Math Equation Word Problems

Mr. C bought 23 boxes of pizza to divide equally among the 92 students in 5th grade. If each box contains 8 slices of pizza, how many slices did each student get?

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1

Which of the following expressions is equivalent to 1,600 ÷ 40?

• 1,600 tens ÷ 40 tens

• 160 tens ÷ 4 tens

• 16 tens ÷ 4 tens

• 160 tens ÷ 40 tens

Ronnie needs 101 cupcakes for a birthday party. He already has 21 chocolate cupcakes and 33 vanilla cupcakes. How many more cupcakes should Ronnie buy?

• 80

• 113

• 47

• 68

Janet's mother gave her $76 to go to the store. Janet bought 2 loaves of bread and 4 cartons of orange juice. Each loaf of bread cost $5 and each carton of orange juice cost $3. How much money does Janet have left?

• 68

• 54

• 84

• 20

Sara had 16 red flowers and 24 yellow flowers.  She wants to make bouquets with the same number of each color flower in each bouquet.  What is the greatest number of bouquets that she can make?

• 4

• 2

• 48

• 8

Julianna has 48 bags of treats. She is going to give 3 bags to her teacher. She will then give the rest out equally to her 5 friends. How many bags of treats will each friend receive?

• 40 bags of treats

• 9 bags of treats

• 5 bags of treats

• 50 bags of treats

Abby went for a 12- mile bike ride.  She stopped every 3 miles to take pictures.  How many times did Abby stop during her bike ride?

• 3

• 4

• 9

• 15

The librarian was putting away a box of 2,345 books up on her shelves. If she had 8 shelves, how many books fit equally on each shelf?

• 293

• 1

• 294

• 469

A pet store sold 74 puppies in one week. If each of the puppies cost $60, how much money did the pet store make?

• $4,440

• $4,432

• $3,810

• $4,810

There are 570 students at a school. If each classroom holds 30 students, how many classrooms are needed at the school? 

• 15

• 19

• 17,100

• 600