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| Word Problems complete set (elementary) - answers |
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| Word Problems complete set (elementary) -unnumbered |
same 21 pages without numbers |
| Word Problems complete set (elementary) |
21 pages of problem solving, formatted to cut and paste into a steno notebook |
| Word Problems: Winter Multiplication (upper elem) |
"Tracy collects forty-eight icicles for her science class. They are twenty-five inches long on average. What is the total length of the icicles Tracy collects?" Five winter-themed multiplication word problems. |
| Word Problems: Winter Multiplication (elem) |
"Mike's hockey team has scored an average of four goals in each of their last ten games. How many goals have they scored in all?" Five winter-themed multiplication word problems. |
| Word Problems: Winter Division (upper elem) |
"A group of people are cross-country skiing. Altogether, they ski one hundred ninety-six miles. There are fourteen people in the group. How far does each one ski, on average?" |
| Word Problems: Winter Addition (upper elem) |
"Pierre wants to buy a new mountain bike that costs $999. This summer, he earned $476 mowing lawns. This winter he has already earned $201 shoveling snow. How much money has he earned so far this year?" Five winter-themed addition word problems. |
| Word Problems: Winter Addition (elem) |
"Clem really likes cross country skiing. Last week he skied twenty-one miles. This weekend he skied seven more miles. How many miles did he ski altogether?" Five winter-themed addition word problems. |
| Word Problems - School Supplies (elementary) |
"Cathy bought a bottle of glue and a box of crayons. How much did she spend?" Use the price list to solve these simple addition problems. |
| Word Problems: Cider Mill Menu (elementary) |
Practice math skills using a restaurant menu. |
| Word Problems: Valentines (elementary) |
"Cully has 25 valentines. He gives 9 away to his friends. How many does he have left?" |
| Worksheet: Average Speed (upper elem) |
This math worksheet helps students practice determining average speed. |
| Chance and Probability (elementary) |
Several activities to help students understand the differences between chance and probability. |
| Worksheet: Equations & Word Problems (all skills) |
Converting word problems into equations and solving the equations. |
| Word Problems: Money (upper elem) |
"Tom wants a cell phone that costs $70. He has $50 and he is saving $4 a week..." Practical math with realistic situations. |
| Worksheet: Proportions (upper elem/ middle) |
A one page worksheet ranging from simple (increasing ingredients for a larger cake) to difficult (with decimals to the third place). |
| Word Problems: Mixed Practice (upper elem) |
"Mary did six exercises and studied three pages a day. By the end of one week, how many exercises had she done, and how many pages had she studied?" One page of word problems, with addition, subtraction, and multiplication. |
| Word Problems: Money (elem) |
"On her tenth birthday, Ashleigh received $20 from her Aunt Liz..." Several pages of word problems about money using everyday examples that students can easily understand. |
| Word Problems: Multiplication (upper elem) |
"How many e-mails does he forward in one week altogether?" One page; 12 word problems with contemporary themes. |
| Word Problems: Fractions - Pizza theme (upper elem) |
The imaginative setting of a pizza parlor is used to help with fractions. If each person wants three slices, and everyone wants extra cheese, but only two people want mushrooms.... |
| Worksheet: Equations and Word Problems (add/subtract) |
Writing addition and subtraction word problems as numerical equations. |
| Word Problems set A (elem) |
Five pages; one word problem per page, with space to illustrate and explain the answer. |
| Word Problems set B (elem) |
Five pages; one word problem per page, with space to illustrate and explain the answer. |
| Word Problems set C (elem) |
Five pages; one word problem per page, with space to illustrate and explain the answer. |
| Word Problems set D (elem) |
Five pages; one word problem per page, with space to illustrate and explain the answer. |
| Word Problem: Travel Time (upper elem) |
