Word Problems

Sarah was baking Christmas cookies with her mom. Sarah baked 3 trays of cookies, and each tray holds 10 cookies. Sarah's mom baked 20 gingerbread cookies. How many cookies did Sarah and her mom bake?

• 10

• 30

• 50

• 20

Jacob had two boxes of pencils. Each box had 14 pencils in it. He gave 6 pencils to his sister. How many pencils does Jacob have now?

• 28

• 22

• 23

• 27

At Lily's bakery, cupcakes cost $5.50 each. Black and white cookies cost half the price of a cupcake. What would it cost me to buy 3 cupcakes and 2 black and white cookies?

• $40

• $24

• $22

• $100

There are 96 fourth grade students. 43 of them are girls. On Friday, 5 fourth grade girls and 4 fourth grade boys were absent. How many fourth grade boys were in school on Friday?

• 50

• 48

• 49

• 92

Julia is learning to play the trumpet. On Monday, she practiced from 6:30 PM to 7:05 PM. On Tuesday, she practiced from 3:55 to 4:15 PM. How many minutes did she practice in all?

• 45 minutes

• 55 minutes

• 15 minutes

• 65 minutes

Jennie makes quilts. She can make 7 quilts with 21 yards of material. How many yards of material would be required to make 12 quilts?

• 24 yards

• 50 yards

• 36 yards

• 42 yards

On Thursday the Meat King Market sold 210 pounds of ground beef. On Friday they sold twice that amount. On Saturday they only sold 130 pounds. How much more meat did they sell on Friday than Saturday?

• 280 pounds

• 340 pounds

• 290 pounds

• 500 pounds

Colleen has a twenty dollar bill. She buys six seltzers for $2.25 each. How much money did Colleen have left?

• $5.50

• $7.75

• $6.50

Maria invited 24 of her friends over for a water balloon fight in the backyard. At the start of the game, Maria gave each of her friends 2 water balloons. She had one water balloon for herself. How many water balloons did they have altogether?

• 47

• 48

• 49

• 51

Grace started her own landscaping business. She charges $6 an hour for mowing lawns and $11 for pulling weeds. In September she mowed lawns for 63 hours and pulled weeds for 9 hours. How much money did she earn in September?

• 378

• 387

• 411

• 477