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Use addition, subtraction, multiplication or division to solve each problem. Answers


1) Robin had 17 math problems for homework. If she finished 8 of them on the bus ride
home, how many more did she have to do? 1. 9
2) Carol needs to buy 16 apples for apple bobbing. If each bag contains 4 apples, how many 4
2.
bags will she need?

3) Tom bought 4 boxes of candy. Later he bought 2 more boxes. How many boxes did he 3. 6
have total?
4. 4
4) For a potluck lunch Katie brought 6 bottles of soda. If everyone only drank 2 of the sodas,
how many did she have to take back home? 5. 16
5) Victor played 8 games of basketball with his friends. If Victor scored 2 points each game, 5
6.
how many points did he score total?

6) While playing basketball Team A scored 35 points. If each person scored 7 points, how 7. 36
many people were playing?
8. 9
7) A pet store had 4 cages of snakes with 9 snakes in each cage. How many snakes did the pet
store have total? 9. 12
8) Ned bought 17 books at the book fair. If he gave 8 of them to his brother, how many books
did he have left? 10. 3

9) Edward was drawing super heroes on a sheet of scrap paper. He drew 4 heroes on the front 11. 6
and 8 heroes on the back. How many heroes did he draw total?
12. 6
10) The mailman delivered 11 pieces of mail to a house. If 8 of the pieces were junkmail, how
many pieces were actually good? 12
13.

11) Oliver is helping to put away books. If he has 12 books to put away and each shelf can hold
2 books how many shelves will he need? 14. 8

12) Adam has to sell 18 chocolate bars to get a prize. If each box contains 3 chocolate bars, 15. 6
how many boxes does he need to sell?

13) Tiffany was placing her spare change into stacks. One stack had 4 coins and the other had
8. How many coins did she have total?

14) Paul was helping his mom wash clothes. They washed 4 short sleeve shirts and 4 long
sleeve shirts. How many shirts did they wash total?

15) Isabel was helping her mom pick apples from the tree in their front yard. Together they
picked 10 total. If 4 of the apples weren't ripe yet, how many good apples did they pick?

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1) Robin had 17 math problems for homework. If she finished 8 of them on the bus ride
home, how many more did she have to do? 1. 9
2) Carol needs to buy 16 apples for apple bobbing. If each bag contains 4 apples, how many 4
2.
bags will she need?

3) Tom bought 4 boxes of candy. Later he bought 2 more boxes. How many boxes did he 3. 6
have total?
4. 4
4) For a potluck lunch Katie brought 6 bottles of soda. If everyone only drank 2 of the sodas,
how many did she have to take back home? 5. 16
5) Victor played 8 games of basketball with his friends. If Victor scored 2 points each game, 5
6.
how many points did he score total?

6) While playing basketball Team A scored 35 points. If each person scored 7 points, how 7. 36
many people were playing?
8. 9
7) A pet store had 4 cages of snakes with 9 snakes in each cage. How many snakes did the pet
store have total? 9. 12
8) Ned bought 17 books at the book fair. If he gave 8 of them to his brother, how many books
did he have left? 10. 3

9) Edward was drawing super heroes on a sheet of scrap paper. He drew 4 heroes on the front 11. 6
and 8 heroes on the back. How many heroes did he draw total?
12. 6
10) The mailman delivered 11 pieces of mail to a house. If 8 of the pieces were junkmail, how
many pieces were actually good? 12
13.

11) Oliver is helping to put away books. If he has 12 books to put away and each shelf can hold
2 books how many shelves will he need? 14. 8

12) Adam has to sell 18 chocolate bars to get a prize. If each box contains 3 chocolate bars, 15. 6
how many boxes does he need to sell?

13) Tiffany was placing her spare change into stacks. One stack had 4 coins and the other had
8. How many coins did she have total?

14) Paul was helping his mom wash clothes. They washed 4 short sleeve shirts and 4 long
sleeve shirts. How many shirts did they wash total?

15) Isabel was helping her mom pick apples from the tree in their front yard. Together they
picked 10 total. If 4 of the apples weren't ripe yet, how many good apples did they pick?

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6 16 6 4
1. 9
6 4 36 3
2. 4
9 5 12 9

3. 6
1) Robin had 17 math problems for homework. If she finished 8 of them on the bus ride
home, how many more did she have to do? 4
4.

2) Carol needs to buy 16 apples for apple bobbing. If each bag contains 4 apples, how many
bags will she need? 5. 16
3) Tom bought 4 boxes of candy. Later he bought 2 more boxes. How many boxes did he 6. 5
have total?

4) For a potluck lunch Katie brought 6 bottles of soda. If everyone only drank 2 of the sodas, 7. 36
how many did she have to take back home?
8. 9
5) Victor played 8 games of basketball with his friends. If Victor scored 2 points each game,
how many points did he score total?
9. 12
6) While playing basketball Team A scored 35 points. If each person scored 7 points, how
many people were playing? 10. 3
7) A pet store had 4 cages of snakes with 9 snakes in each cage. How many snakes did the 6
11.
pet store have total?

8) Ned bought 17 books at the book fair. If he gave 8 of them to his brother, how many books 12. 6
did he have left?

9) Edward was drawing super heroes on a sheet of scrap paper. He drew 4 heroes on the front
and 8 heroes on the back. How many heroes did he draw total?

10) The mailman delivered 11 pieces of mail to a house. If 8 of the pieces were junkmail, how
many pieces were actually good?

11) Oliver is helping to put away books. If he has 12 books to put away and each shelf can
hold 2 books how many shelves will he need?

12) Adam has to sell 18 chocolate bars to get a prize. If each box contains 3 chocolate bars,
how many boxes does he need to sell?

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1) Nancy was buying different soups. She bought 6 cans of chicken soup and 7 cans of tomato
soup. How many soups did she buy? 1. 13
2) There are 36 students in the school band. If the band instructor put the students into rows 4
2.
with 9 students in each row, how many rows could he make?

3) A contractor was buying wall outlets for a new house he was building. Each room needed 3 3. 9
outlets. If the house has 3 rooms, how many outlets does he need total?
4. 15
4) Tiffany was sending out birthday invitations to her friends. She sent out 9 on Monday and
6 on Tuesday. How many did she send total? 5. 8
5) Oliver was playing games at the arcade. He won 2 tickets from the basketball game and 6 11
6.
tickets from the coin push game. How many tickets did he get total?

6) An architect was building his two story house. On the first floor the house had 8 bedrooms 7. 9
and the second floor had 3 bedrooms. How many bedrooms does the house have total?
8. 12
7) Rachel had 36 quarters. If it costs 4 quarters for each coke from a coke machine, how many
could she buy? 9. 5
8) Carol was buying soap for her bathroom. She bought 6 packs with each pack having 2 bars.
How many bars of soap did she buy? 10. 45

9) Debby was placing her pencils into rows with 6 pencils in each row. If she had 30 pencils, 11. 5
how many rows could she make?
12. 6
10) A pet store had 5 cages of snakes with 9 snakes in each cage. How many snakes did the pet
store have total? 6
13.

