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Mathematics Series Word Problems – Basic Skills

Volume 1

© 2002 Teachnology Publishing Company A Division of Teachnology, Inc. For additional information, visit us at www.teach-nology.com/publishing Some images © 2001- 2002 www.arttoday.com

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Table of Contents Going on a Field Trip 1 Doggie World 2 At the Airport 3 Hoop It Up! 4 On the Television… 5 What a Ride… 6 Winter Days… 7 Building a Place to Call Home… 8 Fruits and Vegetables 9 On the Stage 10 Off to the Races 11 Your CD Collection 12 First Aid 13 Doing Your Homework 14 In the Science Lab… 15 For the Birds… 16 Bunny Hops 17 I Have Been Working on the Railroad! 18 Shopping for Fruit 19 Thirsty? 20 In the Band… 21 In Outer Space… 22 Building Our House… 23 Catching Some Waves… 24 In the Park… 25 Printing the Pages… 26 At the Speedway… 27 In the Club! 28 Let’s Eat! 29 ??How Much or How Many?? 30 Answers 31-32

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Going on a Field Trip

1. At the space center, 12 students from group A went to lunch. 7 students from group B joined them. How many students were eating lunch?

2. A class voted on where to go on their next field trip. 9 students wanted to go to the zoo. 17 students wanted to go to the park. How many more students wanted to go to the park?

3. 74 students went on a field trip to the baseball stadium. 21 students purchased hot dogs for lunch. The remaining students brought their lunch. How many students brought their lunch?

4. On a field trip to the courthouse, 19 students attended a trial. The remaining 42 students visited the jailhouse. How many students went on a field trip that day?

5. A minimum number of 50 students were needed in order for a field trip to Cape Canaveral to take place. If 27 students want to go on this field trip, how many more people would they need to find to go on the trip?

6. 92 students took a field trip to the museum. At the end of field trip 17 students walked home, 23 students took the bus, and the remaining students were picked up by their parents. How many students were picked up by their parents?

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Doggie World

1. 7 dogs were in a park. 4 of them saw a cat and chased it around the park. How many dogs remained?

2. 17 dogs went to the beach. 3 went swimming and 6 left to sun bathe. The rest went on a sailboat. How many dogs were left on the sailboat?

3. Clevis the greyhound ran 3 miles to see his friend Pete, then another 6 miles to see his friend Swenve. How many miles did Clevis run?

4. Grover ate 6 six bones on Sunday, 3 bones on Monday, and 2 bones on Tuesday. How many total bones did Grover eat?

5. Steven the German Shepard catches 7 tennis balls in his mouth as he runs across the yard he drops 3 tennis balls. How many tennis balls does he have in his mouth now?

6. Champ, the Frisbee catching king, has the ability to catch 3 Frisbees in his mouth at a time. Champ catches 3 Frisbees twice. How many Frisbees did Champ catch in total?

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At the Airport

1. A busy airport has 845 departures of planes in the morning, 124 planes depart in the afternoon, and 73 planes depart at night. How many planes departed from the airport on this day?

2. A cargo plane picks up 320 pounds of cargo. It drops off 273 pounds of cargo. How many pounds of cargo are left on the plane?

3. Today is January 31, and 324 flights arrived at Nails Airport today. In the month of January, 4281 international flights arrived at Nails Airport. How many international flights arrived at Nails Airport between January 1 & 30?

4. You are a member of an air miles reward club. You have received 257 Air miles in your travels. When you receive 500 air miles you will receive a free Air ticket to Miami. How many air miles do you need in order to qualify for a ticket to Miami?

5. At Bells Cavern Airport, 7 planes take off every hour. How many planes take off in 3 hours?

6. If you purchase a round trip airline tickets to San Diego on the Internet it costs $271. If you purchase the same ticket at the airport it will cost $346. How much more does the ticket cost at the airport?

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Hoop It Up!

