Solving Word Problems with Whole Numbers

Mr. Robert spent $450 on clothing on Wednesday. On Thursday, he spent $125 more.

How much did he spend on clothes in those two days?

$575

In one month, a shopkeeper sold 160 bottles of orange juice and 191 bottles of mango juice.

How many bottles were sold altogether?

351

On Friday, 783 people visited the zoo, and 596 came on Saturday.

How many people visited the zoo on these two days?

1,379

A street has 245 houses. 121 houses have been painted.

How many houses have not been painted?

124

A basket contains 195 oranges. The shopkeeper takes 61 of them.

How many oranges are left in the basket?

134

 Out of the town’s 207 children, 186 attend a private school.

How many children do not attend a private school?

21

 A packet contains 26 balloons.

How many balloons are there in 8 such packets?

208

A bike costs $268.

How much will 92 of these bikes cost? 

$24,656

A book has 543 pages.

If there are 22 books the same length, calculate the total number of pages.

11,946

Eric had a total of 63 apples. He evenly distributes all of the apples among his 9 friends.

How many apples does each friend get? 

7

The train fare for 9 people costs a total of $738.

How much is the fare for one person?

$82

A wide bus can seat 192 people.

How many seats are there in each row of a bus with 32 rows?

6

Stephen bought 10 pencils two weeks ago and bought another 8 pencils the following week.

He gave his friend 5 pencils. How many pencils does he have left?

13

Shane had a total of 15 marbles. On his way to the office, he lost 3, and on the way home, he lost another 4.

How many marbles did he have left?

8

Noah has a collection of 23 shirts. He gives 6 shirts to his brother and 8 to his sister.

How many shirts does he have left?

9

A farmer owns 26 goats that he keeps in three fields.

How many goats would he expect to find in the third field after counting twelve in the first and five in the second?

9

A math teacher wants to give a pen set to each of his 12 students. There should be 4 pens in every set. Later on, the teacher decided to double the number of pens given.

How many pens will the math teacher need to purchase?

96

If each cookie contains 5 chunks of chocolate, how many chunks does each roommate get?

10

Daniel divided 9 boxes evenly among his three tables at the vegetable market, with each box containing 5 pounds of onions.

How many pounds of onions did each table have?

15

Samuel makes cute hats for babies. On average, he makes 24 hats per day, and this week he made hats for 4 days. The hats were then evenly distributed to 6 pediatric clinics.

How many hats did he send to each clinic?

16