11) Paige was helping her mom pick apples from the tree in their front yard. Together they
picked 14 total. If 9 of the apples weren't ripe yet, how many good apples did they pick? 14. 18

12) Victor had 2 action figures on a shelf in his room. Later he added 4 more figures to the 15. 7
shelf. How many action figures were on his shelf total?

13) The roller coaster at the state fair costs 6 tickets per ride. If you had 36 tickets, how many
times could you ride it?

14) Olivia was practicing for a marathon. She practiced for 9 days, running 2 miles each day.
How many miles did Olivia run altogether?

15) Sarah received 56 dollars for her birthday. Later she found some toys that cost 8 dollars
each. How many of the toys could she buy?

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Use addition, subtraction, multiplication or division to solve each problem. Answers
1) Nancy was buying different soups. She bought 6 cans of chicken soup and 7 cans of tomato
soup. How many soups did she buy? 1. 13
2) There are 36 students in the school band. If the band instructor put the students into rows 4
2.
with 9 students in each row, how many rows could he make?

3) A contractor was buying wall outlets for a new house he was building. Each room needed 3 3. 9
outlets. If the house has 3 rooms, how many outlets does he need total?
4. 15
4) Tiffany was sending out birthday invitations to her friends. She sent out 9 on Monday and
6 on Tuesday. How many did she send total? 5. 8
5) Oliver was playing games at the arcade. He won 2 tickets from the basketball game and 6 11
6.
tickets from the coin push game. How many tickets did he get total?

6) An architect was building his two story house. On the first floor the house had 8 bedrooms 7. 9
and the second floor had 3 bedrooms. How many bedrooms does the house have total?
8. 12
7) Rachel had 36 quarters. If it costs 4 quarters for each coke from a coke machine, how many
could she buy? 9. 5
8) Carol was buying soap for her bathroom. She bought 6 packs with each pack having 2 bars.
How many bars of soap did she buy? 10. 45

9) Debby was placing her pencils into rows with 6 pencils in each row. If she had 30 pencils, 11. 5
how many rows could she make?
12. 6
10) A pet store had 5 cages of snakes with 9 snakes in each cage. How many snakes did the pet
store have total? 6
13.

11) Paige was helping her mom pick apples from the tree in their front yard. Together they
picked 14 total. If 9 of the apples weren't ripe yet, how many good apples did they pick? 14. 18

12) Victor had 2 action figures on a shelf in his room. Later he added 4 more figures to the 15. 7
shelf. How many action figures were on his shelf total?

13) The roller coaster at the state fair costs 6 tickets per ride. If you had 36 tickets, how many
times could you ride it?

14) Olivia was practicing for a marathon. She practiced for 9 days, running 2 miles each day.
How many miles did Olivia run altogether?

15) Sarah received 56 dollars for her birthday. Later she found some toys that cost 8 dollars
each. How many of the toys could she buy?

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5 5 8 6
1. 13
15 12 45 4
2. 4
13 9 11 9

3. 9
1) Nancy was buying different soups. She bought 6 cans of chicken soup and 7 cans of
tomato soup. How many soups did she buy? 15
4.

2) There are 36 students in the school band. If the band instructor put the students into rows
with 9 students in each row, how many rows could he make? 5. 8
3) A contractor was buying wall outlets for a new house he was building. Each room needed 6. 11
3 outlets. If the house has 3 rooms, how many outlets does he need total?

4) Tiffany was sending out birthday invitations to her friends. She sent out 9 on Monday and 7. 9
6 on Tuesday. How many did she send total?
8. 12
5) Oliver was playing games at the arcade. He won 2 tickets from the basketball game and 6
tickets from the coin push game. How many tickets did he get total?
9. 5
6) An architect was building his two story house. On the first floor the house had 8 bedrooms
and the second floor had 3 bedrooms. How many bedrooms does the house have total? 10. 45
7) Rachel had 36 quarters. If it costs 4 quarters for each coke from a coke machine, how 5
11.
many could she buy?

8) Carol was buying soap for her bathroom. She bought 6 packs with each pack having 2 12. 6
bars. How many bars of soap did she buy?

9) Debby was placing her pencils into rows with 6 pencils in each row. If she had 30 pencils,
how many rows could she make?

10) A pet store had 5 cages of snakes with 9 snakes in each cage. How many snakes did the
pet store have total?

11) Paige was helping her mom pick apples from the tree in their front yard. Together they
picked 14 total. If 9 of the apples weren't ripe yet, how many good apples did they pick?

12) Victor had 2 action figures on a shelf in his room. Later he added 4 more figures to the
shelf. How many action figures were on his shelf total?

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1) Henry mowed his lawn 6 times total during the spring and summer. If he mowed it 4 times
in the summer. How many times did he mow in the spring? 1. 2
2) There are 6 students going on a field trip. If each school van can hold 2 students, how 3
2.
many vans will they need?

3) The roller coaster at the state fair costs 4 tickets per ride. If you had 20 tickets, how many 3. 5
times could you ride it?
4. 8
4) At the state fair Will spent 5 tickets on the roller coaster and 3 tickets on the ferris wheel.
How many tickets did he spend total? 5. 48
5) Luke was reading through his favorite book series. Each week he read 6 different books. 42
6.
How many books would he have read through after 8 weeks?

6) Vanessa's dad took her and some friends out to eat for her birthday. If each meal costs 7 7. 2
dollars and her dad paid for 6 meals, how much did he spend?
8. 11
7) Kaleb won 8 tickets playing games at the arcade. If he spent 6 tickets buying a water gun,
how many tickets did he still have? 9. 8
8) Mike was playing basketball with his friend. Mike scored 8 points and his friend scored 3
points. How many points did they score total? 10. 16

9) Janet had 17 math problems for homework. If she finished 9 of them on the bus ride home, 11. 7
how many more did she have to do?
12. 11
10) Isabel's mom was buying extra school supplies for Isabel and her sister. If she bought 9
reams of paper for Isabel and 7 reams for her sister, how many did she buy total? 36
13.

11) A pet store had 42 snakes. They had the snakes in cages with 6 snakes in each cage. How
many cages did the pet store have? 14. 3

12) Frank was yard sale shopping. At the first yard sale he bought 5 video games. At the next 15. 2
yard sale he bought 6 more. How many did he buy total?

13) At the fair the 'Twirly Tea Cups' ride can hold 6 people per tea cup. If the ride has 6 tea
cups, how many total people can ride at a time?

14) Olivia needs to buy 24 apples for apple bobbing. If each bag contains 8 apples, how many
bags will she need?

15) A delivery driver had to deliver 10 packages. At his first stop he dropped off 8. How many
packages does he still have to deliver?

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1) Henry mowed his lawn 6 times total during the spring and summer. If he mowed it 4 times
in the summer. How many times did he mow in the spring? 1. 2
2) There are 6 students going on a field trip. If each school van can hold 2 students, how 3
2.
many vans will they need?