1. A basketball player makes six 2 pointers and two 3 pointers. How many points did she have for the game?

2. The Spartans beat the Lakers by a score of 113 to 76. How many points did the Spartans win by?

3. Lowtour University is losing to Bayton College by twenty-one points. Lowtour scores eleven points in a row. How many points is Lowtour losing by now?

4. Holmes High School shoots 10 single point shots, 4 two pointers, and 7 three pointers. How many points did they score?

5. Baid College wins six games at the Ohio tournament, five games at the Florida tournament, and eight games at home. How many games did Baid College win?

6. The Napoles Knights had a tough season. They won their first six games, lost their next 12 games, and won their last four games. How many more games did they lose than they won?

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On the Television… 1. On Monday you watched six hours of your favorite cartoon. On Tuesday you watched two hours of the same program. How long did you watch the cartoon over the two days?

2. 9 million people watched last Thursday’s baseball game. An average of 3 million people watches baseball games on Thursday’s. How many more people than usual watched last Thursday’s baseball game? 3. Your friend asks you to tape a

marathon of his favorite show. Each episode is a half-hour, and there will be eight shows in the marathon. How long must the tape be (in hours) to tape the entire marathon?

4. Your parents realize that you watch television seven hours a day. Your parents insist that you cannot watch television more than two hours a day. How many hours of your day are going to have to find something other to do than watch television?

5. You watch seven episodes of Tiger Baron. Each episode is one and a half hours long. How long did it take you to watch all seven episodes?

6. You make your own television news program. Your news show is one hour long. It is on seven times during the five weekdays and twice each day on the weekends. How many hours is your news program on each week?

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What a Ride… 1. Johnny rides his bike 7 miles on Tuesday and 19 miles on Thursday. How much further did Johnny ride his bike on Thursday?

2. Donna got up on her water skis for 12 seconds. On her second try, Donna stayed up for 53 seconds. How much longer did Donna stay up on her second try?

3. Jenna rode her horse for four hours on Sunday and eight hours on Monday. How much longer did she ride her horse on Monday?

4. It takes one hour for a hot air balloon to climb three hundred feet. How high will the balloon climb in three hours?

5. Mike drives his motorcycle 23 miles to visit his friend Jean. After spending some time at Jean’s he travels 13 miles to go to school. How many miles did Mike drive in total?

6. Simon sails for 17 hours heading North. He then sails 9 hours East and 4 hours Northeast. For how many total hours did Simon sail?

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Winter Days…

1. Tom and Jill both have colds. Tom sneezed 6 times. Jill sneezed 4 times. How many times did they both sneeze?

2. It snowed on 4 days in December. It also snowed on 3 days in January. How many days did it snow in December and January?

3. Greg ran 4 miles on Thursday. Greg ran for 2 miles on Friday. How many total miles did Greg run?

4. To get to Jill's house, you need to first go 3 miles on 2nd Street. You then turn on 4th street for 4 miles and you will be at Jill's house. How far is it to Jill's house?

5. 3 letters arrived in the mail on Monday. 5 letters arrived on Tuesday. How many letters arrived all together?

6. Tanya has four children their ages are 2, 4, 8, and 12. Are their ages odd or even?

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Building a Place to Call Home…

1) Hal wanted to build a house made of straw. Straw costs $6 per package. He needs 12 packages. How much will Hal have to pay for the straw?

2) Ryder wanted to build a house made of branches. Each branch weighs 3 pounds. Ryder needs to use 12 branches in order to build his home. How much will his home weigh?

3) Johnny wanted to build a house made of bricks. The 2 sidewalls require 70 bricks. The font and back walls require 110 bricks each. How many bricks will he need to build his home?

4) Wayne wanted to carpet his entire home wall to wall. He needs 40 square feet of carpet. The price of carpet is $6 a square foot. What did it cost him to add the carpeting?

5) Jack worked on his house 4 hours a day for 6 days. How long did he work?

6) Jen built her house in 48 hours. She worked for 12 days working an even amount of time each day. How many hours did she work each day?

