Mathematics Word Problems Quiz 101

Bonnie has twice as many cousins as Robert. George has 5 cousins, which is 9 fewer than Bonnie has. How many cousins does Robert have?

• 17

• 22

• 4

• 7

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CCSS.4.OA.A.2

Oscar sold 2 plasma televisions for every 5 DLP televisions he sold. If he sold 10 plasma televisions, how many DLP televisions did he sell?

• 45

• 20

• 25

• 10

Justin earned scores of 85, 92, and 95 on his science tests. What does he need to earn on his next science test so that the average (arithmetic mean) of the four exam scores is 93?

• 93

• 100

• 85

• 96

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Brad’s class collected 270 used books for the book drive. They packed them in boxes of 30 books each. How many boxes did they need?

• 240

• 10

• 9

• 5

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

Joey participated in a dance-a-thon. His team started dancing at 10 A.M. on Friday and stopped at 6 p.m. on Saturday. How many hours did Joey’s team dance?

• 52

• 56

• 30

• 32

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CCSS.3.MD.A.1

If one American dollar is worth 105 Japanese yen, how many dollars is 945 yen worth?

• 6 dollars

• 9 dollars

• 1,000 dollars

• 99,225 dollars

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Callie’s grandmother pledged $0.85 for every mile Callie walked in her walk-a-thon. Callie walked 11 miles. How much money does her grandmother owe?

• $9.35

• $19.00

• $10.20

• $8.50

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Tania needs 2 cups of pumpkin to make a pumpkin spice cake. The can of pumpkin that she has contains 8 cups of pumpkin. How many cakes can she make?

• 4 cakes

• 1/4 of a cake

• 16 cakes

• 8 cakes

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CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Mr. Brown plowed 6 acres in 1 hour. At this rate, how long will it take him to plow 21 acres?

• 3 hours

• 4 hours

• 3.5 hours

• 4.75 hours

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

The price of a box of one dozen donuts doubled over a period of 4 years. Assuming the price continues to double every 4 years and that the price of a box of one dozen donuts was $1.50 in 2003, how much does a box of one dozen donuts cost in 2011?

• $4.50

• $6.00

• $8.00

• $12.00