencils How many airplanes were left
Jasmine and her friend bought? at home?

Samantha had 29 CDs and

Jin bought a box of 50 paper
her sister had 41 CDs. What is
clips. He took 32 out of the box.
the difference between the
How many paper clips were
number of CDs that Samantha
left in the box?
and her sister had?
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[Link] Multiplication

Kalita made 7 stacks of books. Lisa multiplied 13 by 21 on

She put 15 books in each stack. her calculator. What product
How many books are there did the calculator display?
in total?

Ashley brushed her teeth 3

Diego planted 9 rows of 32
times a day for 30 days. How
seeds each. How many
many times did she brush her
seeds did he plant in all?
teeth in those 30 days?

A group of birds gathered at

Billy has 6 boxes of toy cars. a bird feeder. Each bird ate
Each box has 23 cars. How 17 seeds. If there were 8 birds
many toy cars does Billy at the feeder, how many
have in all? seeds did they eat in total?

Every container of candy at

Each child in the class had 11 the store had 32 pieces of
pencils. If there were 25 children candy. If there were 6
in the class, how many pencils containers of candy, how
did they have all together? many pieces of candy
are there in all?

Emily used 19 nails to build her

Amal baked 8 pans of cookies.
birdhouse. She pounded on
Each pan had 16 cookies. How
each nail 5 times with her ham-
many cookies did in bake in all?
mer. How many times did she
pound on the nails?
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[Link] Division

There are 2 school buses that will

The distance from the school to
hold 48 children total. If there is
the playground is 27 feet. If Mary
the same number of children in
runs 9 feet per second, how
each bus, how many children
many seconds will it take her to
can each bus hold?
reach the playground?

Bobby had 24 dog treats to Don’s Apple Orchard has 18

give to his 3 dogs. If he gave trees to be cared for. If Don
each dog the same number and his two children divide up
of treats, how many treats the trees equally, how many
did each dog receive? trees will each of them care for?

The zoo has 36 pounds of food Trina had 45 seeds to plant in 9

for 6 hippos. How many rows. How many seeds can
pounds of food can they she plant in each row?
give to each hippo?

Jesse has saved up 100 pennies.

Kiku is making 32 large cookies.
He gives them to his mom in
She has 4 cookie sheets to put
exchange for dimes. How
them on. How many cookies can
many dimes does he
she put on each cookie sheet?
receive in return?

The library had 40 new books. If

Nadia has 25 treats to put into 5
10 books fit on each shelf, how
treat bags. How many treats
many shelves were needed
can she put into each bag?
for the new books?
©Montessori for Everyone 2008 Advanced Math Word Problems Set 2
[Link] Fraction Word Problems—Addition & Subtraction

Addition

Mark planted 2/7 of the garden Louis used 1/4 of a cup of paint
with carrots and 3/7 with beans. for one painting and 2/4 of a
How much of the garden cup for the other. How much
did he use? paint did he use in all?

Todd bought 3/8 of a yard of Bobby ate 1/3 of the birthday

red fabric and 2/8 of a yard cake and his brother ate 1/3
of purple fabric for a school of the birthday cake. How
project. How much fabric much of the birthday cake
did Todd buy? did they eat?

Subtraction

Amal ran 5/8 of a mile, and Rosa poured 7/9 of a cup

Kate ran 3/5 of a mile. of water. Then she drank 5/9
How much further did Amal more. How much water
run than Kate? was left in the cup?

Karen bought 5/7 of a roll of Max baked a pie and ate 7/12
flowered wall paper. She used of it. His sister at 3/12 of the
3/7 of it. How much wall pie. How much more of the
paper does she have left? pie did Max eat?
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[Link] Fraction Word Problems—Multiplication and Division

Multiplication

The cookie recipe called for 1/4 Each child at the party ate 1/8
cup of walnuts. If Joey makes of the pizza. If there were 7
three batches of cookies, how children at the party, how
many walnuts does he need? much of the pizza did they eat?

Each bird ate 1/2 cup of

Maria and Paul each read 1/3
bird seed. If there were 8
of a book. How much of the
birds, how many cups of
book did they read in all?
bird seed did they eat?

Division

Mrs. Smith baked 4 pies. Her David had 9 toy cars. 1/3 of
friends ate 3/4 of the pies. How the cars were red. How many
many pies did her friends eat? of David’s cars were red?

Nami colored 20 pictures. 1/5 Kate finished a race that was

of the pictures had the color 5 miles long. She walked for
purple in them. How many 2/5 of the race. How many
pictures had the color purple? miles did she walk?
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[Link] Money Word Problems—Addition & Subtraction

Addition

Jessie has been saving her

Emily made $8.00 one
money. She has $11.60 in her
weekend by raking leaves.
bank. Her mom gives her
The next weekend, she made
$4.00 more. Now how much
$7.75 more. How much does
does she have?
she have in all?

Serena took $2.25 from her piggy Two students each have $5.50
bank. The next day, she took to buy lunch. How much do
$3.85. How much money did they have all together?
she take from her bank?

Subtraction

Sally had $3.00. She bought a Luis gets $20.00 from his
book for her friend that cost grandmother for his birthday.
$2.60. How much money He buys a toy for $12.60. How
does she have left? much money does he have left?