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Fruits and Vegetables 1. A potato farmer has 3 children and he harvests 13 potatoes. How many potatoes can he give each child and how many potatoes would be left over for the farmer?

2. Hal has a pet cat named Cucumber. Cucumber loves bananas and consumes 14 a day. How many bananas does Cucumber eat in a week (7 days).

3. Jen has planted 4 orange trees. If each tree yields 16 oranges each year. How many oranges will Jen get from the trees in the first year?

4. Barry is a grape harvester. He can harvest 5 bushels of grapes in 10 minutes. How many bushels can he harvest in 70 minutes?

5. An apple truck travels at an average of 35 miles an hour. How far can the truck travel in 6 hours?

6. There are 60 sunflower seeds in the bird feeder. 12 chickadees evenly split the seeds between themselves. How many seeds will each receive?

Name ___________________________ Date ___________________


On the Stage 1. A musical number calls for 19 dancers. 12 dancers are on stage. How many more dancers are needed to complete the number?

2. A Broadway show that you want to see will run for 43 weeks. It has been running for 26 weeks. How many weeks do you have left until the show will be over?

3. A play is 180 minutes long. The performers are 93 minutes into the play. How much time is left In the performance?

4. Basile has 12 singing parts in the play. He has sung in 7 parts of the play. How many more singing parts does Basile have left to sing?

5. Tonya works as a dancer for the Lampey Dance Company. The company performs 84 shows per year. Tonya has performed in 36 shows this year. How many more performances does Tonya have left this year?

6. Silva choreographs 6 dance routines in an upcoming show. She dances in all 14 dance routines of the show. How many of dance routines in the show did she not choreograph?

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Off to the Races 1. Bob is a sprinter. His best time in his last race was 17 seconds. The national record for this event was 13 seconds. How many seconds must Bob shave off his time in order to tie the world record?

2. Sarah competes in the triple jump. In her first attempt, she jumps 18 feet. The leader in the event posts a 21-foot jump. How many more feet does Sarah need to add to her first jump in order to tie the leader?

3. In a relay race, Keri is the last runner to run. The best time in this event is 212 seconds. When she receives the baton, her team’s current time is 167 seconds. In order to tie the leaders, how long does Keri have to finish?

4. Damon competes in the 200-meter hurdle event. This event has 17 hurdles. Damon jumps 12 hurdles. How many more hurdles does Damon have to jump before he reaches the finish line?

5. Keshawn competes in an event that includes 3 different running events. The leader’s total time for all 3 events is 367 seconds. Keshawn finished the first event in 104 seconds and the second in 121 seconds. How much time does he have to reach the finish line in his third event to tie the leader?

6. The Daytona track team competes in 34 meets. Karen missed the first 8 meets and the last 5 meets due to an ankle injury. How many meets did Karen compete in this year?

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Your CD Collection 1. Your friend has 34 CDs. You have 21 CDs in your collection. How many more CDs does your friend have than you?

2. You have 16 CDs in your collection. For your birthday Jan gives you 2 CDs, Mark gives you 4 CDs, and Judy gives you 6 CDs. How many CDs do you have in your collection now?

3. Marty’s favorite band is called the Othello Six. You have 4 of Othello Six’s CDs. Marty has 10 of the Othello Six’s CDs. How many more of Othello Six’s CDs does Marty have than you?

4. You have a CD recorder. You have a CD that can hold 65 minutes of music. You put 41 minutes of music on this CD. How many more minutes of music can you add to this CD?

5. You have a collection of 13 CDs. Jackie borrows 4 of your CDs. How many CDs do you have left in your collection?

6. Your total CD collection has 1347 minutes of music. You lose two of your CDs. The first CD had 121 minutes of music. The second CD had 84 minutes of music. How many minutes of music do you have left in your collection?

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First Aid 1. Today the nurse treated a person with a sore thumb, two people that were feeling ill, six who had minor cuts, and one with a knee scrap. How many people did the nurse treat today?