3) The roller coaster at the state fair costs 4 tickets per ride. If you had 20 tickets, how many 3. 5
times could you ride it?
4. 8
4) At the state fair Will spent 5 tickets on the roller coaster and 3 tickets on the ferris wheel.
How many tickets did he spend total? 5. 48
5) Luke was reading through his favorite book series. Each week he read 6 different books. 42
6.
How many books would he have read through after 8 weeks?

6) Vanessa's dad took her and some friends out to eat for her birthday. If each meal costs 7 7. 2
dollars and her dad paid for 6 meals, how much did he spend?
8. 11
7) Kaleb won 8 tickets playing games at the arcade. If he spent 6 tickets buying a water gun,
how many tickets did he still have? 9. 8
8) Mike was playing basketball with his friend. Mike scored 8 points and his friend scored 3
points. How many points did they score total? 10. 16

9) Janet had 17 math problems for homework. If she finished 9 of them on the bus ride home, 11. 7
how many more did she have to do?
12. 11
10) Isabel's mom was buying extra school supplies for Isabel and her sister. If she bought 9
reams of paper for Isabel and 7 reams for her sister, how many did she buy total? 36
13.

11) A pet store had 42 snakes. They had the snakes in cages with 6 snakes in each cage. How
many cages did the pet store have? 14. 3

12) Frank was yard sale shopping. At the first yard sale he bought 5 video games. At the next 15. 2
yard sale he bought 6 more. How many did he buy total?

13) At the fair the 'Twirly Tea Cups' ride can hold 6 people per tea cup. If the ride has 6 tea
cups, how many total people can ride at a time?

14) Olivia needs to buy 24 apples for apple bobbing. If each bag contains 8 apples, how many
bags will she need?

15) A delivery driver had to deliver 10 packages. At his first stop he dropped off 8. How many
packages does he still have to deliver?

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8 48 5 3
1. 2
11 2 11 2
2. 3
7 8 16 42

3. 5
1) Henry mowed his lawn 6 times total during the spring and summer. If he mowed it 4 times
in the summer. How many times did he mow in the spring? 8
4.

2) There are 6 students going on a field trip. If each school van can hold 2 students, how
many vans will they need? 5. 48
3) The roller coaster at the state fair costs 4 tickets per ride. If you had 20 tickets, how many 6. 42
times could you ride it?

4) At the state fair Will spent 5 tickets on the roller coaster and 3 tickets on the ferris wheel. 7. 2
How many tickets did he spend total?
8. 11
5) Luke was reading through his favorite book series. Each week he read 6 different books.
How many books would he have read through after 8 weeks?
9. 8
6) Vanessa's dad took her and some friends out to eat for her birthday. If each meal costs 7
dollars and her dad paid for 6 meals, how much did he spend? 10. 16
7) Kaleb won 8 tickets playing games at the arcade. If he spent 6 tickets buying a water gun, 7
11.
how many tickets did he still have?

8) Mike was playing basketball with his friend. Mike scored 8 points and his friend scored 3 12. 11
points. How many points did they score total?

9) Janet had 17 math problems for homework. If she finished 9 of them on the bus ride home,
how many more did she have to do?

10) Isabel's mom was buying extra school supplies for Isabel and her sister. If she bought 9
reams of paper for Isabel and 7 reams for her sister, how many did she buy total?

11) A pet store had 42 snakes. They had the snakes in cages with 6 snakes in each cage. How
many cages did the pet store have?

12) Frank was yard sale shopping. At the first yard sale he bought 5 video games. At the next
yard sale he bought 6 more. How many did he buy total?

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1) A pet store had 6 siamese cats. If they sold 2 of them, how many cats did they still have?
1. 4
2) Each room in a new house needs to have 2 outlets. If the contractor buys 14 outlets, how 7
2.
many rooms are in the house?

3) There are 7 different books in the 'Crazy Silly School' series. If you read 5 of the books, 3. 2
how many more do you still have to read?
4. 5
4) For Lana's birthday she received 25 dollars from her friends. If each friends gave her 5
dollars how many friends gave her money? 5. 48
5) Jerry was helping his mom wash clothes. They washed 8 loads with 6 towels in each load. 3
6.
How many towels did they wash total?

6) An architect was building a hotel downtown. He built it with 6 rooms total. If there are 2 7. 3
rooms on each story how many stories tall is the hotel?
8. 3
7) Sarah had 9 apps on her phone. To free up some space she deleted 6 of the apps. How
many apps did she have left? 9. 36
8) Robin collected 12 cans for recycling. If she put 9 cans in one bag how many cans did she
have left? 10. 6

9) A group of 6 friends were dressing as pirates for Halloween. If each costume cost 6 dollars, 11. 12
how much did they spend?
12. 28
10) Adam is helping to put away books. If he has 42 books to put away and each shelf can hold
7 books how many shelves will he need? 12
13.

11) Bianca was helping her mom plant vegetables in the garden. Together they planted 5 rows
of potatoes and 7 rows of turnips. How many rows did they plant total? 14. 13

12) Paige was buying DVDs of her favorite TV series. Each season had 7 DVDs. If she bought 15. 11
4 seasons how many DVDs did she buy total?

13) A group of 3 friends were playing video games. Later 9 more friends came over. How
many people were there total?

14) At the state fair Paul spent 7 tickets on the roller coaster and 6 tickets on the ferris wheel.
How many tickets did he spend total?

15) Roger mowed his lawn 5 times in the spring and 6 times in the summer. How many times
did he mow total?

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1) A pet store had 6 siamese cats. If they sold 2 of them, how many cats did they still have?
1. 4
2) Each room in a new house needs to have 2 outlets. If the contractor buys 14 outlets, how 7
2.
many rooms are in the house?

3) There are 7 different books in the 'Crazy Silly School' series. If you read 5 of the books, 3. 2
how many more do you still have to read?
4. 5
4) For Lana's birthday she received 25 dollars from her friends. If each friends gave her 5
dollars how many friends gave her money? 5. 48
5) Jerry was helping his mom wash clothes. They washed 8 loads with 6 towels in each load. 3
6.
How many towels did they wash total?

6) An architect was building a hotel downtown. He built it with 6 rooms total. If there are 2 7. 3
rooms on each story how many stories tall is the hotel?
8. 3
7) Sarah had 9 apps on her phone. To free up some space she deleted 6 of the apps. How
many apps did she have left? 9. 36
8) Robin collected 12 cans for recycling. If she put 9 cans in one bag how many cans did she
have left? 10. 6

9) A group of 6 friends were dressing as pirates for Halloween. If each costume cost 6 dollars, 11. 12
how much did they spend?
12. 28
10) Adam is helping to put away books. If he has 42 books to put away and each shelf can hold
7 books how many shelves will he need? 12
13.

11) Bianca was helping her mom plant vegetables in the garden. Together they planted 5 rows
of potatoes and 7 rows of turnips. How many rows did they plant total? 14. 13

12) Paige was buying DVDs of her favorite TV series. Each season had 7 DVDs. If she bought 15. 11
4 seasons how many DVDs did she buy total?