Ruth had $31.00. She went to

the movies and spent $8 on Mrs. Torres takes $50 out of the
a ticket and $6 on popcorn bank. She uses $25.79 to buy
and a drink. How much dinner that night. How much
money did she have left? money does she have left?
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[Link] Money Word Problems—Multiplication & Division

Multiplication

Sam bought seven candy bars Jill bought 4 school folders

for 40 cents each. How much for 28 cents each. How
did he pay? much did she spend?

Bob’s mom said that she would

Anya wanted 15 pieces of
pay him 15 cents each time he
candy. Each piece was 20
took out the garbage. How
cents. How much would the
much did she pay him after he
candy cost?
took out the garbage 5 times?

Division

Jim has $5.00. He wants to Mr. Hoover has 32 dollars to give

spend it all on Lego kits. If to his 4 children. If he gives the
each Lego kit is $1.25, how same amount to each of his kids,
many can he buy? how much will each child get?

The bank received a total of $100

Dana went shopping for some from 4 different people. If each
gifts. She spent $48.00. If she of them deposited the same
spent $6.00 on each gift, how amount, how much did they
many gifts did she buy? each deposit?
©Montessori for Everyone 2008 Advanced Math Word Problems Set 2
[Link] Measurement Word Problems—Addition & Subtraction

Addition

On Tuesday night there were 6 Bill and Joe went apple picking.
inches of rain. The next night, Bill picked 13 pounds of apples.
there were 12 inches of rain. Joe picked 17 pounds of apples.
How many inches of rain were How many pounds of apples did
there on both nights? Bill and Joe pick?

A small town has only two tall Susan ran 4.5 kilometers.
buildings: one is 34 feet tall, the The next day, she ran 3.5
other is 29 feet tall. How tall are kilometers. How many
the two buildings together? kilometers did she run in all?

Subtraction

Matthew’s backyard is 17 The amusement park was 41

yards long. Kaya’s backyard is miles away. After driving 19
11 yards long. How much miles, how much further did
longer is Matthew’s the kids have to go to get the
backyard than Kaya’s? amusement park?

Andrew’s project requires a Maggie made 64 ounces of fruit

piece of wood that is 12 inches in punch. She has a 48 ounce
length. He has a piece of wood pitcher to serve the punch. If she
measuring 15 inches. How much completely fills the pitcher with
wood does Andrew need to cut punch, how much will she have
off for his project? left?
©Montessori for Everyone 2008 Advanced Math Word Problems Set 2
[Link] Measurement Word Problems—Multiplication & Division

Multiplication

Julio travels to his grandmother’s Mrs. Johnson is bringing fruit juice

house six times each month. on a field trip for her 12 students.
Each round trip is 25 miles. How Each student will receive 12
many miles are traveled each ounces of juice. How many
month to grandmother’s house ounces of juice must she bring?
and back?

For the upcoming bake sale, The Miller family loves to recycle.
Anilija is baking 9 loaves of If each family member collects
bread. Each loaf requires 3 cups 17 items to recycle, and there
of flour. How many cups of flour are six family members, how
will she need to make all 9 many item do they collect?
loaves?

Division

David measured 16 cups of flour The gas station purchased

for 4 cakes. If each cake used 48 quarts of motor oil. If they
the same amount of flour, how purchased 4 containers of
much flour did each cake use? motor oil, how many quarts
are in each box?

Danya measured 64 inches of Sanjar the snail is 80 centimeters

fabric. She needs to cut it into 8 away from his food. It will take
equal sections. How many him 8 hours to reach his food.
inches will each section be? How many centimeters will he
crawl per hour?
©Montessori for Everyone 2008 Advanced Word Problems Sets 1 & 2
[Link] Instructions

Instructions for Advanced Word Problems Set 1 & 2

For PDF: print on cardstock and laminate. For printed materials: laminate. You may
want to code the backs of the cards with a sticker or colored dot to keep the sets
separate.
To do these Advanced Word Problems, the children should have some experience
with word problems already. They should also have mastery of their basic math facts
(+, -, x, ÷, for 1-9), and experience solving two-digit math problems with regrouping.
Addition Keywords include: Subtraction Keywords Include:
how many subtract
how many in all how many left
how many altogether take away
add difference
plus
in total
and
Multiplication Keywords include:
multiply Note: Many addition, multiplication, and
times division keywords are similar.
how many
how many in all
how many all together The children will have to look for clues,
each like the word “each” which indicates
in total multiplication or division when combined
with “in all” or “altogether”.
Division Keywords include:
Divide
divided by
each
how many
About Fraction Word Problems:
A child is ready for fraction word problems when they have extensive experience with
regular word problems, as well as experience with fractions. A child may need help
visualizing the fractions in these problems. They may want to draw pictures to illustrate
the problems, or use fraction insets or foam/paper fraction cutouts to demonstrate the
problems.
About Money Word Problems:
Money word problems add a new wrinkle to solving a traditional story problem. Now,
the child not only has to figure out which operation is needed, but they need to be
mindful of the decimal point (separating dollars from cents). This means that they need
experience doing money math problems (with no “story”) before doing money word
problems.
About Measurement Word Problems:
Measurement word problems follow essentially the same rules as regular word prob-
lems. The child needs to keep in mind that the answer should be stated using the
measurement given; for instance, 6 in. + 12 in. does not equal 18, it equals 18 inches.