2. The Doctor told you to put your knee on ice for 25 minutes. You have had ice on your knee on ice for 16 minutes. How much longer do you need to keep your knee on ice?

3. Emily uses 7 rolls of tape every week to secure her ankles for soccer practice. How many rolls of tape will she use in a month (4 weeks)?

4. Mark gets a 6 cm cut on his arm. He has 2 cm strips of gauze in his bag. How many strips of the gauze will he need to cover the cut?

5. Sarah has 12 laces in her shoes. She falls and 5 laces rip. How many laces on Sarah’s shoe are still intact?

6. Martin gets called to the nurse’s office 27 minutes into his 54-minute class. He missed the remainder of class time. How much class time did he miss?

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Doing Your Homework

1. Your parents and teacher agree that you should do 2 hours of homework every school night. How many hours of homework will you do over 7 school nights?

2. Your English teacher assigned you 19 assignments for your first quarter. You have completed 7 assignments thus far. How many more assignments do you have to?

3. When carrying all of your books home, your book bag weighs 35 pounds. You forgot to bring home your 6 pound math book and your 8 pound science book. How much does your book bag weigh now?

4. Your were asked to complete a cooperative homework project with 4 partners. The project calls for 10 hours of work. If each of the 5 of you evenly divides the work, how many hours of work will it be each you?

5. You have a number of books that need book covers. You have 3 books that require 2 book covers and 4 books, which require 1 book cover each. How many book covers will you need?

6. You have a 12-inch ruler. The ruler breaks in half. How long is each piece of the ruler now?

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In the Science Lab…

1. Each student must purchase 18 microscope slides. When Mike gets to the store, no individual microscope slides are left. He finds a microscope tools pack that contains 3 microscope slides. How many microscope tools packs does Mike have to buy?

2. There are 22 students in the lab room and all are wearing goggles. At the end of the lab period, 7 pairs of goggles are missing from the goggle cabinet. How many students followed the proper lab procedure?

3. There are 12 microscopes in the room. 24 students share these microscopes evenly. How people share a single microscope?

4. Mr. Frisbee’s class has 21 students. Due to schedule changes, 3 students add the class to their schedule and 7 students drop the class. How many students are now in Mr. Frisbee’s class?

5. The teacher asks Heather to put 250 milliliters of water in a jar. Heather’s cup is only large enough to hold 50 milliliters of water. How many times will Heather have to transfer water from her cup to the jar?

6. Simon is in charge of time management for the lab classes this month. There must be 200 minutes for each lab class. There are 6 lab classes. How many minutes will Simon need the lab for this month?

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For the Birds… 1. There are 8 worms in a meadow. A bird comes and eats 2 of them. 3 birds than come to eat worms. If they worm evenly share the remaining worms, how many worms would each bird get?

2. Tom can build a birdhouse in 4 hours. Nancy asks John to build a birdhouse for her and 6 friends. How long will it take John to complete the project?

3. It takes 3 geese 30 hours to fly 900 miles. They want to take a vacation that is 2700 miles away. How long will it take them?

4. A bird flies 200 miles in 7 hours. How long will it take him to fly 800 miles?

5. It takes 74 hours for a bird to fly 2000 miles. How long will it take them to fly 10,000 miles?

6. A bird flies at the rate of 25 miles per hour. While flying she drops her egg and continues to fly 75 miles before she notices that one of her eggs is missing. How long will it take her to get back to her missing egg?

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Bunny Hops

1. Yelbert the rabbit hops along at 7 meters per minute. How many meters will he travel in 11 minutes?

2. Bob Bunny dances for 8 hours a day. How long will he dance over a week (7days)?

3. Becky Bunny runs for president of the Bunny Hall Fame. In the election, she wins by 132 votes. If her opponent had 839 votes cast for them, how many votes did Becky receive?

4. The Canadian Rabbit Council holds a running event with 594 runners. Only 429 runners finish the event. How many runners never finished the event?

