Less Than Word Problems

Maria has 25 dollars.  She has to buy a gallon of milk which costs $3.50.  She wants to spend the rest of her money on cereal.  If each box of cereal costs $4.50, how many can she purchase?

• 4 boxes

• 5 boxes

• 6 boxes

• 7 boxes

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Rachel and Sharon are splitting up their Pokemon cards.  Rachel has 4 fewer than 3 times as many as Sharon.  Together they have 100 cards.  Which equation could be used to solve for how many cards Sharon had originally?

• n + (3n - 4) = 100

• n - (3n - 4) = 100

• n + (4 - 3n) = 100

• 4 - 3n = 100

Jason says that 10 less than one third of his age is 11 years old.  How old is Jason?

• 3 years old

• 7 years old

• 57 years old

• 63 years old

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

Joe's BBQ sells BBQ by the pound.  Michelle buys $8.75 worth of sides and then 6 pounds of barbeque.  If her total bill was $40.55, how much was each pound of barbeque?

• $5.30

• $3.95

• $8.22

• $5.32

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Gabby has $14 and plans to save $5 each week until she has the $64 she needs for a new jacket.  How many weeks will it take Gabby to save money for a new jacket?

• 11 weeks

• 10 weeks

• 12 weeks

• 13 weeks

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Shawn ran 7 miles less than Christina last week.  Shawn ran 18 miles.  How many miles did Christina run?

• 11

• 32

• 25

• 23

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

What is the expression for "six less than y"

• 6- y

• 6 < y

• y - 6

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

Mr. Starky decided to give a pizza party to every class on campus. He bought 189 pizza slices for 5th and 6th grade. He bought 213 pizza slices for 7th and 8th grade. How many pizza slices did he buy total?

• 401

• 5

• 400

• 402

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CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

John spent $36 to buy 4 basketballs. What was the price per basketball?

• $9 per basketball

• $144 per basketball

• $8 per basketball

• $12 per basketball

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

Five less than twice a number is equivalent to 47. 

• 5 - 2x = 47 

• 2x - 5 = 47 

• 5x - 2 = 47 

• 2 - 5x = 47