13) A group of 3 friends were playing video games. Later 9 more friends came over. How
many people were there total?

14) At the state fair Paul spent 7 tickets on the roller coaster and 6 tickets on the ferris wheel.
How many tickets did he spend total?

15) Roger mowed his lawn 5 times in the spring and 6 times in the summer. How many times
did he mow total?

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7 3 2 6
1. 4
3 3 28 4
2. 7
5 12 48 36

3. 2
1) A pet store had 6 siamese cats. If they sold 2 of them, how many cats did they still have?
4. 5
2) Each room in a new house needs to have 2 outlets. If the contractor buys 14 outlets, how
many rooms are in the house? 5. 48
3) There are 7 different books in the 'Crazy Silly School' series. If you read 5 of the books, 6. 3
how many more do you still have to read?

4) For Lana's birthday she received 25 dollars from her friends. If each friends gave her 5 7. 3
dollars how many friends gave her money?
8. 3
5) Jerry was helping his mom wash clothes. They washed 8 loads with 6 towels in each load.
How many towels did they wash total?
9. 36
6) An architect was building a hotel downtown. He built it with 6 rooms total. If there are 2
rooms on each story how many stories tall is the hotel? 10. 6
7) Sarah had 9 apps on her phone. To free up some space she deleted 6 of the apps. How 12
11.
many apps did she have left?

8) Robin collected 12 cans for recycling. If she put 9 cans in one bag how many cans did she 12. 28
have left?

9) A group of 6 friends were dressing as pirates for Halloween. If each costume cost 6
dollars, how much did they spend?

10) Adam is helping to put away books. If he has 42 books to put away and each shelf can
hold 7 books how many shelves will he need?

11) Bianca was helping her mom plant vegetables in the garden. Together they planted 5 rows
of potatoes and 7 rows of turnips. How many rows did they plant total?

12) Paige was buying DVDs of her favorite TV series. Each season had 7 DVDs. If she bought
4 seasons how many DVDs did she buy total?

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1) An industrial machine can make 6 shirts every minute. How many shirts would it have
made in 9 minutes? 1. 54
2) At the state fair Mike spent 9 tickets on the roller coaster and 4 tickets on the ferris wheel. 13
2.
How many tickets did he spend total?

3) There are 12 students in the school band. If the band instructor put the students into rows 3. 6
with 2 students in each row, how many rows could he make?
4. 24
4) Larry's Lawn Care charges 3 bucks to trim a hedge. If Roger has 8 hedges, how much
money would he spend? 5. 7
5) Oliver mowed his lawn 2 times in the spring and 5 times in the summer. How many times 6
6.
did he mow total?

6) George bought his family 10 pieces of chicken for dinner. If they only ate 4, how many 7. 6
pieces does he have left?
8. 9
7) At the fair the roller coaster can hold 30 people total. If each car has 5 seats, how many
cars are there? 9. 7
8) The mailman delivered 11 pieces of mail to a house. If 2 of the pieces were junkmail, how
many pieces were actually good? 10. 10

9) Sarah was helping her mom pick apples from the tree in their front yard. Together they 11. 2
picked 10 total. If 3 of the apples weren't ripe yet, how many good apples did they pick?
12. 2
10) Isabel was buying sodas for her and her friends. They needed 2 sodas, but Isabel bought 8
extra. How many did she buy? 3
13.

11) An architect was building a hotel downtown. He built it with 6 rooms total. If there are 3
rooms on each story how many stories tall is the hotel? 14. 30

12) A chef had 9 potatoes to make fries with, but he only used 7 of them. How many potatoes 15. 56
does he still have?

13) Victor made 9 dollars mowing lawns over the summer. If he charged 3 bucks for each
lawn, how many lawns did he mow?

14) Ned played 5 games of basketball with his friends. If Ned scored 6 points each game, how
many points did he score total?

15) A pet store had 7 cages of snakes with 8 snakes in each cage. How many snakes did the pet
store have total?

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1) An industrial machine can make 6 shirts every minute. How many shirts would it have
made in 9 minutes? 1. 54
2) At the state fair Mike spent 9 tickets on the roller coaster and 4 tickets on the ferris wheel. 13
2.
How many tickets did he spend total?

3) There are 12 students in the school band. If the band instructor put the students into rows 3. 6
with 2 students in each row, how many rows could he make?
4. 24
4) Larry's Lawn Care charges 3 bucks to trim a hedge. If Roger has 8 hedges, how much
money would he spend? 5. 7
5) Oliver mowed his lawn 2 times in the spring and 5 times in the summer. How many times 6
6.
did he mow total?

6) George bought his family 10 pieces of chicken for dinner. If they only ate 4, how many 7. 6
pieces does he have left?
8. 9
7) At the fair the roller coaster can hold 30 people total. If each car has 5 seats, how many
cars are there? 9. 7
8) The mailman delivered 11 pieces of mail to a house. If 2 of the pieces were junkmail, how
many pieces were actually good? 10. 10

9) Sarah was helping her mom pick apples from the tree in their front yard. Together they 11. 2
picked 10 total. If 3 of the apples weren't ripe yet, how many good apples did they pick?
12. 2
10) Isabel was buying sodas for her and her friends. They needed 2 sodas, but Isabel bought 8
extra. How many did she buy? 3
13.

11) An architect was building a hotel downtown. He built it with 6 rooms total. If there are 3
rooms on each story how many stories tall is the hotel? 14. 30

12) A chef had 9 potatoes to make fries with, but he only used 7 of them. How many potatoes 15. 56
does he still have?

13) Victor made 9 dollars mowing lawns over the summer. If he charged 3 bucks for each
lawn, how many lawns did he mow?

14) Ned played 5 games of basketball with his friends. If Ned scored 6 points each game, how
many points did he score total?

15) A pet store had 7 cages of snakes with 8 snakes in each cage. How many snakes did the pet
store have total?

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7 9 2 7
1. 54
6 13 2 10
2. 13
54 6 6 24

3. 6
1) An industrial machine can make 6 shirts every minute. How many shirts would it have
made in 9 minutes? 24
4.

2) At the state fair Mike spent 9 tickets on the roller coaster and 4 tickets on the ferris wheel.
How many tickets did he spend total? 5. 7
3) There are 12 students in the school band. If the band instructor put the students into rows 6. 6
with 2 students in each row, how many rows could he make?

4) Larry's Lawn Care charges 3 bucks to trim a hedge. If Roger has 8 hedges, how much 7. 6
money would he spend?
8. 9
5) Oliver mowed his lawn 2 times in the spring and 5 times in the summer. How many times
did he mow total?
9. 7
6) George bought his family 10 pieces of chicken for dinner. If they only ate 4, how many
pieces does he have left? 10. 10
7) At the fair the roller coaster can hold 30 people total. If each car has 5 seats, how many 2
11.
cars are there?