5. Charlie is slowest bunny in his village. Charlie travels at a speed of 4 miles per hour. Charlie lives 8 miles from work. If Charlie has to work at 8:00 a.m., what would be the latest possible time he could leave to be to work on time?

6. Samantha bunny hops her way to visit a friend. She is traveling at a pace of 6 miles per hour. If she is 18 miles from her friend, how long would it take Samantha to reach her friend?

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I Have Been Working on the Railroad! 1. A railroad train leaves the station at 7 p.m. traveling at a speed of 60 miles per hour. The Detroit train station is 240 miles away. At what time will the train pull into the Detroit train station?

2. Two trains leave a train station heading in opposite directions. Both trains travel at 40 miles per hour. After one hour, how far apart will the trains be?

3. 72 Trains are dispatched to serve train travelers. 27 trains report delays during the day. How many trains were on time all day?

4. A coal-powered train uses 250 pounds of coal every 1000 miles it travels. A train uses 1000 pounds of coal, how far did it travel?

5. A 700-mile journey by train requires the food train car to carry 200 pounds of food. If the train were to take a 3500-mile trip, how many pounds of food would be required?

6. Ho-Jo Train Service runs 120 round-trip routes daily. How many round-trip routes are traveled in a week (7 days)?

Name ___________________________ Date ___________________


Shopping for Fruit

1. Oranges are priced at 6 for $2.00. How much would 18 oranges cost?

2. Selma has $6.00. Bananas are 4 pounds for $1.50. How many pounds of bananas can Selma purchase?

3. Melvin wants to purchase 6 bushels of grapes. A half-bushel of grapes costs $7.00. How much will it cost Melvin?

4. Cindy wants to plant corn. She has enough land to plant 200 square yards of corn. She plants 129 square yards. How many square yards are left to be planted? 5. Melvin must dust his crops to make

sure insects do not eat them. He can purchase containers that will dust 40 square yards at $83.00 per container. If he has to dust 360 square yards, how much will it cost him?

6. A tractor use 28 gallons of gas in a day. Gas costs $1.46 per gallon. How much does it cost to run a tractor for a day?

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Thirsty? 1. 4 of your friends come over and want to evenly share 8 cups of Orange Juice. How many cups of juice would each of them get?

2. You have 20 sports drinks. After a big game, you drink 4 of the sports drinks. How many sports drinks do you have left?

3. Jessup has a full pitcher of water that holds 10 glasses of water. Jessup gives 2 glasses of water to Mike and 4 glasses of water to Jessica. How many glasses of water are left?

4. Carol plans to have a tea party. Each teacup holds 3 cups of tea. She plans to have 13 people at the party (including herself). How many cups of tea will she need?

5. Max buys a 20-pack of soda pop cans. He gives 3 cans to Milt, 6 to Crissy, and 8 cans to Lucy. How many cans of soda pop does Max have left?

6. Sarah drinks 5 cups of coffee everyday. She decides to only drink 2 cups of coffee a day for one week (7 days). During this week, how many less cups of coffee will she drink?

Name ___________________________ Date ___________________


In the Band… 1. You are to lead and orchestrate a piece of music. The piece calls for 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, and 3 flutes. You will play a flute for this piece. How many other musicians will you need to complete the piece?

2. A concert is scheduled to last 145 minutes. The musicians are 63 minutes into the performance. How much time is left in the concert?

3. Hope has 3 guitar solos in the concert. The first lasts for 3 minutes, the second for 6 minutes, and the last for 12 minutes. For how many minutes does Hope play the guitar by herself during the concert?

4. Nelson has to hold his breath for 11 seconds during a trumpet piece. Terry has to hold her breath for 27 seconds for a trombone piece? How much longer does Terry have to hold her breath for?

5. Nathan is a composer. It takes him 6 days to write a piece of music. He has 54 days to write music for the upcoming concert. How many pieces will he be able to write for the concert?

