Word Problem | Operation Needed |
Jessica's farm grew five hundred
sixty-four watermelons. Brittany's
farm grew five hundred thirteen. How
many watermelons did they both
grow together? | Addition |
There are sixty-one birds sitting in a
tree which is twelve meters tall. 21 of
them are getting ready to fly away.
How many birds will be left? | Subtraction |
Nicholas planted four rows of carrot
seeds in his back garden. Each row
has thirty seeds. How many seeds
did Nicholas plant? | Multiplication |
Megan's pet snail can move 200
centimeters in 50 minutes. How far
could her snail move in one minute? | Division |
Jane had 3 coins worth 5 cents each. She wanted to give Mary 1/3 of her total. How much will Mary get? | Multiplication and Subtraction |
Johnny had 42 baseball cards and he wanted to give them away to his 6 friends. Shawn is one of the friends who will receive the cards. Shawn already has 6 baseball cards of his own. How many will Shawn have altogether after Johnny gives him his cards? | Division and Addition |
It takes two hundred forty-three cases
of soda to fill all of the soda machines
in the school. Each machine can hold
9 cases of soda. A single case
weighs seventeen pounds. How
many soda machines are there in the
school? | Division |
Aaron can complete thirty-six math
problems in one minute. How many
problems could he complete in four
minutes? | Multiplication |
The auto factory will build two
hundred forty-five new trucks in the
next seven days. How many will it
build in one day? | Division |
There are nine different colors of
gumballs in the gumball machine.
There are twenty-nine gumballs of
each color. The machine has space
to hold one hundred fifty-six more
gumballs. How many gumballs are
there in the machine? | Multiplication |
Emma's coffee shop brewed six
hundred twenty-three liters of coffee
in one week. On average, how many
liters of coffee did they brew each
day? | Division |
At the awards banquet, nine guests
sat at each table. Every one of the 22
tables were filled. How many guests
were at the banquet? | Multiplication |
David put eight hundred nineteen
plates and one hundred sixty-six
glasses through the cafeteria's giant
dishwasher. How many plates and
glasses did he wash? | Addition |
A big apple tree has sixty-nine
apples. Thirty-seven of those apples
are not yet ripe. How many ripe
apples does the tree have? | Subtraction |