Word Problems
6
Solve 42 divided by 7
268
Solve 67x4
248
Solve 703-455
Addition
The Zoo has two giant tortoises named Timmy and Tommy. Timmy is 27 years older than Tommy. How old is Tommy? What operation do you use to solve this problem?
34
Meadowbrook elementary wants to see how many lunches they sell each day. On Monday they sold 262 lunches and on Thursday they sold 296 lunches. How many fewer lunches did they sell on Monday than Thursday?
Multiplication and subtraction
Mrs. Jones picked flowers to make an arrangement for Mothers Day. She picked 43 flowers and each flower had 6 petals. If she gave away 27 petals to her friend. How many petals does Mrs. Jones have left? What operation will you use to solve this problem?
Division
Mrs. Yen has 25 dimes. She gives the same number of dimes to each of her 5 children. How many dimes will each child receive? what operation do you use to solve this problem?
Subtraction and addition
Sam had 124 pencils to start the school year. After the first month she had used 27 of them. After Christmas her mom bought her 14 more. How many pencils does Sam have after Christmas? Which operation would you use to solve this problem?
Multiplication
Sandra and her 5 friends each made 9 candles to sell at the craft fair. What equation can be used to solve to find the total number of candles the friends sold?