8) The mailman delivered 11 pieces of mail to a house. If 2 of the pieces were junkmail, how 12. 2
many pieces were actually good?

9) Sarah was helping her mom pick apples from the tree in their front yard. Together they
picked 10 total. If 3 of the apples weren't ripe yet, how many good apples did they pick?

10) Isabel was buying sodas for her and her friends. They needed 2 sodas, but Isabel bought 8
extra. How many did she buy?

11) An architect was building a hotel downtown. He built it with 6 rooms total. If there are 3
rooms on each story how many stories tall is the hotel?

12) A chef had 9 potatoes to make fries with, but he only used 7 of them. How many potatoes
does he still have?

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1) Olivia bought 12 sodas for her and her friends. If they only drank 3 of them how many
extras did she have? 1. 9
2) George's freezer had 14 ice cubes in it. If he had to get ice for 7 cups, how many pieces 2
2.
should he put in each cup to make them have the same amount?

3) Oliver was packing up his old toys. He filled 8 boxes with action figures and 8 boxes with 3. 16
old games. How many boxes did he pack total?
4. 28
4) A group of 7 friends were playing a video game. In the game, each player started with 4
lives. How many lives did they have total? 5. 4
5) For Lana's birthday she received 8 dollars. If she spent 4 dollars. How much money did she 48
6.
still have?

6) Janet was buying soap for her bathroom. She bought 8 packs with each pack having 6 bars. 7. 9
How many bars of soap did she buy?
8. 6
7) Roger had 16 friends over for his birthday party. Later 7 of his friends had to go home.
How many friends were left? 9. 14
8) Luke has to sell 36 chocolate bars to get a prize. If each box contains 6 chocolate bars, how
many boxes does he need to sell? 10. 30

9) Henry had 6 action figures on a shelf in his room. Later he added 8 more figures to the 11. 8
shelf. How many action figures were on his shelf total?
12. 3
10) Each table in a breakroom can seat 6 people. If the breakroom has 5 tables how many
people can sit in there? 5
13.

11) Sam was drawing super heroes on a sheet of scrap paper. He drew 14 pictures total. If he
drew 6 on the back. How many heroes did he draw on the front? 14. 27

12) Rachel was placing her pencils into rows with 2 pencils in each row. If she had 6 pencils, 15. 2
how many rows could she make?

13) At the fair the roller coaster can hold 35 people total. If each car has 7 seats, how many
cars are there?

14) A pet store had 3 cages of snakes with 9 snakes in each cage. How many snakes did the pet
store have total?

15) Dave was reading through his favorite book series. He had 4 books to read total. If he read
2 books each week, how many weeks would it take him to finish the series?

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1) Olivia bought 12 sodas for her and her friends. If they only drank 3 of them how many
extras did she have? 1. 9
2) George's freezer had 14 ice cubes in it. If he had to get ice for 7 cups, how many pieces 2
2.
should he put in each cup to make them have the same amount?

3) Oliver was packing up his old toys. He filled 8 boxes with action figures and 8 boxes with 3. 16
old games. How many boxes did he pack total?
4. 28
4) A group of 7 friends were playing a video game. In the game, each player started with 4
lives. How many lives did they have total? 5. 4
5) For Lana's birthday she received 8 dollars. If she spent 4 dollars. How much money did she 48
6.
still have?

6) Janet was buying soap for her bathroom. She bought 8 packs with each pack having 6 bars. 7. 9
How many bars of soap did she buy?
8. 6
7) Roger had 16 friends over for his birthday party. Later 7 of his friends had to go home.
How many friends were left? 9. 14
8) Luke has to sell 36 chocolate bars to get a prize. If each box contains 6 chocolate bars, how
many boxes does he need to sell? 10. 30

9) Henry had 6 action figures on a shelf in his room. Later he added 8 more figures to the 11. 8
shelf. How many action figures were on his shelf total?
12. 3
10) Each table in a breakroom can seat 6 people. If the breakroom has 5 tables how many
people can sit in there? 5
13.

11) Sam was drawing super heroes on a sheet of scrap paper. He drew 14 pictures total. If he
drew 6 on the back. How many heroes did he draw on the front? 14. 27

12) Rachel was placing her pencils into rows with 2 pencils in each row. If she had 6 pencils, 15. 2
how many rows could she make?

13) At the fair the roller coaster can hold 35 people total. If each car has 7 seats, how many
cars are there?

14) A pet store had 3 cages of snakes with 9 snakes in each cage. How many snakes did the pet
store have total?

15) Dave was reading through his favorite book series. He had 4 books to read total. If he read
2 books each week, how many weeks would it take him to finish the series?

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2 28 48 30
1. 9
9 8 9 16
2. 2
4 3 14 6

3. 16
1) Olivia bought 12 sodas for her and her friends. If they only drank 3 of them how many
extras did she have? 28
4.

2) George's freezer had 14 ice cubes in it. If he had to get ice for 7 cups, how many pieces
should he put in each cup to make them have the same amount? 5. 4
3) Oliver was packing up his old toys. He filled 8 boxes with action figures and 8 boxes with 6. 48
old games. How many boxes did he pack total?

4) A group of 7 friends were playing a video game. In the game, each player started with 4 7. 9
lives. How many lives did they have total?
8. 6
5) For Lana's birthday she received 8 dollars. If she spent 4 dollars. How much money did
she still have?
9. 14
6) Janet was buying soap for her bathroom. She bought 8 packs with each pack having 6 bars.
How many bars of soap did she buy? 10. 30
7) Roger had 16 friends over for his birthday party. Later 7 of his friends had to go home. 8
11.
How many friends were left?

8) Luke has to sell 36 chocolate bars to get a prize. If each box contains 6 chocolate bars, 12. 3
how many boxes does he need to sell?

9) Henry had 6 action figures on a shelf in his room. Later he added 8 more figures to the
shelf. How many action figures were on his shelf total?

10) Each table in a breakroom can seat 6 people. If the breakroom has 5 tables how many
people can sit in there?

11) Sam was drawing super heroes on a sheet of scrap paper. He drew 14 pictures total. If he
drew 6 on the back. How many heroes did he draw on the front?

12) Rachel was placing her pencils into rows with 2 pencils in each row. If she had 6 pencils,
how many rows could she make?

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1) Ned bought his family 11 pieces of chicken for dinner. If they only ate 3, how many pieces
does he have left? 1. 8
2) A mailman had to give 2 pieces of junk mail to all the houses on a block. If the block he's 16
2.
on now has 8 houses. How many pieces of junk mail does he need?

3) Cody had 18 bottles of water. If he drank 6 each day how many days would they last him? 3. 3

4. 11
4) Sarah bought 2 pencils at the school store, but she already had 9 pencils. How many
pencils does she have total? 5. 32
5) Victor was reading through his favorite book series. Each week he read 4 different books. 7
6.
How many books would he have read through after 8 weeks?