6. Sarah is a solo singer. She is scheduled to sing 3 songs. The first song lasts 12 minutes, the second lasts 17 minutes, and the third lasts 8 minutes. How long will Sarah be on stage tonight?

Name ___________________________ Date ___________________


In Outer Space… 1. An asteroid is headed for the Earth’s moon. It is approximately 2500 miles from the moon. Moving at a rate of 125 miles per hour, long will it take for the asteroid to reach the moon?

2. A space ship is filled with 214 friendly aliens. When the ship stops at planet Vgeu, 42 aliens get off the ship. The ship then stops at Vgeu’s moon and 132 aliens get off the ship. How many aliens remain on the ship?

3. A solar system contains 34 planets. Later that year, 12 more planets are discovered in the solar system. A scientist then discovers that 7 of the original 34 planets are really moons of other planets. How many planets does this solar system have?

4. A rocket ship takes off moving at a speed of 1,200 miles per hour. If they maintain that speed. How many hours will it take for them to reach a planet 36,000 miles away?

5. Due to the extreme gravity of his planet, Devon can only jump 1 foot high. He finds a jet pack that allows him to jump 4 feet higher. How high will Devon be able to jump on his planet using the jet pack?

6. Melissa drives her space ship and picks up 12 friends. She drops off 3 at the space mall and picks up 8 other friends. She then drops off 5 friends at Space Burger and picks up 8 new friends. How many friends are now in Melissa’s space ship?

Name ___________________________ Date ___________________


Building Our House… 1. It takes a group of carpenters 4 hours to finish a room. How many days will it take them to finish 12 rooms, if they work for 8 hours a day?

2. You decide to build a deck on your house. It cost $35.00 per square foot to build. You want to build a 23 square foot deck. How much will it cost?

3. A contractor charges $22 per square foot to pave a driveway. You would like a 32 square foot driveway. How much will it cost?

4. Due to safety regulations you must use 20 nails to secure two boards together. How many nails would you need to secure 12 boards?

5. Cheryl sets steps for a living. She uses 4 pounds of concrete per step that she sets. If she needs to set 23 steps, how many pounds of concrete will she need?

6. Larry is adding roofing to his house. 15 roofing tiles cover 9 square feet of the roof. If Larry needs to cover 63 square feet on his roof, how many roof tiles will he need?

Name ___________________________ Date ___________________


Catching Some Waves… 1. While strolling around the beach, Mark found 6 sand dollars, Heidi found 5 sand dollars, and Sarah found 8 sand dollars. How many sand dollars did they find all together?

2. There are 19 people at the beach. 11 of those people went snorkeling. How many people did not go snorkeling? 3. 23 students are enrolled in a marine

biology class. 14 of these students went to swim with the dolphins. The remaining students learned to feed the seals. How many students learned to feed seals?

4. In a game of beach volleyball, you need 15 points to win a game. You must win by at least 2 points. Jessica and Sarah are losing by a score of 14 to 6. How many points do Jessica and Sarah need to win the game?

5. Robbie collects 10 starfish, 12 clams, and 7 crab shells. How many sea creatures did she collect?

6. 12 students go for a swim. When you look over at them, 4 students are under water. How many students are above water?

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In the Park… 1. 28 people are sitting on the park benches. 17 more people sit down at the same set of benches. How many people are sitting on the park benches?

2. There are 7 apples in a basket. Your teacher comes over and puts 6 apples in the same basket. How many are in the basket now?

3. There are 28 roses in the garden. Grover picks 19 roses from the garden. How many roses are left in the garden?

4. There are 17 dogs in the park. 8 dogs leave to have lunch. How many dogs are still in the park?

5. You walk up 12 flights of stairs. Each flight is composed of 22 individual steps. How many steps did you cover?

6. You spend your mornings and afternoons at the park. While at the park, you have breakfast and lunch. How many meals would eat at the park if you spent 6 days there?

