Monday, November 2, 2015

4th & 5th Grade Story Problems

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  1. Janelle's first two test scores were 70 and 95. She wants to know what scores she will need to get on her next three tests to get her average to 84?


    Darth Vader and Brain Games

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    1. tricky! cant figure out


      Anoymous and Casper Lee

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    2. well i figured it out x=85, great problem it took me 10 minuets to figure it out!

      paryman23

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    3. 85 i really struggled at first.

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    4. do you mean 85%



      cheese

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    5. the answer is x=85 good job



      IDK IDC

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  2. Jarred is 11 ½, Zack is 6 ½, Rose is 5, and Edward is 9. If their mom is as old as all their ages doubled and added together, how old is she?

    Brain Games

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    1. 64 awesome job!


      Anonymous and Casper Lee

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    2. great job i think she is 64 P.S love your name

      Hans3613

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    3. they answer is 64 this problem is awesome

      paryman23

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    4. way to go.... i think she is 64.......very tricky

      Bluesprite2122

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    5. i got 64, good thinking, i would have never thought of this


      IDK IDC

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  3. If Jack is as old as Sharon’s age tripled plus two and their mom is as old as Sharon’s age x3 plus Jacks age x2. If their mom is 31, how old are they each?

    Brain Games

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    1. Jack is 11 and Sharon is 3 very tricky, good job



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  4. Jammie is 4 years older than Tim. If you add the ages together, twice, the sum is 84. How old is Tim?


    Darth Vader

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    1. i just figured it out good problem + answer = 40&44



      cheese

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    2. sorry cheese but that's not right


      to cheese from darth vader

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    3. Check:84=84
      X:19
      Pawn:Tim's age
      Tim is 19 and Jammie is 23

      Brain Games

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  5. My dad’s age x 3 + 77 + his age is equal to 193.

    My little brother is 5. His age plus 5 times my uncles age + 32 equals 187. How old is my uncle?

    My sisters age x 10 + 50 equals 110.

    My aunts age x 3 + 5 + 97 equals 179.


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  6. Emily bought two boxes of starbursts that was $3.00. She also bought 3 bags of bread. Everything Emily bought added up to $12.00. How much were the bags of bread?

    IDK IDC

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    1. do you mean for the two boxes of starbursts to equal 3 dollars together if so the bread would equal 3 dollars each if not they would equal 2 dollars each?


      Casper Lee

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    2. the bread is 2 dollar

      Hans3613

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    3. 3$ a bag

      Bluesprite2122

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    4. 2$ to easy


      cheese

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  7. In an airplane the family of McDermids is going to travel 500 miles. If they 200 MPH and have already traveled 1 hour, how many more hours do they have left?

    Darth Vader

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    1. Good job 1 and 1/2 hours.


      Brain Games

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    2. Good work DARTH VADER and the answer is 1 and 1/2 hours left

      Bluesprite2122

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    3. i got x=300 oh and hi good thinking



      IDK IDC

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    4. sorry IDK IDC you need to do more.

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    5. ok that was x i got 5 hours left oops honest mistake



      IDK IDC

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  8. Chris purchased 2 boxes of lasagna each box was $4.00. He also bought a bouquet of flowers that was $12.00. The final things he bought were 5 bags of candy. It all added up to 30 dollars. How much were each of the bags of candy?

    IDK IDC

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    1. each box of candy is $2 great problem

      Hans3613

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    2. $2 a bag.


      Brain Games

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    3. hey IDK IDC great problem the answer is 2$ for one box of candy.


      Darth Vader
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    4. 2$ for 1 box.... way to go IDK and IDC ( i struggled till i relized it was easy)

      BlueSprite2122

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  9. Anja played the recorder for five days in a row. She played for the same amount of time each day. Over all she played for an hour and a half. How long did she play each day?

    IDK IDC

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  10. Casper Lee picked 4 equal groups of apples and 5 other apples and all of the apples together equal 29



    By Casper Lee

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    1. 6 were in each group.

      anonymous

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    2. The answer is six. Good problem.

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    3. i got x=6 nice job

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  11. sally went to the chocolate factory. she bought 7 chocolate bars and spent a total of of $1.75. how much was each chocolate bar?

    Anonymous

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    1. each chocolate bar was 25 cents



      Casper Lee

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    2. chocalate bar= 25 cents

      Bluesprite2122

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  12. Billy Bob bought 4 doughnuts and his brother Bob Billy bought 2 doughnuts and 2 $2 ice creams and 1 $1 Kit-Kat. How much is each doughnut?

