Math Word Problems

Lizbeth's guppies had babies. She had 4 baby guppies on Thursday. On Friday she had 7 baby guppies. Saturday she had 19 baby guppies. How many babies did her guppies have altogether?

Dan was at the beach for five days and found 20 seashells. He plans to give all of his seashells equally to his four friends. How many seashells will each friend get ?

Jessica has 30 violet balloons. She wants to give her six friends the same number of violet balloons, how many will each friend get ?

Laura arrives home every day at 3:00 p.m. She takes 20 minutes to change clothes and eat a snack. Then she goes out to play. Her mom calls her inside 60 minutes later. What time is it when Laura's mom calls her?

Sam has 9 dozen golf balls. How many golf balls does he have ?

Derek had 30 cups when his lemonade stand opened. At the end of the day he had 7 cups left. How many cups of lemonade did he sell?

Tim worked 25 hours in the last five days. Assuming that he worked the same amount of hours each day, how long did he work each day ?

ally had Pokemon cards. She gave 5 to her friends. She now has 4 Pokemon cards left. How many Pokemon cards did she have to start with ?

Lauren wants to talk to her neighbor. To peek over the fence, Lauren needs to be 4 feet tall. Lauren is only 3 feet 1 inch tall. How much taller does she need to be to peek over the fence?

Nancy picked 7 apples from the orchard, and gave 5 apples to Tim. How many apples does Nancy have now ?

A football field is 100 yards long. Taylor can throw the ball 20 yards at a time. If she starts at one end, how many times would Taylor need to throw the ball before it reached the other end?

Zachary weighed 45 pounds last year. He grew over the summer. Now he weighs 57 pounds. How much weight has Zachary gained?

Jared wanted to hand out lollipops for his birthday treat. There are 27 students in his class. Jared has 19 lollipops. How many more would he need to have enough for everyone?

Dave drank 240 milliliters of water. Julie drank twice as much as Dave. How much water did Julie drink?

Austin is helping mom carry Easter dinner items home from the grocery store. Austin has three items in a bag that weighs 14 pounds. He has a 7 pound ham. He has a 2 pound bag of potatoes. How much does the third item weigh?

Thayla has collected 25 stickers. She got 4 stickers from her teacher. She was given 10 stickers for her birthday. She got the rest of the stickers from her aunt. How many stickers did she get from her aunt?

Destiny started with 72 marbles in her bag. She wants to play with her eight friends. Each person will get an equal amount to play a game. How many marbles will each person get?

essica has 25 dollars in five dollar bills. How many five dollars bills does she have ?

Cole's tree grows 4 inches each year. The tree is 40 inches tall. How old is the tree?

One grape is 2 centimeters long. One watermelon is 21 grapes long. How many centimeters long is one watermelon?

Ridley rode her bike to her cousin's house. Her cousin lives 15 kilometers away. She rode 6 kilometers before taking a break. How much more did she ride after her break before arriving at the house?

Jessica, Sandy, and Keith have 15 pencils all together. If the pencils are equally divided, how many will each person get ?

Ellie served 27 scoops of ice cream to her friends. 9 people are eating sundaes, and everyone has the same number of scoops. How many scoops does each person have?

It's track and field day. Chloe jumped 78 inches. Bob jumped 66 inches. How far did they jump in all? (in inches, in feet)

Brycen has a big spelling test coming up. He must learn 35 words. On Monday he learned 12 words. On Tuesday he learned 9 words. How many more words must he learn?

Sam has 7 books. Jason has 6 times more books than Sam. How many books does Jason have ?