6) Tiffany was placing her pencils into rows with 6 pencils in each row. If she had 42 pencils, 7. 5
how many rows could she make?
8. 9
7) Faye sent out 14 birthday party invitations. If 9 people showed up, how many people didn't
come? 9. 17
8) Lana's mom was buying extra school supplies for Lana and her sister. She bought 16 packs
of glue sticks total. If she gave Lana 7 packs, how many did her sister get? 10. 63

9) Mike mowed his lawn 9 times in the spring and 8 times in the summer. How many times 11. 63
did he mow total?
12. 11
10) Maria was collecting cans for recycling. She had 9 bags with 7 cans inside each bag. How
many cans did she have? 3
13.

11) Emily was buying hand towels for her house. She bought 9 packs with each pack having 7
towels in it. How many towels did she buy? 14. 11

12) Henry was reading through his favorite book series. The first week he read 6 different 15. 49
books. The next week he read 5 books. How many books did he read total?

13) Rachel had 12 extra nickels. If she put them into stacks with 4 in each stack, how many
stacks could she make?

14) A pet store had two different types of cats. They had 4 house cats and they had 7 siamese
cats. How many cats did they have total?

15) An airline lets each passenger take 7 pieces of luggage. If there were 7 people flying, how
many bags could they take?

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1) Ned bought his family 11 pieces of chicken for dinner. If they only ate 3, how many pieces
does he have left? 1. 8
2) A mailman had to give 2 pieces of junk mail to all the houses on a block. If the block he's 16
2.
on now has 8 houses. How many pieces of junk mail does he need?

3) Cody had 18 bottles of water. If he drank 6 each day how many days would they last him? 3. 3

4. 11
4) Sarah bought 2 pencils at the school store, but she already had 9 pencils. How many
pencils does she have total? 5. 32
5) Victor was reading through his favorite book series. Each week he read 4 different books. 7
6.
How many books would he have read through after 8 weeks?

6) Tiffany was placing her pencils into rows with 6 pencils in each row. If she had 42 pencils, 7. 5
how many rows could she make?
8. 9
7) Faye sent out 14 birthday party invitations. If 9 people showed up, how many people didn't
come? 9. 17
8) Lana's mom was buying extra school supplies for Lana and her sister. She bought 16 packs
of glue sticks total. If she gave Lana 7 packs, how many did her sister get? 10. 63

9) Mike mowed his lawn 9 times in the spring and 8 times in the summer. How many times 11. 63
did he mow total?
12. 11
10) Maria was collecting cans for recycling. She had 9 bags with 7 cans inside each bag. How
many cans did she have? 3
13.

11) Emily was buying hand towels for her house. She bought 9 packs with each pack having 7
towels in it. How many towels did she buy? 14. 11

12) Henry was reading through his favorite book series. The first week he read 6 different 15. 49
books. The next week he read 5 books. How many books did he read total?

13) Rachel had 12 extra nickels. If she put them into stacks with 4 in each stack, how many
stacks could she make?

14) A pet store had two different types of cats. They had 4 house cats and they had 7 siamese
cats. How many cats did they have total?

15) An airline lets each passenger take 7 pieces of luggage. If there were 7 people flying, how
many bags could they take?

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9 63 11 11
1. 8
7 17 3 32
2. 16
5 8 16 63

3. 3
1) Ned bought his family 11 pieces of chicken for dinner. If they only ate 3, how many pieces
does he have left? 11
4.

2) A mailman had to give 2 pieces of junk mail to all the houses on a block. If the block he's
on now has 8 houses. How many pieces of junk mail does he need? 5. 32
3) Cody had 18 bottles of water. If he drank 6 each day how many days would they last him? 6. 7

4) Sarah bought 2 pencils at the school store, but she already had 9 pencils. How many 7. 5
pencils does she have total?
8. 9
5) Victor was reading through his favorite book series. Each week he read 4 different books.
How many books would he have read through after 8 weeks?
9. 17
6) Tiffany was placing her pencils into rows with 6 pencils in each row. If she had 42 pencils,
how many rows could she make? 10. 63
7) Faye sent out 14 birthday party invitations. If 9 people showed up, how many people didn't 63
11.
come?

8) Lana's mom was buying extra school supplies for Lana and her sister. She bought 16 packs 12. 11
of glue sticks total. If she gave Lana 7 packs, how many did her sister get?

9) Mike mowed his lawn 9 times in the spring and 8 times in the summer. How many times
did he mow total?

10) Maria was collecting cans for recycling. She had 9 bags with 7 cans inside each bag. How
many cans did she have?

11) Emily was buying hand towels for her house. She bought 9 packs with each pack having 7
towels in it. How many towels did she buy?

12) Henry was reading through his favorite book series. The first week he read 6 different
books. The next week he read 5 books. How many books did he read total?

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1) There are 45 students in the school band. If the band instructor put the students into rows
with 5 students in each row, how many rows could he make? 1. 9
2) For Rachel's birthday she received 2 dollars from her friends and 5 dollars from her 7
2.
relatives. How much money did she get for her birthday?

3) Paige was placing her spare change into stacks. Each stack had 5 coins. If she had 5 stacks, 3. 25
how many coins did she have?
4. 32
4) An airline lets each passenger take 4 pieces of luggage. If there were 8 people flying, how
many bags could they take? 5. 3
5) Sarah sent out 12 birthday party invitations. If 9 people showed up, how many people 14
6.
didn't come?

6) Vanessa was placing her spare change into stacks. One stack had 6 coins and the other had 7. 4
8. How many coins did she have total?
8. 5
7) A vase can hold 8 flowers. If you had 32 flowers, how many vases would you need?
9. 30
8) Tiffany uploaded 20 pics to Facebook. If she put the pics into 4 albums with the same
number of photos in each album, how many photos were in each album? 10. 21

9) A group of 6 friends were playing a video game. In the game, each player started with 5 11. 3
lives. How many lives did they have total?
12. 6
10) Katie's dresser drawers could hold 7 pieces of clothing each. If she had 3 drawers how
many pieces of clothing could it hold? 15
13.

11) Bianca had 10 quarters. If she spent 7 of them buying a soda, how many coins did she have
left? 14. 7

12) Edward bought 3 boxes of books at a yard sale. If each box had 2 books how many books 15. 13
did he buy?

13) Billy was packing up his old toys. He filled 8 boxes with action figures and 7 boxes with
old games. How many boxes did he pack total?

14) Debby was helping her mom plant vegetables in the garden. Together they planted 4 rows
of potatoes and 3 rows of turnips. How many rows did they plant total?

15) A designer was buying furniture for her new house. She bought 7 chairs for the living room
and 6 for her kitchen. How many chairs did she buy total?

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1) There are 45 students in the school band. If the band instructor put the students into rows
with 5 students in each row, how many rows could he make? 1. 9
2) For Rachel's birthday she received 2 dollars from her friends and 5 dollars from her 7
2.
relatives. How much money did she get for her birthday?

