Basic Word Problems

It takes Kali eight minutes to sweep a porch. Shawna can sweep the same porch in 11 minutes. If they worked together how long would it take them?

• 4.63 minutes

• 8 minutes

• 5.34 hours

• 6 minutes

Nicole can pick forty bushels of apples in 15 hours. Carlos can pick the same amount in 11 hours. How long would it take them if they worked together?

• 6.35 hours

• 6.17 hours

• 6.09 hours

• 6 hours

Diane went to the store. She bought 5 boxes of crayons. Each box had 8 crayons. How many crayons did she buy in all?

• 15

• 49

• 40

• 25

Dylan is baking chocolate chip cookies. Each cookie has 7 chocolate chips on it. He baked a total of 10 cookies. How many chocolate chips were there?

• 70

• 17

• 3

• 27

Aaron had 572 baseball cards. He sold some of the baseball cards and then had 98 baseball cards left.

Which equation can be used to find the number of baseball cards Aaron sold?

Select THREE correct answers.

• 572 - __=98

• 572 - 98 = __

• 98 + __ = 572

• 98 + 572 = __

• 572 + 98 = __

Norah had 125 pennies. She used 35 pennies to buy a tootsie roll at the gas station and gave half of what was left to her sister. Which equation can be used to find p, the number of pennies Norah has now?

• p= 125+ 35 x 2

• p= (125+35) ÷ 2

• p= (125-35) ÷ 2

• p= (125-35) x 2

The store has 150 baseballs. At the end of the month, there were 81 baseballs left. How many baseballs did the store sell?

A booster club had 476 spirit towels at the beginning of the basketball season. During the season, the 15 team members each sold 12 spirit towels. Which integer represents the change in the number of spirit towels that the booster club had?

• 296

• 180

• -180

• -296

Mrs. Dedo was decorating the school. If she planted 32 flowers around the school, 10 near the playground and put 15 plants in the hallways, how many plants did she buy to make Shoreland look great?

If each plant she bought cost $8, how much did Mrs. Dedo spend on plants?

• PART 1: 47 plants PART 2: $470

• PART 1: 60 plants PART 2: $480

• PART 1: 57 PART 2: $456

A pencil costs Rs 5, and a notebook costs Rs 10 more than the pencil. How can you represent the cost of the notebook?

• N = P + 10

• P = N + 5