This tricky word problem comes with space for explaining and illustrating the solution. |
| Word Problems: Multiplication and Money (upper elem) |
"Lisa bought 5 pencils at the school store. The cost of each pencil is 33 cents. How much did Lisa pay for her purchase?" One page, five problems. |
| Unit: Superbowl Math...and more! (elem/upper elem) |
Math problems to figure out which teams won their games, reading a graph; plus designing a superbowl commercial and a general knowledge crossword puzzle. |
| Word Problems: Medieval Math (upper elem) |
"For lunch at the Renaissance Fair, Tyler and Amanda each buy a turkey leg and an apple dumpling. Each food item costs $3.50. How much do their lunches cost altogether?" |
| Worksheet: Jenny's Garden (elem/upper elem) |
"Here is a table of what Jenny planted in the new flower garden. Read the table and answer the questions." |
| Word Problems: The Ugly Duckling (elem/upper elem) |
"The duckling lived in a farm with 45 animals. There were 10 pigs, 12 goats, 5 dogs, 2 horses and the rest were sheep." Choose the equation that best expresses the word problem. |
| Word Problems: Cowboy Addition (upper elem) |
"Cowboy Tom helped at a roundup. He earned $1.50 for every cow he caught. The first week, he caught 99 cows. The second week he caught 273. How many did he catch altogether?" Five addition problems. |
| Word Problems: Cowboy Division (upper elem) |
"Cowboy Tom worked from seven in the morning until three in the afternoon yesterday building two miles of fence. He was paid $48. What was his hourly wage?" |
| Word Problems:Thanksgiving Division (upper elementary) |
"There are fourteen boys in Mark’s chess club. For Thanksgiving they participate in a food drive. They visit 70 houses and collect a total of 210 cans of food. How many cans of food did they collect per house, on average?" Five Thanksgiving-themed division problems. |
| Word Problems: Thanksgiving Multiplication (elem) |
"Bud is helping his mother bake an apple pie for Thanksgiving dinner. He peels the apples. It takes him two minutes to peel an apple. How long does it take him to peel seven apples?" Five Thanksgiving-themed multiplication word problems. |
| Word Problems: Thanksgiving Multiplication (upper elem) |
"Mr. Vogel is a farmer. He raised twenty turkeys this year. He sold eighteen and kept two as pets. He charged sixteen dollars per turkey. What was the total selling price?" Five Thanksgiving-themed multiplication word problems. |
| Word Problems: Cowboy Multiplication (upper elem) |
"Cowboy Jake is afraid of rattlesnakes. He sees a lot of them on the ranch where he lives. In fact, he sees an average of thirty every year. About how many has he seen in the nine years he has lived on the ranch?" |
| Word Problems: Cowboy Subtraction (upper elem) |
"Cowboy Jake is competing in a rodeo. In the last event, a bull kicks him in the arm and breaks it, but he still wins $144 in all. How much does he have left after he pays a doctor $66 to put his arm in a cast?" |
| Word Problems: School Themed Addition (elementary) |
"Last year there were 89 third graders at Johnson Elementary School. This year there are five more." Five school-themed math addition problems. |
| Word Problems: School Themed Multiplication (elementary) |
"There are three rows of pencils. Each row has four pencils. How many colored pencils does Yoko have?" Five school-themed multiplication problems. |
| Word Problems: School Themed Skip Counting (elem) |
"There are two boys in every row on Bruce’s bus. How many boys are there in two rows?" Five school-themed math problems using skip counting. |
| Word Problems: School Themed Subtraction (elem) |
"Matt has to read a 53-page book by tomorrow. So far he has read 48 pages. How many more pages does he have to read?" Five school-themed subtraction word problems. |
| Word Problems: Environment (elem/upper elem) |
"It takes 55% less water to make recycled paper than normal paper... How much water would the same factory use to make the same amount of normal paper?" Five word problems with an environmental theme. |
| Word Problems: Going Green (elem/upper elem) |
"We know that, on average, each tree absorbs from 13 to 48 pounds of carbon dioxide per year. We have planted 15 trees. How much carbon dioxide absorption will the trees we’ve already planted enable in the next 50 years?" Five math problems with an environmental theme. |