    Hans3613

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    1. very tricky. i laughed out loud when i read this over. i love that you used Billy Bob and Bob Billy, great job!!

      Bluesprite2122

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    2. made me think but i got it it's 1$ each.



      Darth Vader

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  13. steve was playing minecraft he had 2 stacks of wooden planks, 4 stacks of 16 cobblestone and 2 stacks of 32 iron ore. in all he had 256 minecraft items how many wooden planks were in each stack?

    paryman23

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    1. Nice use of Minecraft, I think the answer is 2 stacks of 64.


      Brain Games

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    2. i got x=64 but i don't think that it is right this was hard, good job!



      IDK IDC

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    3. x=64 this was really hard way to go u tricked me good keep up the good work.

      Bluesprite2122

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  14. Jori is 4 years older than Lissy. If you take both their ages add them times it by 3 you get you get 102. How old is Lissy?

    Bluesprite2122

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    1. too bad i didnt want to figure out your problem, sorry



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    2. cant get it, good problem on your part but not for me:(


      Darth Vader

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    3. pawn=lissysage


      X=15


      check is 102


















      cheese

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  15. Mckale is 7 years older than Seirra. If you add them together and times it by 2 than add 3 you get 69. How old is Seirra?

    Bluesprite2122

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    1. Sierra is 13. Good job.


      Brain Games

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    2. seirra is not 13 but good try��

      BlueSprite

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    3. I'm sticking with 13. X:13 Check:69= 69 pawn:Sierra's age.

      Brain Games

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  16. Dallas is 3 years older than Bryn. If you add their ages times it by 4 and add 6 you get 74. How old is Bryn?

    Bluesprite2122

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    1. I think the answer is 7. Good job it was challenging.


      Brain Games

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  17. Tim and Tanya were collecting leaves. Tim got five groups of leaves. Tanya got two groups of ten and one group. How many leaves is a group?


    Turquoise 410

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  18. Adam bought 5 lions for $110 a piece he bought 6 monkey for $100 a piece he bought 2 tigers the total was 1,290 how much did the tigers cost.


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    1. Why did Adam buy so many animals? check=1,290 , pawn=price of tiger , x=70.

      -Turquoise410

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    2. i think its 70$ good job it was very chalenging pawn=the tigers. x=70 CHECK=1,290=1,290 GREAT JOB KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK������
      BLUESPRITE2122

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    3. X=70$
      check=1,290=1,290
      pawn=cost of tigers

      Darth Vader

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  19. Bob and Rose spent the same amount of money at the pet store Bob bought 7 dogs.Rose bought 2 dogs plus 250$ worth of other things. How much do the dogs cost.

    BirdyBuddy52


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    1. Very challenging because you had a number in the hundreds. The x is 50, the pawn is dog price, and the check is 350.

      -Turquoise410

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    2. x=50
      check=350
      pawn=$of dogs

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    3. x=50. the pawn is the dog price. and the check is 350=350

      very good job it was very challenging keep up the GREAT WORK

      Bluesprite2122

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  20. If 12 is added to three times a number 36 is obtained. What is the number?

    -Turquoise 410

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  21. John-Joe has 5 cakes and 2 dollars worth of peaches. He spent 12 dollars. How much were the yummy cakes?

    IDK 111

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    1. That problem is funny where you said yummy cakes. The x is 2, the pawn is price of yummy cake, and the check is 12.

      -Turquoisse410

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  22. Pieder ordered 3 onion apple chicken soups and a 3 dollar pie/pizza milk shake. Zidawah ordered 1 onion apple chicken soup and 21 dollars worth of water/orange juice smoothies. They spent the same amount. How much is the onion apple soup?

    IDK 111

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  23. Mark has 5 bags of toys and 10 extra Jo has 4 bags of toys and 23 extra they have the same amount of toys how many toys in the bag?

    Leo 22


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  24. Kirk counted 4 groups of grey cars his friend counted 150 red cars. The total amount of cars there was is 750 cars. How many grey cars were in each group?

    BirdyBuddy52

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  25. when the opposite of a number is added to twice a number and increased by ten the result is the same as 20 increased by the opposite of the number

    anonymous and casperlee

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  26. A number increased by 10 then doubled then increased by the opposite of a number is the same as 4 times a number increased by twice it's opposite.


    Casper Lee and Anonymous

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