Monday, October 26, 2015

2nd & 3rd Grade Story Problems

Try to solve the first original story problems!

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  1. Mr. Edens bought 2 boxes of cookies for 10 dollars. How much was each box of cookies?

    Thunder

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    1. 5 dollars

      Cat-Lady

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    2. your problem was kinda easy. you could try somthing less easy. oh and the answer is five dollars.

      dolphin dog

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    3. nice job the answer is $5



      beeyes

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    4. hey the sentcen was very good I rely liked it but try to make it a little harder next time oh the answer is five dollers

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    5. I like cookies. even though my name is cookie. and the answer is 5$. don't try to eat me.


      cookie

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    6. 5 dolla9rs 66666chei6f6666663

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  2. Bob went to the store and bought 2 equally priced gifts. He bought a whoopy cushion and a pair of big ears. The total was 10 dollars. How much was each gift?

    cookie

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    1. i like the name bob the answer is 5

      cat lady

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    2. the correct answer is five dollars the prolblom was great but a little to easy

      a-town

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    3. you all correct nice job



      cookie

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    4. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! each gift is $5.00.



      Fred

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  3. Emma woke up and weighted 9 pounds. She ate a lot during the day and gained 9 more pounds. How much does she weight at the end of the day?

    A-town

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    1. i like your story problem! you did great! the answer is 18 pounds.


      Darth Vader and Brain Games

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    2. good job the answer is 18

      cat lady

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    3. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! she weighs 18 pounds by the end of the day.9+9=18.

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  4. I bought 5 equally priced lego sets. I spent a total of 25 dollars. How much was each set?

    Cat-Lady

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    1. nice job. It's cool that you used creativity in your problem.

      BTW the answer is 5

      Beeno and Beeyes

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    2. The answer is five thank you for the problom a-town

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    3. 5 dollars


      l town

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    4. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! each lego set is $5.00.



      Fred

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  5. it rained 5 inches each day Sunday through Thursday.on Friday it rained 7 inches . it rained 41 inches that week. how much did it rain on Saturday?


    l-city

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    1. This is a pretty good problem. We struggled at first with the problem. We think the answer is 9

      Turquoises 39, Rambo, Leo 22, IDK 111

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    2. correct


      l-city

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    3. great problem. took me a while to solve it.
      pawn=rain
      41=41
      x=9

      pop

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  6. Thanks for the problem. I really liked it. It was difficult. (9)

    Thunder

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  7. There are 5 dogs at day-care and 20 cats at the pet store and some birds at someones house. There are 50 animals in all. How many total animals are there?

    Dolphin-Dog

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    1. don't you mean "How many total birds are there?"

      Beeno

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    2. 25 birds 5 dogs and 20 cats. It was pretty good.


      Brain Games

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    3. 25 birds I like your problem.Because I like animals.



      cookie

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    4. cookie and brain games you are correct good job. but beeno why did you not anwser. thank you cookie and brain games for the complmint.
      dolphin-dog

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    5. it was challenging thanks for the problem


      50=50,birds

      l-town

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    6. good problem
      50=50
      x=25
      pawn=birds

      pop

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  8. There is a big Halloween Party at the animal mall. At this party there are 5 tigers dancing around drinking milk shakes and there are some kangaroos playing the drums. The total number of legs at the party is 24. How many Kangaroos are at the party?

    Cat-Lady and Dolphin-Dog

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    1. This was a great problem because it made us think twice. It's Awesome. Very Challenging to my brain. 2 Kangaroos x=4

      Turquoise 49, Rambo, Leo 22, IDK 111

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    2. this problom was great the answer is two thankyou a-town

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    3. it was hard thanks for the hard problem

      24=24,legs

      l-town

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  9. There is a concert in the middle of the ocean. At the concert there are 2 hippos singing, 7 giraffes dancing, and some zebra's giving autographs and signing them. Altogether there are 26 ears at the concert. How many Zebra's are at the concert?

    Cat-Lady and Dolphin-Dog

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    1. Nice problem. It confused us. We forgot to divide the ears into Zebra's.

      paryman23 and hans3613

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  10. There are two Halloween parties going on at school. The students are dressed up like goblins, witches, scare crows and giants. Each class has the same amount of students. The first class has 5 goblins, 7 witches, 4 giants and three equal groups of scare crows. The other class has 3 goblins, 9 giants and four equal groups of scare crows. How many students are in each class?

    Beeno and Beeyes

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    1. This was tricky! Good job. We finally finished the problem. We think the answer is 28.

