Word Problems

1. Practice Problems

A pizza shop makes 85 pizzas a day. How many pizzas do they make in three weeks?

Jillian reads 85 pages per week. Margaret reads 93 per week. In a year how many more pages will Margaret read? (52 weeks = 1 year)

An airplane can hold 485 people. Two hundred fifteen people already have tickets and 143 more people have reservations. How many more seats are left on the airplane?

The Jim’s Island Ferry has 58 passenger cars on it. There are 4 passengers in each car. There are also 147 passengers that walked on the ferry. How many passengers are on the ferry altogether?

It takes 14 minutes for Jacob to run around the outside of his neighborhood and 21 minutes for him to bike around the neighborhood. If he goes around the neighborhood 45 times this week on his bike, how many more minutes will it take than if he ran?

Ellen makes $593 per week on her paper route. Jane makes $412 per week on her paper route. How much more does Ellen make in 6 weeks?

You get 82 stickers in 1 Snappy Sticker set and you get 73 stickers in 1 Happy Sticker set. If a school buys 25 sets of each. How many more Snappy Stickers will they get in all?

The Maple Elementary Gazette has 14 pages with 3 columns of print per page. Each column has 56 lines of print. How many lines of print are in the Maple Elementary Gazette?

The Boys and Girl’s Club is buying 15 adult tickets and 85 children's tickets to the fair. Adult tickets are $14 and children's tickets are $12. How much did they spend in all?

A t-shirt shop makes 321 t-shirts a day. How many t-shirts do they make in 4 weeks? (7 days = 1 week)

A gross is a dozen dozen (12 dozens). How many pencils are in 8 grosses

Mr. Keira’s class is going to the ballet. 7 adults are going and 24 kids are going. Adult tickets are $22 and kids’ tickets are $14. What is the total price of tickets for everyone?

During this hockey season Jonas got 17 minor penalties (2 minutes) and 36 major penalties (4 minutes). How many more minutes of major penalties did he get than minor penalties?

Macco’s tree house is 6 feet 10 inches off the ground. How many inches is that in all? (1 foot = 12 inches)

The Karate Club offers 5 beginning classes each day. Each class has room for 8 students. How many people can take Karate classes in 30 days?