WORD PROBLEMS
Luke had two ten dollar bills. His younger sister Leia had a five dollar bill.
They combined their money to buy a gift for their father that costs $22. How
much change did they receive?
Tricia's mother let her play outside for 15 minutes. When she went outside,
she played with her dog for 5 minutes. Then she rode her bike for 4 minutes.
She spent the rest of the time catching bugs. How many minutes did Tricia
spend catching bugs?
Madison is reading a book that has 232 pages in it. She read 42 pages over
the weekend. Then she read 30 more pages on Monday night. How many
pages does Madison have left to read?
Steven bought two boxes of erasers. One box had 24 erasers in it. The other
box had 36 erasers in it. He then gave 18 of his erasers to his friend. How
many erasers did Steven have left?
It is Christmas break and a family of 4 are going to the cinema! Each ticket
costs $8. How much would it cost for the family to go to the cinema?
Mia bought a sketch book with 125 blank pages in it. She tears out 7 blank
pages for her friend to draw on. Mia draws pictures on 64 pages. How many
blank pages does she have left in the sketch book?
Haruto has tomato plants in his backyard. This year the plants grew 127
tomatoes. Birds had eaten 19 of the tomatoes. 23 tomatoes had been ruined
by bugs. He picked the rest. How many tomatoes did Haruto pick?
Clementine and Jake make cookies for the school bake sale. Clementine
baked 72 cookies. Jake baked twice as many as Clementine. How many
cookies did they bake altogether?
Webster Elementary School has 124 first graders and 130 second graders.
On Friday, 12 first graders and 9 second graders were absent. How many
first and second graders were in school on Friday?
The bakers at the Beverly Hills Bakery baked 200 loaves of bread on Monday
morning. They sold 93 loaves in the morning and 39 loaves in the afternoon.
How many loaves of bread did they have left?
Hillary's teacher assigned 1 hour of reading during the weekend. On Friday
night, Hillary read for 16 minutes. On Saturday she read for 28 minutes. How
many minutes does Hillary have to read on Sunday to complete the
assignment?
Dr. Banks had 330 toothbrushes to give away to his patients. He gave away
53 toothbrushes in January. He gave away 67 toothbrushes in February. In
March he gave away 46 toothbrushes. How many toothbrushes does he
have left?
Hassan has 4 packets of stickers with 5 stickers in each packet.
Robert has 3 packets of stickers with 10 stickers in each packet.
Who has the more stickers? ___________________________