| Word Problems: Thanksgiving Skip Counting (primary) |
"Greg and his friends are making Thanksgiving decorations. Each child makes five. How many do four children make? How many do five make? How many do six make?" Five Thanksgiving-themed skip counting (by fives) word problems. |
| Word Problems: Thanksgiving Skip Counting (primary) |
"Eddie can pick and clean ten pumpkins per hour. How many can he do in four hours? How many in five? How many in six?" Five Thanksgiving-themed skip counting (by tens) word problems. |
| Word Problems: Halloween Multiplication (upper elem) |
"Smith & Smith Ghost Eradication Services is a company that removes ghosts from haunted houses. If each haunted house has an average of three ghosts, how many ghosts can be removed in a month?" Five Halloween themed multiplication word problems. |
| Word Problems: Halloween Multiplication (elem) |
"Four witches meet at Halloween. Each one brings four black cats with her. How many black cats are at the meeting?" |
| Word Problems: Halloween Division (upper elem) |
"The Wizard Mandragon has a part-time job making flying brooms for witches. This year he had a special Halloween sale and sold brooms for $40 each. He earned a total of $240. How many brooms did he sell?" Five Halloween-themed division problems. |
| Word Problems: Halloween Subtraction (primary/elem) |
"Anne is a witch. She has two black cats. How many more does she have to find if she needs ten black cats for her spell?" Five Halloween-themed word problems. |
| Word Problems: Thanksgiving Addition (primary) |
"Mike and his brother Pat are selling pumpkins they grew. If Mike sells nine and Pat sells seven, how many do they sell in all?" Five Thanksgiving-themed addition word problems. |
| Word Problems: Thanksgiving Addition (elem) |
"Ed and his sister are helping cook Thanksgiving dinner. They decide to have a potato-peeling contest. Ed peels twenty-two. His sister peels six more than that. How many did she peel?" Five Thanksgiving-themed addition word problems. |
| Word Problems: Thanksgiving Addition (upper elem) |
"Myron analyzed the caloric content of his Thanksgiving dinner for his science class. His serving of stuffing had 619 calories. His serving of pumpkin pie had 780 calories. His serving of turkey had 282 calories. How many calories were there in his stuffing and turkey combined?" |
| Word Problems: Thanksgiving Subtraction (elem) |
"Renee’s mother has forty-eight pieces of pumpkin pie on the counter in the kitchen on Thanksgiving. The dog eats six while she’s not looking. How many pieces of pie are left?" |
| Word Problems: Thanksgiving Subtraction (primary) |
"Yolanda’s Thanksgiving turkey weighs twenty pounds. Her family eats seventeen pounds at dinner. How many pounds are left?" |
| Word Problems: Thanksgiving Subtraction (upper elem) |
"For his science class at school, Charles wants to calculate how much his relatives eat on Thanksgiving. He weighs the food before it is served and then he weighs the leftovers. The food weighed 960 ounces. The leftovers weighed 89 ounces. How many ounces of food did his family eat?" |
| Word Problems: Winter Subtraction (upper elem) |
"Bob and his friends are baking cookies for a school fundraiser. They baked eight hundred thirty-two cookies. However, they ate sixty-nine of them. How many cookies are left?" Five winter-themed subtraction word problems. |
| Word Problems: Thanksgiving Time (primary) |
"Look at the clock. What time does Brenda get up on Thanksgiving Day?" Five time-telling questions with clocks. |
| Word Problems: Winter Subtraction (elem) |
"Rebecca is going skiing with her family. It is a seventy-mile drive to the mountain where they ski. They have driven forty miles so far. How far is it to the mountain now?" Five winter-themed subtraction word problems. |
| Word Problems: Winter Skip Counting (elem) |
"Bob's class is cutting out paper snowflakes to decorate the classroom. If each child cuts out two snowflakes, how many do five children cut? Six children? Seven children?" Five winter-themed word problems with skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s. |
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