3) Paige was placing her spare change into stacks. Each stack had 5 coins. If she had 5 stacks, 3. 25
how many coins did she have?
4. 32
4) An airline lets each passenger take 4 pieces of luggage. If there were 8 people flying, how
many bags could they take? 5. 3
5) Sarah sent out 12 birthday party invitations. If 9 people showed up, how many people 14
6.
didn't come?

6) Vanessa was placing her spare change into stacks. One stack had 6 coins and the other had 7. 4
8. How many coins did she have total?
8. 5
7) A vase can hold 8 flowers. If you had 32 flowers, how many vases would you need?
9. 30
8) Tiffany uploaded 20 pics to Facebook. If she put the pics into 4 albums with the same
number of photos in each album, how many photos were in each album? 10. 21

9) A group of 6 friends were playing a video game. In the game, each player started with 5 11. 3
lives. How many lives did they have total?
12. 6
10) Katie's dresser drawers could hold 7 pieces of clothing each. If she had 3 drawers how
many pieces of clothing could it hold? 15
13.

11) Bianca had 10 quarters. If she spent 7 of them buying a soda, how many coins did she have
left? 14. 7

12) Edward bought 3 boxes of books at a yard sale. If each box had 2 books how many books 15. 13
did he buy?

13) Billy was packing up his old toys. He filled 8 boxes with action figures and 7 boxes with
old games. How many boxes did he pack total?

14) Debby was helping her mom plant vegetables in the garden. Together they planted 4 rows
of potatoes and 3 rows of turnips. How many rows did they plant total?

15) A designer was buying furniture for her new house. She bought 7 chairs for the living room
and 6 for her kitchen. How many chairs did she buy total?

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9 5 21 3
1. 9
7 4 30 25
2. 7
6 14 3 32

3. 25
1) There are 45 students in the school band. If the band instructor put the students into rows
with 5 students in each row, how many rows could he make? 32
4.

2) For Rachel's birthday she received 2 dollars from her friends and 5 dollars from her
relatives. How much money did she get for her birthday? 5. 3
3) Paige was placing her spare change into stacks. Each stack had 5 coins. If she had 5 stacks, 6. 14
how many coins did she have?

4) An airline lets each passenger take 4 pieces of luggage. If there were 8 people flying, how 7. 4
many bags could they take?
8. 5
5) Sarah sent out 12 birthday party invitations. If 9 people showed up, how many people
didn't come?
9. 30
6) Vanessa was placing her spare change into stacks. One stack had 6 coins and the other had
8. How many coins did she have total? 10. 21
7) A vase can hold 8 flowers. If you had 32 flowers, how many vases would you need? 3
11.

8) Tiffany uploaded 20 pics to Facebook. If she put the pics into 4 albums with the same 12. 6
number of photos in each album, how many photos were in each album?

9) A group of 6 friends were playing a video game. In the game, each player started with 5
lives. How many lives did they have total?

10) Katie's dresser drawers could hold 7 pieces of clothing each. If she had 3 drawers how
many pieces of clothing could it hold?

11) Bianca had 10 quarters. If she spent 7 of them buying a soda, how many coins did she
have left?

12) Edward bought 3 boxes of books at a yard sale. If each box had 2 books how many books
did he buy?

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1) A chef used 8 potatoes to make fries for the lunch crowd. Later he used another 6 potatoes
for the dinner crowd. How many potatoes did he use total? 1. 14
2) For the new school year Faye's mom bought 24 folders. If each class needs 4 folders, how 6
2.
many classes does Faye have?

3) For Halloween Frank received 20 pieces of candy. If he put them into piles with 5 in each 3. 4
pile, how many piles could he make?
4. 6
4) A chef had 9 potatoes to make fries with, but he only used 3 of them. How many potatoes
does he still have? 5. 4
5) Carol had to complete 24 homework problems. If each page has 6 problems on it, how 11
6.
many pages does she have to complete?

6) A pet store had two different types of cats. They had 3 house cats and they had 8 siamese 7. 5
cats. How many cats did they have total?
8. 16
7) John bought 14 books at the book fair. If he gave 9 of them to his brother, how many books
did he have left? 9. 12
8) A contractor was buying wall outlets for a new house he was building. Each room needed 2
outlets. If the house has 8 rooms, how many outlets does he need total? 10. 4

9) Adam bought 3 boxes of candy. Later he bought 9 more boxes. How many boxes did he 11. 24
have total?
12. 4
10) Luke bought a crayon box with 11 crayons. If he accidently broke 7 of them. How many
unbroken crayons does he still have? 16
13.

11) Each table in a breakroom can seat 4 people. If the breakroom has 6 tables how many
people can sit in there? 14. 12

12) Tiffany sent out 12 birthday party invitations. If 8 people showed up, how many people 15. 8
didn't come?

13) Janet was buying soap for her bathroom. She bought 4 packs with each pack having 4 bars.
How many bars of soap did she buy?

14) Gwen owned 5 songs by her favorite artists. Later on she bought 7 more songs. How many
songs did she have total?

15) An industrial machine made 16 shirts. It can make a 2 shirts a minute. How many minutes
was the machine working?

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1) A chef used 8 potatoes to make fries for the lunch crowd. Later he used another 6 potatoes
for the dinner crowd. How many potatoes did he use total? 1. 14
2) For the new school year Faye's mom bought 24 folders. If each class needs 4 folders, how 6
2.
many classes does Faye have?

3) For Halloween Frank received 20 pieces of candy. If he put them into piles with 5 in each 3. 4
pile, how many piles could he make?
4. 6
4) A chef had 9 potatoes to make fries with, but he only used 3 of them. How many potatoes
does he still have? 5. 4
5) Carol had to complete 24 homework problems. If each page has 6 problems on it, how 11
6.
many pages does she have to complete?

6) A pet store had two different types of cats. They had 3 house cats and they had 8 siamese 7. 5
cats. How many cats did they have total?
8. 16
7) John bought 14 books at the book fair. If he gave 9 of them to his brother, how many books
did he have left? 9. 12
8) A contractor was buying wall outlets for a new house he was building. Each room needed 2
outlets. If the house has 8 rooms, how many outlets does he need total? 10. 4

9) Adam bought 3 boxes of candy. Later he bought 9 more boxes. How many boxes did he 11. 24
have total?
12. 4
10) Luke bought a crayon box with 11 crayons. If he accidently broke 7 of them. How many
unbroken crayons does he still have? 16
13.

11) Each table in a breakroom can seat 4 people. If the breakroom has 6 tables how many
people can sit in there? 14. 12

12) Tiffany sent out 12 birthday party invitations. If 8 people showed up, how many people 15. 8
didn't come?

13) Janet was buying soap for her bathroom. She bought 4 packs with each pack having 4 bars.
How many bars of soap did she buy?

14) Gwen owned 5 songs by her favorite artists. Later on she bought 7 more songs. How many
songs did she have total?

15) An industrial machine made 16 shirts. It can make a 2 shirts a minute. How many minutes
was the machine working?

