Name : Score :
Teacher : Date :
Word Problems
1 ) The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 135.
What is the smallest of the three numbers ? _____________
2 ) On Monday, 449 students went on a trip to the zoo. All 8
buses were filled and 9 students had to travel in cars. How many students were
in each bus ? _____________
3 ) Oceanside Bike Rental Shop charges eleven dollars plus nine dollars an
hour for renting a bike. Sandy paid seventy - four dollars to rent a bike. How many
hours did she pay to have the bike checked out ? _____________
4 ) Tom had 229 dollars to spend on 9 books. After
buying them he had 13 dollars. How much did each book cost ? _____________
5 ) Alyssa bought a soft drink for 3 dollars and 4 candy bars. She spent
a total of 15 dollars. How much did each candy bar cost ? _____________
6 ) Mary spent half of her allowance going to the movies. She washed the family
car and earned seven dollars. What is her weekly allowance if she ended with
fourteen dollars ? _____________
7 ) Melanie sold half of her comic books and then bought 9 more. She now has
13. How many did she begin with ? _____________
8 ) The sum of three consecutive even numbers is one hundred twenty - six.
What is the smallest of the three numbers ? _____________
9 ) The sum of three consecutive numbers is seventy - five.
What is the smallest of the three numbers ? _____________
10 ) Dan bought six new baseball trading cards to add to his collection. The next
day his dog ate half of his collection. There are now only thirty - five cards left.
How many cards did Dan start with ? _____________
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Name : Score :
Teacher : Date :
Word Problems
1 ) The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 135.
What is the smallest of the three numbers ? 43
_____________
2 ) On Monday, 449 students went on a trip to the zoo. All 8
buses were filled and 9 students had to travel in cars. How many students were
55 students
_____________
in each bus ?
3 ) Oceanside Bike Rental Shop charges eleven dollars plus nine dollars an
hour for renting a bike. Sandy paid seventy - four dollars to rent a bike. How many
7 hours
_____________
hours did she pay to have the bike checked out ?
4 ) Tom had 229 dollars to spend on 9 books. After
buying them he had 13 dollars. How much did each book cost ? 24 dollars
_____________
5 ) Alyssa bought a soft drink for 3 dollars and 4 candy bars. She spent
a total of 15 dollars. How much did each candy bar cost ? 3 dollars
_____________
6 ) Mary spent half of her allowance going to the movies. She washed the family
car and earned seven dollars. What is her weekly allowance if she ended with
14 dollars
_____________
fourteen dollars ?
7 ) Melanie sold half of her comic books and then bought 9 more. She now has
13. How many did she begin with ? 8 comic books
_____________
8 ) The sum of three consecutive even numbers is one hundred twenty - six.
What is the smallest of the three numbers ? 40
_____________
9 ) The sum of three consecutive numbers is seventy - five.
What is the smallest of the three numbers ? 24
_____________
10 ) Dan bought six new baseball trading cards to add to his collection. The next
day his dog ate half of his collection. There are now only thirty - five cards left.
64 cards
_____________
How many cards did Dan start with ?
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