      Dolphin-dog and Cat-Lady

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    2. it was tricky we even had to get out whiteboards!

      Casper Lee and anonymous

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  11. There are 4 ghosts, 15 scare crows, 10 witches and 5 goblins at a Halloween party. How many legs are a the party?

    Beeno and Beeyes

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    1. did the ghosts and scare crows have legs? if not the answer is 30.

      cat lady and dolphin-dog

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    2. ghosts don't and scarecrows do

      Beeno and Beeyes

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    3. the anwser 60 legs. ghosts do not have legs.


      Casper Lee and anonymous

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    4. the answer is 60 because I think ghosts don't have legs.

      mlp girl

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    5. the answer is 68 if not the answer is 60 if not the answer is 30


      l city

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    6. ghosts don`t have legs but if they did the answer would be 68.



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    7. great problem the answer is 60 if the ghosts don't have legs

      paryman23

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    8. the answer is 60 it tricked me because of the ghosts great problem.

      Hans3613

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  12. Travis went to gun and real with $50 to get a dirt bike,tear offs,gear,googles.the tear offs were $7,the gear was$13,the googles$7.how much was the dirt bike.

    l tommy

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    1. I like that you used a dirt bike. the answer is 23

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    2. 23 if he spent it all


      Anonymous and Casper Lee

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    3. 23 it is


      l Tommy

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    4. this was a good problem.it was fun,the answer is 23

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    5. nice problem l like dirt bikes the answer is 23

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  13. Timmy went to the store. He came in with 50 dollars and spent it all. He bought a 10 one dollar Pepsi's,a five dollar elk burger;a 23 dollar steak, and 2 bags of lettuce. how much were the bags of lettuce?


    mlp girl & pop

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    1. your problem made hungry. the answer is $10.50.

      Beeno

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    2. I believe the answer is $6 each or $12 total. Nice problem.


      Brain Games

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    3. Each bag of lettuce was worth 6$.And the totel is 12$.Yummy food.



      cookie

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    4. $6.00 per bag of lettuce


      Anonymous and Casper Lee

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  14. Fred went to Hugo's with $50.00.He bought three spinach's,one milkshake for $20.00,two ice cream pails for $2.00 each,one peanut butter jar for $5.00,and one bread for $6.00.He left with $00.00. How much was the spinach?

    Fred & Jam

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    1. great job the answer is 5

      hans3613

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    2. I think the answer is 15.


      mlp girl

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  15. Tim went to the store with 15 dollars. He bought a carton of milk for 3dollars. He also bought 3 equally priced items. He left with no change. How much was each item?

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  16. Bob bought 5 tickets to the Twins game. Steve bought 2 tickets and a $24 jersey. Both families spent the same amount of money. How much was each ticket?

    Beeno

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    1. i like that you used the Twins. the answer is 8

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    2. Nice question it made me think for a while. The answer is 8.

      Brain Games

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  17. Bob went to the Petco to buy food for his leopard gecko. He bought two containers of cricket food, one container of cricket water for $7, one box of meal worms for $2, and a bucket of crickets for $6. He spent a total of $25. How much was the cricket food?

    Pop

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    1. awesome job! x = 5


      Anonymous

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    2. I personally think that x=10 so i think that you might be wrong. Oh and Pop, great story.

      paryman23

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    3. You did a good job,but I don't know why you need cricket food.Anyway to get to $25 the cricket food should be $5.
      mlp girl

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    4. Each cricket food is 5 dollars.


      Pizza boy22

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  18. Casey went to Party City for Halloween and came in with $65 and spent it all. She bought one $5 gold miner costume,two skeloton costumes,two RIP statues for $15 each, and a $4 Halloween bowl. How much was the skeloton costumes?

    mlp girl

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  19. there is a Halloween party there are 20 witch costumes,31 zombies,10 monsters,3 zombies Tony Hawks,Godzilla, and Butchers. there is an even number of Godzilla's and butchers. There were 130 people at the party. How many of each was at the party?

    l city

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  20. Rick went to Sheels with one was $112.00.He bought 2 fishing rods each one was $13.00 he also bought a shotgun for $23.00 and he bought one canoe for $50, a tube for $11. How did he have left over?

    Jam and Fred

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    1. Rick has 2 dollars left. was tax included? Just wondering.


      Pizza boy22

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  21. the ansewuer is 12$
    I like your problum because it's hard


    Thunder

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  22. The pizza deliverer brought 12 pizzas. The tax for each pizza is $0.98. Each pizza costs $5.39. No tip is needed. How much money do you need for all those pizzas?

    Pizza boy22

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