Name ___________________________ Date ___________________


Printing the Pages… 1. The cost to print a flyer is 4 cents per flyer. How much will it cost to print 450 flyers?

2. The cost to make photocopies at the library is 25 cents for the first two copies and 10 cents each additional copy? How much would it cost to make 12 photocopies?

3. The cost to print on plain white paper is 4 cents per copy. The cost to print on colored paper is 6 cents per copy. If you need to print 300 pages, how much money would you save by having it printed on white paper?

4. You would like to send postcards to as many friends as possible. You have $40.00. Each postcard costs $0.40. How many postcards can your purchase?

5. In a typical week, Janet uses 230 pieces of paper, Mike uses 392 pieces of paper, and Jessica uses 320 pieces of paper. How many pieces of paper are used in this office in a week?

6. Jonathan purchases a black ink cartridge for $8.34. At the same time, he purchases a colored ink cartridge for $14.23. How much more money does the colored ink cartridge cost?

Name ___________________________ Date ___________________


At the Speedway… 1. 36 cars started the race. 25 end up finishing the race. How many cars did not finish the race?

2. Elise laps the track in 24 seconds and receives the green trophy for this feat. Mike laps the track in 37 seconds and receives the yellow trophy for this showing. Elise and Mike are the only racers. Which trophy is awarded to the first place finisher?

3. Jerry and Boris compete in a cooperative time trial. Jerry completes his first run in 64 seconds. Boris completes his first run in 72 seconds. What is their total team time for the first run?

4. Heidi’s car has 532 horsepower. She installs a dual flow muffler that increases the horsepower by 23 and a vented hood that increases the horsepower by 17. How much horsepower does Heidi’s car have now?

5. Tracy competes in an event that is combines the times of three laps. Tracy speeds around the raceway and gets successive times of 23 seconds, 27 seconds, and 31 seconds. What was her total time?

6. Pallfy drives a slow car. When he has the pedal to the floor, the car reaches a top speed of 60 miles per hour. If Pallfy’s car has to travel 720 miles at top speed, how long would it take?

Name ___________________________ Date ___________________


In the Club! 1. The Pinecone Club begins the year with 17 members. Later 11 members joined, but 2 members left due other commitments. How many members are now in the Pinecone club now?

2. The Radio Control Car Club has 18 members. 11 cars are on the club track currently. How many club members are not operating their cars currently?

3. An environment and oceanography club had a meeting. At the start of the meeting, 23 members showed up. 14 people then showed up, but 8 people left. How many people are at the meeting now?

4. 3 groups of 4 students joined the Group Dance Club. 2 groups of 3 students join the club at a later date. How many students are in the club now?

5. The computer club starts the year with 32 members. 24 members run track in the spring and leave the club, but 16 new members join. How many computer club members should attend in the spring?

6. The soccer club has 42 members. 7 of the members play goalie. How many members do not play goalie?

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Let’s Eat! 1. Each pizza that Jill makes requires 12 ounces of cheese. If Jill wants to make 9 pizzas, how many ounces of cheese would she need?

2. Each chicken finger dinner made at The Big Chicken Bucket has 7 pieces of chicken. If Kelly would like 35 pieces of chicken, how many chicken finger dinners would she need?

3. Tommy makes dinner for his 8 friends. He plans to give each friend 3 dinner rolls. When he gets to the store, he finds packages of dinner rolls that contain 6 dinner rolls. How many packages will he need?

4. Barry’s dad made steak sandwiches for 5 people. Each steak sandwich contains 6 ounces of beef. How much steak did Barry’s dad use?

5. A group of people eats 24 pounds of watermelon. Each watermelon weighs 3 pounds. How many watermelons did they eat?

6. Each slushee contains 11 ounces of fruit juice. Mike drinks 4 slushees. How much fruit juice did he drink?

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??How Much or How Many?? 1. John had a total of 18 feet of yarn. He splits it evenly between 3 friends. How much yarn does each friend get?

2. For 7 consecutive days the Newport area receives 6 centimeters of rainfall each day. How much total rain did the Newport area receive?

