zMath 130  - Unit 4: Word Problems

Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division


1)

A CD costs $15.00. Ed saves $3.00 each week to buy the CD. In how many weeks can he buy the CD? Which operation would you use to solve this question?


2)

Referring back to question 1, in how many weeks can he buy the CD?


3)

Billy is making a pictograph showing the 8 boys and 10 girls in his class. He is drawing faces and each face equals 2 students. How many faces should Ed draw? Which operations would you use to solve this question?


4)

Referring back to question 3, how many faces should Ed draw?


5)

The computer lab has 32 computers lined up in rows. There are 8 computers in each row. How many rows of computers are there? Which operation would you use for this question?


6)

Referring back to question 5, how many rows of computers are there?


For questions 7 – 15, choose the equation that will solve the question.  Select the correct answer.


7)

Ben has 25¢ in nickels in one hand and 7 nickels in his other hand.  How many nickels does he have in all? 


8)

The school secretary orders pens that come in boxes of 6. How many boxes should she order if she needs 54 pens?


9)

The computer teacher works 6 hours a day at the computer. How many hours will she work on the computer in 10 days?


10)

The baseball coach bought 81 baseballs. There were 9 balls in each box. How many boxes did the coach buy?


11)

The baseball coach has 36 players that he needs to put in teams. He wants 9 players on each team. How many teams can the coach make?


12)

The art teacher has 48 projects that need to be placed on shelves. He wants the same number of projects on each of the 8 shelves. How many projects will he place on each shelf?


13)

The art teacher wants her class to make 24 projects in 2 hours. If they make the same number of projects each hour, how many projects must they make each hour?


14)

The art teacher adds 5 new projects to his shelves every day. How many projects does he add in 9 days?


15)

Referring back to question 14, how many projects did he add in 9 days?


For questions 16 ­– 25, find the correct sum, difference, product, or quotient by using the inverse operation. Select the correct answer.


16)

6 × 7 = 42, so 42 ÷ 6 = ___


17)

7 + 9 = 16, so 16 – 9 = _____


18) 81 ÷ 9 = 9, so 9 × 9 = ____

19)

6 + 5 = 11, so 11 – 5 = ___


20) 0 × 9 = 0, so 0 ÷ 9 = ___

21)

15 + 9 = 24, so 24 – 9 = ____


22)

6 × 6 = 36, so 36 ÷ 6 = ___


23)

92 + 1 = 93, so 93 – 92 = ___


24)

12 × 4 = 48, so 48 ÷ 4 = ___


25)

18 + 4 = 32, so 32 – 14 = ___


For questions 26 – 31, choose the operation that you will use to solve the following questions. Note: In some of these questions, you will need to find the solution.


26)

Ann had 64 photos to put into an album. She only has 8 pages in the album. How many photos will go on each page? Which operation would you use to solve this question?


27)

Referring back to question 26, how many photos will go on each page?


28)

Mom bought 24 chocolate chip cookies. They came in packages of 6. How many packages did Mom buy? Which operation would you use to solve this question?


29)

Referring back to question 28, how many packages did Mom buy?


30)

The lifeguard only wanted 40 children in the pool at once. There were 63 children at the pool. How many had to sit out of the pool? Which operation would you use to solve this question?


31)

Referring back to question 30, how many children had to sit out of the pool?


For questions 32 – 41, type in the correct answer.


32)

Flowers were on sale 10 for $1.00. How much was one flower?


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33)

Lee wanted to buy a drink for himself and 8 of his friends.  Each drink was 11¢.  How much money did Lee need to buy the drinks?


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34)

Referring back to question 33, if Lee used $1.00 to pay for the drinks, how much money did he get back?


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35)

A popcorn vendor fills 32 large boxes and 39 small boxes with popcorn. How many boxes of popcorn did he fill?


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36)

If an elephant drinks 65 gallons of water in one day, how much would he drink in 5 days?


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37)

Jen and 3 friends each have 3 beach towels.  What is the total number of beach towels between Jen and her friends?


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38)

The hallway is 9 feet wide. The family room is 3 times as wide as the hallway.  How wide is the family room?


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39)

Ruthie saw a butterfly collection at the museum. There were 7 butterflies in each of 10 rows.  How many butterflies did Ruthie see?


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40)

Ronnie bought 8 baseball cards. Each cost one nickel.  How much money did Ronnie spend?


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41)

What multiplication sentence is the same as the addition sentence below?

8 + 8 + 8 + 8 =


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