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11 14 4 5
1. 14
6 12 16 4
2. 6
24 6 4 4

3. 4
1) A chef used 8 potatoes to make fries for the lunch crowd. Later he used another 6 potatoes
for the dinner crowd. How many potatoes did he use total? 6
4.

2) For the new school year Faye's mom bought 24 folders. If each class needs 4 folders, how
many classes does Faye have? 5. 4
3) For Halloween Frank received 20 pieces of candy. If he put them into piles with 5 in each 6. 11
pile, how many piles could he make?

4) A chef had 9 potatoes to make fries with, but he only used 3 of them. How many potatoes 7. 5
does he still have?
8. 16
5) Carol had to complete 24 homework problems. If each page has 6 problems on it, how
many pages does she have to complete?
9. 12
6) A pet store had two different types of cats. They had 3 house cats and they had 8 siamese
cats. How many cats did they have total? 10. 4
7) John bought 14 books at the book fair. If he gave 9 of them to his brother, how many 24
11.
books did he have left?

8) A contractor was buying wall outlets for a new house he was building. Each room needed 12. 4
2 outlets. If the house has 8 rooms, how many outlets does he need total?

9) Adam bought 3 boxes of candy. Later he bought 9 more boxes. How many boxes did he
have total?

10) Luke bought a crayon box with 11 crayons. If he accidently broke 7 of them. How many
unbroken crayons does he still have?

11) Each table in a breakroom can seat 4 people. If the breakroom has 6 tables how many
people can sit in there?

12) Tiffany sent out 12 birthday party invitations. If 8 people showed up, how many people
didn't come?

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Use addition, subtraction, multiplication or division to solve each problem. Answers
1) Lana owned 3 songs by her favorite artists. Later on she bought 5 more songs. How many
songs did she have total? 1. 8
2) Billy had 11 old video games he was wanting to get rid of. If he gave his friend 9 of the 2
2.
games, how many does he still have?

3) Faye's dad took her and some friends out to eat for her birthday. If each meal costs 7 3. 28
dollars and her dad paid for 4 meals, how much did he spend?
4. 6
4) Will had 42 pieces of candy. If he put them into bags with 7 pieces in each bag, how many
bags would he have? 5. 9
5) Haley bought 14 new shirts for school. If she returned 5 of them, how many did she end up 12
6.
with?

6) A pet store had 2 cages of snakes with 6 snakes in each cage. How many snakes did the pet 7. 3
store have total?
8. 15
7) Roger was yard sale shopping. He ended up buying 6 video games, but only 3 of them
worked. How many bad games did he buy? 9. 15
8) Paul was buying books about astronomy. He bought 6 books about the planets and 9 about
the space program. How many books did he buy total? 10. 2

9) John read 5 chapters of a book. If each chapter was 3 pages, how many pages did he read? 11. 8

12. 4
10) Cody was playing the ring toss at the carnival. All together he used 12 rings. If each game
you get 6 rings, how many games did he play? 11
13.

11) Maria was placing her pencils into rows with 9 pencils in each row. If she had 72 pencils,
how many rows could she make? 14. 49

12) Paige bought 13 old CDs at a garage sale. If 9 of the CDs were scratched up, how many 15. 14
good CDs did she buy?

13) A mailman had to give 5 pieces of junk mail and 6 magazines to a house. How many
pieces of mail did he deliver total?

14) Robin had to complete 7 pages of homework. Each page had 7 problems on it. How many
problems did she have to complete total?

15) At the fair Ned rode 7 rides the first day he went and 7 rides the second day. How many
times did he ride total?

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Use addition, subtraction, multiplication or division to solve each problem. Answers
1) Lana owned 3 songs by her favorite artists. Later on she bought 5 more songs. How many
songs did she have total? 1. 8
2) Billy had 11 old video games he was wanting to get rid of. If he gave his friend 9 of the 2
2.
games, how many does he still have?

3) Faye's dad took her and some friends out to eat for her birthday. If each meal costs 7 3. 28
dollars and her dad paid for 4 meals, how much did he spend?
4. 6
4) Will had 42 pieces of candy. If he put them into bags with 7 pieces in each bag, how many
bags would he have? 5. 9
5) Haley bought 14 new shirts for school. If she returned 5 of them, how many did she end up 12
6.
with?

6) A pet store had 2 cages of snakes with 6 snakes in each cage. How many snakes did the pet 7. 3
store have total?
8. 15
7) Roger was yard sale shopping. He ended up buying 6 video games, but only 3 of them
worked. How many bad games did he buy? 9. 15
8) Paul was buying books about astronomy. He bought 6 books about the planets and 9 about
the space program. How many books did he buy total? 10. 2

9) John read 5 chapters of a book. If each chapter was 3 pages, how many pages did he read? 11. 8

12. 4
10) Cody was playing the ring toss at the carnival. All together he used 12 rings. If each game
you get 6 rings, how many games did he play? 11
13.

11) Maria was placing her pencils into rows with 9 pencils in each row. If she had 72 pencils,
how many rows could she make? 14. 49

12) Paige bought 13 old CDs at a garage sale. If 9 of the CDs were scratched up, how many 15. 14
good CDs did she buy?

13) A mailman had to give 5 pieces of junk mail and 6 magazines to a house. How many
pieces of mail did he deliver total?

14) Robin had to complete 7 pages of homework. Each page had 7 problems on it. How many
problems did she have to complete total?

15) At the fair Ned rode 7 rides the first day he went and 7 rides the second day. How many
times did he ride total?

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8 8 28 2
1. 8
2 3 4 12
2. 2
9 15 6 15

3. 28
1) Lana owned 3 songs by her favorite artists. Later on she bought 5 more songs. How many
songs did she have total? 6
4.

2) Billy had 11 old video games he was wanting to get rid of. If he gave his friend 9 of the
games, how many does he still have? 5. 9
3) Faye's dad took her and some friends out to eat for her birthday. If each meal costs 7 6. 12
dollars and her dad paid for 4 meals, how much did he spend?

4) Will had 42 pieces of candy. If he put them into bags with 7 pieces in each bag, how many 7. 3
bags would he have?
8. 15
5) Haley bought 14 new shirts for school. If she returned 5 of them, how many did she end up
with?
9. 15
6) A pet store had 2 cages of snakes with 6 snakes in each cage. How many snakes did the
pet store have total? 10. 2
7) Roger was yard sale shopping. He ended up buying 6 video games, but only 3 of them 8
11.
worked. How many bad games did he buy?

8) Paul was buying books about astronomy. He bought 6 books about the planets and 9 about 12. 4
the space program. How many books did he buy total?

9) John read 5 chapters of a book. If each chapter was 3 pages, how many pages did he read?

10) Cody was playing the ring toss at the carnival. All together he used 12 rings. If each game
you get 6 rings, how many games did he play?

11) Maria was placing her pencils into rows with 9 pencils in each row. If she had 72 pencils,
how many rows could she make?

12) Paige bought 13 old CDs at a garage sale. If 9 of the CDs were scratched up, how many
good CDs did she buy?

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