basic math word problems for adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying
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I have 10 books. You have 25. How many more books do you have than me?
10 + 25 = 35 books
25 - 10 = 15 books
25 x 10 = 250 books
Jim ate 8 donuts. Todd ate 4. How many more donuts did Jim eat than Todd?
8 - 4 = 4 donuts
4 + 8 = 12 donuts
4 x 8 = 32 donuts
Greg makes 12 cupcakes with pink frosting. He also makes 6 cupcakes with white frosting. How many more pink cupcakes does he have than white cupcakes?
12 - 6 = 6 cupcakes
12 + 6 = 18 cupcakes
12 x 6 = 72 cupcakes
Jason makes 3 batches of cookies. Each batch has 10 cookies in it. How many cookies did he make altogether? Choose all the correct answers.
10 x 3 = 30 cookies
10 - 3 = 7 cookies
10 + 10 + 10 = 30 cookies
10 + 3 = 13 cookies
Kate reads for 20 minutes on Tuesday. Then she reads for 10 minutes on Wednesday. On Thursday she reads for 25 minutes. How many minutes did she read in all?
(20 + 10) - 25 = 5 minutes
(20 + 10) + 25 = 55 minutes
20 + (10 x 5) + 25 = 95 minutes
Mrs. Sims has 35 skittles. She has 7 students. How many will each student get if she gives them all the same amount?
35 - 7 = 28 skittles each
35 divided by 7 is 5 skittles each
35 x 7 = 245 skittles each
(35 -7) + 10 = 38 skittles each
The teacher has 18 students. She puts them into 2 equal groups. How many students will be in each group?