3. The fish market received 289 pounds of fish on Tuesday. On Thursday only 23 pounds of fish remained. How many pounds of fish did the fish market sell over that time period?

4. Grant has a 17-inch pencil. When he sharpens the pencil, he shaves 6 inches off of the pencil. How long is the pencil now?

5. Barb lives 2500 meters from school. Her family moves an additional 3240 meters from school. How far does she live from school now?

6. Grant wishes to rent a house for 6 months. He finds a house that costs $250 per month. How much will Grant have to pay to rent the house for the time that he wishes to?


Answers Page 1 1. 19 2. 8 3. 53 4. 61 5. 23 6. 52 Page 2 1. 3 2. 8 3. 9 4. 11 5. 4 6. 6 Page 3 1. 1042 2. 47 3. 3957 4. 243 5. 21 6. 75 Page 4 1. 18 2. 37 3. 10 4. 39 5. 19 6. 2 Page 5 1. 8 hours 2. 6 million 3. 4 hours 4. 5 hours 5. 10 and one half hours 6. 39 hours

Page 6 1. 12 miles 2. 41 seconds 3. 4 hours 4. 900 feet 5. 36 miles 6. 30 hours Page 7 1. 10 2. 7 3. 6 miles 4. 7 miles 5. 8 6. even Page 8 1. $72.00 2. 36 pounds 3. 360 4. $240.00 5. 24 hours 6. 4 hours Page 9 1. The children would get 4 potatoes. The farmer would get 1 potato. 2. 98 3. 64 4. 35 bushels 5. 210 miles 6. 5 Page 10 1. 7 2. 17 3. 87 4. 5 5. 48 6. 8

Page 11 1. 4 seconds 2. 3 feet 3. 45 seconds 4. 5 5. 142 seconds 6. 21 Page 12 1. 13 2. 28 3. 6 4. 24 5. 9 6. 1142 Page 13 1. 10 2. 9 minutes 3. 28 4. 3 5. 7 6. 27 Page 14 1. 14 2. 12 3. 21 pounds 4. 2 5. 10 6. 6 inches Page 15 1. 6 2. 15 3. 2 4. 17 5. 5 6. 1200


Page 16 1. 2 2. 28 hours 3. 90 hours 4. 28 hours 5. 370 hours 6. 3 hours Page 17 1. 77 meters 2. 56 hours 3. 971 4. 165 5. 6:00 a.m. 6. 3 hours Page 18 1. 11 p.m. 2. 80 miles 3. 45 4. 4000 miles 5. 1000 pounds 6. 840 Page 19 1. $6.00 2. 16 3. $84.00 4. 71 5. $747.00 6. $40.88 Page 20 1. 2 2. 16 3. 4 4. 39 5. 3 6. 21

Page 21 1. 7 2. 82 minutes 3. 21 minutes 4. 16 seconds 5. 9 6. 37 minutes Page 22 1. 20 hours 2. 40 3. 39 4. 30 5. 5 feet 6. 20 Page 23 1. 6 2. $805.00 3. $704.00 4. 120 5. 92 6. 105 Page 24 1. 19 2. 8 3. 9 4. 10 5. 29 6. 8 Page 25 1. 45 2. 13 3. 9 4. 9 5. 264 6. 12

Page 26 1. 1800 cents ($18.00) 2. 150 cents ($1.50) 3. 600 cents ($6.00) 4. 100 5. 942 6. $5.89 Page 27 1. 11 2. The green trophy 3. 136 seconds 4. 572 horsepower 5. 81 seconds 6. 12 hours Page 28 1. 26 2. 7 3. 29 4. 18 5. 24 6. 35 Page 29 1. 108 ounces 2. 5 3. 4 4. 30 5. 8 6. 44 ounces Page 30 1. 6 feet 2. 42 centimeters 3. 266 pounds 4. 11 inches 5. 5740 meters 6. $1500.0

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