Math Problems for Math Matters

1. On Friday, 335 people visited the bird sanctuary, on Saturday 475 people visited, and on Sunday 525 people visited. How many people visited in the three days?
2. Sara will travel 650 miles on a train trip. She has traveled 365 miles so far. How many more miles will she travel.
3. A park ranger led 3 groups of hikers. There were 4 people in each group. How many hikers did she lead?
4. Last week Mr. Masumoto sold 215 ballpoint pens. He sold 4 times as many pencils as pens. How many pencils did he sell?
5. Geraldo has eight different dinosaur pens. Five of those pends are purple. What fraction of the pens are not purple?
6. Nell, Kate, and Jerry share 15 seashells equally. How many seashells does each friend have?
7. The dance school orders 56 dance costumes in 7 different colors. If the same number of each color is ordered, how many of each color are ordered?
8. Rita lives 2 floors above Jonah. Jonah lives on the fifth floor. What floor does Rita live on?
9. In the school chorus, there are 22 third-graders and 17 second-graders. Fourteen of these students also play the piano. How many do not play the piano?
10. The United States had 5 more endangered species of butterflies than beetles. Together the total is 29. How many endangered species of beetles were there?
11. Taylor had 8 dimes and 30 pennies in her purse. She spent half of the dimes. What is the value of the money left in her purse?
12. Emilio buys a poster that costs $2.65. He gives the clerk $5.00. What is his change?
13. Felipe belongs to a bird-watching club. Last April, Felipe’s club spotted 159 birds. Then one May, they saw 118 birds. How many birds did the club see in those two months?
14. Dean brings in apples for snacks. There are 7 more red apples than green apples. How many apples of each color are there?
15. Matt puts 8 coins in each box. He uses 2 boxes. How many coins does Matt have?
16. Twana bought a book about dogs for $16.75. She gave the store clerk a $20 bill. How much change did she receive?
17. When Cole went to school in the morning, the temperature was 56F. When he got home it was 73 F. How many degrees did the temperature rise?
18. One line is 2 inches long. Another is 3 ½ inches long. A third is 4 inches long. How long are the 3 lines if you connect them end to end?
19. Jodi has 8 more markers than Dede. Together they have 20 markers. How many markers does each girl have?
20. Kareen cuts a piece of ribbon in half and cuts each of those pieces in half again. Each piece is not 30 inches long. How long was the original piece of ribbon?
21. Trop rode his bicycle 22 miles last weekend. He rode 6 miles more on Saturday than on Sunday. How many miles did he ride each day?
22. A new 8-story office building has 40 telephones installed on each floor. How many telephones are in the building?
23. There were 350 balloons, but 30 burst. Eight clowns share the remaining balloons equally. How many balloons will each clown carry to give away at the parade?
24. Stella has $4.45 in her piggy bank. Dan has $0.50 less than Stella. Al has twice as much money as Dan. How much money does Al have?