Math Word Problems Worksheet Page 6

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Show your work and/or explain your thinking for each problem.
Set 6
1.
Tara has 16 cookies. She takes two cookies for herself. Then Tara divides the remaining
cookies among three friends. Which expression shows how Tara shares her cookies?
Explain.
(
16 3
)
2
(
16 2
)
3
(
16 2
)
3
(
16 2
)
3
÷
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+
÷
!
÷
!
+
2.
Parentheses can help show the order of carrying out operations. Insert parentheses to make
each number sentence true.
10 5 8 8 10
+ ! " =
10 5 8 8 112
+ ! " =
10 5 8 8 42
+ ! " =
3.
Your teacher told 10 students that they could share a bag of candy evenly among
themselves. There were 160 pieces of candy in the bag. How many pieces of candy did
each student get?
4.
James has 39 baseball cards. His friend Rebecca has 20 times as many cards. How many
baseball cards does Rebecca have?
5.
Use the digits 0 through 9 to fill in the blanks.
6.
Benji has 217 action hero trading cards. He wants to share them equally among 6 friends.
How many will each of his friends get?
7.
The Shoots the Rapids water ride has cars that hold 12 people each. 95 people are in line
for the ride. How many cars will they need to hold all 95 people?
8.
Hamid wants to buy 3 notebooks; each notebook cost $2.89 including tax. Hamid only has
dollar bills and no coins. How many dollar bills will Hamid need to buy the notebooks?
9.
Begin with a one digit number, multiply by three, add eight, divide by two and subtract six.
You will end up with the same number you started with. What is the number? Show your
work and explain your thinking.
10. Dylan baked brownies and gave half to his friend Jason. Then Dylan ate three of the
remaining brownies and gave the last five to his little sister. How many brownies did
Dylan bake?

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