Math Word Problems Worksheet Page 14

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Set 13
1.
Derek put toy cars on a shelf. The top row has 3 cars. The second row has 7 cars. The third
row has 11 cars. How many cars will be on the fifth row if the pattern continues?
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2.
Braxton has a jar with 1200 marbles in it. He gives
of his marbles to his friend Paul
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2
and another
to his friend Jeff. What fraction of his marbles did he give away?
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3.
Randy is school shopping. Below is a list of the items he wants to buy and the actual cost
of the items.
Fill in column (b) by rounding the actual
Rounded to the
Rounded to the
Actual Price
nearest dollar
next highest dollar
prices to the nearest dollar.
(a)
(b)
[c]
Item
Soda
$1.15
Fill in column (c) by rounding the actual price
Book
$5.75
up to the next highest dollar.
CD
$13.45
Shoes
$49.50
Find the sums of columns (a), (b), and (c) by
Sum
Sum
Sum
adding.
Which estimate is closer to the actual cost?
Which estimate should he use to estimate the amount of money he should take shopping?
4.
Kerry, Janet, and Mitch played a computer game. Kerry scored 312 points and Janet
scored 565. The three players together scored 1432 points. How many points did Mitch
score?
5.
The students in Ms. Callahan’s math class have cats, dogs, and lizards as pets. There are
twice as many cats as dogs and one-fourth as many lizards as cats. Create a bar graph that
shows the possible number of cats, dogs, and lizards the students have. Be sure to label
your axes and include a title.
6.
Julie has 15 coins in her pocket. The coins add up to $2.18. She has the same number of
pennies as she does dimes. She has 5 more quarters than she does nickels. Julie has 3
pennies. How many nickels, dimes, and quarters does she have?
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7.
Dylan bought a pie for pi day at school. He gave
to his teacher. The pie was cut into 6
3
pieces. How many pieces did Dylan give his teacher?
8.
If the number pattern below continues what will the next three numbers be? Describe the
rule. 3, 7, 6, 10, 9, 13, 12,...
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Roger wants to buy a video game that is on sale for $26.00. He has $21.38 saved so far.
How much more money does Roger need to buy the game?
10. Name three fractions that are equivalent to the shaded portion of the
rectangle shown below.

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