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Math Word Problems With Answers

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Addition and Subtraction

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1	A library had 248 books and received 156 more. How many books now?
2	A theater has 420 seats; 287 are filled. How many are empty?
3	A tank holds 50 litres; 18 are used in the morning and 12 in the afternoon. How many remain?

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4	A box holds 24 crayons. How many crayons are in 15 boxes?
5	A runner does 7 laps a day. How many laps in 21 days?
6	192 students are split evenly into 8 classes. How many per class?
7	A baker packs 156 muffins into boxes of 12. How many boxes?

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8	Sam buys 3 notebooks at 4 each and pays with a 20. How much change?
9	A class of 28 students goes on a trip; tickets cost 6 each. What is the total cost?
10	A farmer collects 84 eggs, packs them into cartons of 6, and sells each carton for 3. How much is earned?
11	A phone costs 360, paid in 6 equal monthly payments. How much is each payment?

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12	A pizza is cut into 8 slices and 3 are eaten. What fraction is left?
13	A shirt costs 40 with 25% off. What is the sale price?
14	A trip is 240 km and 3/4 is complete. How many km are traveled?
15	A movie starts at 6:45 and lasts 120 minutes. What time does it end?

Problem 8: 3 notebooks at 4 each is $3 \times 4 = 12$ . Change is $20 - 12 = 8$ .

Problem 10: $84 \div 6 = 14$ cartons, and $14 \times 3 = 42$ earned.

Problem 13: 25% of 40 is $10$ , so the sale price is $40 - 10 = 30$ .

Problem 14: $\tfrac{3}{4}\ \text{of}\ 240 = 180$ km.