One Step Word Problems All Operations

While at the grocery store, Mrs. Martin noticed that there were two different sized bottles of hot sauce, one was 16.9 ounces and the other 32.55 ounces. What is the difference in weight of the two bottles of hot sauce? WHICH OPERATION WOULD YOU USE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM?

• Division

• Multiplication

• Subtraction

• Addition

Violet stopped at 5 Guys and bought a bacon cheeseburger for $6.99, Cajun fries for $2.49, and a milkshake for $1.99. How much did Violet spend on lunch?

WHICH OPERATION WOULD YOU USE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM?

• Multiplication

• Division

• Subtraction

• Addition

What two operations would you use to solve this word problem? Randy bought new pencils for $2.00 and new crayons for $1.00. He paid with a $5 bill. How much change did Randy get back after paying for his new supplies? ($2.00)

• multiply and divide

• add and subtract

• multiply and add

• divide and subtract

Choose the correct operations to solve the word problem. At the football game, JJ gained 92 yards rushing. Sam gained 30 yards more than JJ. What was the total number of yards gained by both boys during the football game? (214)

• add and add

• add and multiply

• add and divide

• multiply and divide

Choose the correct operations to solve the word problem. At the school library, there are 4 round tables that can seat a total of 20 students. There are also 2 long tables that can seat a total of 4 students less than the round tables. How many seats in all are available at the school library? (36)

• add and subtract

• multiply and subtract

• subtract and add

• multiply and divide

There were 56 birdhouses at school. Today, 4 classes made more birdhouses. Each class made 8 birdhouses. How many total birdhouses are there now?

• 88 birdhouses

• 68 birdhouse

• 44 birdhouses

• 8 birdhouses

Mr. Dent had 32 markers in his classroom. He buys new boxes of markers that have 9 markers in each box. Now, he has 86 markers. How many new boxes did he buy?

• 54 boxes

• 109 boxes

• 127 boxes

• 6 boxes

Last summer, Jon’s family found 152 shells at the beach. This summer they were at the beach for 7 days. Each day they found 9 shells. How many fewer shells did they find this year than last year?

• 63 shells

• 89 shells

• 159 shells

• 16 shells

Dan had 89 dimes in his bank. His dad gave him 10 times the dimes. How many dimes does Dan have now ?

• 890 dimes

• 99 dimes

• 79 dimes

• 89 dimes

Sam grew 42 pumpkins. Mary grew 29 pumpkins. How many pumpkins did they grow in all ?

• 71 pumpkins

• 13 pumpkins

• 72 pumpkins

• 12 pumpkins