Problem Solving Answers

Read the word problem below.Soni has 196 pencils. If she puts equal amounts of pencils into eight boxes, she has four pencils left. How many pencils does she put in each box? Which strategy could help solve this word problem?

Leda makes 73 oatmeal muffins for a bake sale. She accidentally drops five of them and throws them away. She puts as many of the remaining muffins as possible into 13 containers so that each container has the same number of muffins. How many of the remaining muffins does Ieda have left over?

Sorrel has 54 beads, and 16 of them are red. Of the remaining beads, half are yellow and half are green. How many yellow beads does she have?

Read the word problem below.Jill had $90. She bought a skirt that normally costs $42 but was on sale for half price. She also bought a T-shirt that was $8 off its regular price. Before sales tax, the total cost of the clothes was $31. What was the regular price of the T-shirt? What question is being asked in this word problem?

Read the word problem below.A parking garage charges $3 for each of the first three hours. After three hours, the charge is $7 per hour. What is the total cost for five hours of parking? Which strategy would help solve this word problem?

For a school drama performance, student tickets cost $5 each and adult tickets cost $10 each. The sellers collected $3,570 from 512 tickets sold. Which equation can be used to find c, the number of student tickets sold?

Two times a number plus four is 22. What is the number?

For the school concert band performance, student tickets cost $8 each and adult tickets cost $12 each. The sellers collected $3,200 from 300 tickets sold. How many adult tickets and student tickets were sold?

Read the word problem below.Chan rows at a rate of eight miles per hour in still water. On Wednesday, it takes him three hours to row upstream from his house to the park. He rows back home, and it takes him two hours. What is the speed of the current? Which of the following is a clue that would help solve this word problem?

Armando bought 45 baseball cards. Of the 12 friends he invited to his cookout, half of them were able to attend. Armando gave each of his friends at the cookout the same number of baseball cards and had 3 cards left for himself. How many baseball cards did each friend receive?