Word Problem Practice

Doris weighs 38 pounds. Janet weighs 7 pounds. How much heavier is Doris than Janet? Don't forget to show each step of your work that gets to the final answer! If there are 7 marbles in a box and Greg puts 73 more marbles inside, how many marbles are in the box? Don't forget to show each step of your work that gets to the final answer! If there are 43 cards in a box and Carol puts 9 more cards inside, how many cards are in the box? Don't forget to show each step of your work that gets to the final answer! Ralph starts with 99 Skittles. He finds another 6. How many Skittles does Ralph end with? Don't forget to show each step of your work that gets to the final answer! Lucy is doing some baking and she needs to balance some of her ingredients using a balance scale, however she forgot to record the amount of one of her ingredients (x). On one side she has written 37 oz. On the other side, she has 8.3 oz. + (x) oz. How can she figure out what x is? Lucy found another section where some oily butter dripped on her writing so it's not legible. She can only see: 59 oz. on one side and (x) + 11.8 oz. on the other. What is (x)? Katherine starts with 65 stickers. 31 are eaten by a hippopotamus. How many stickers does Katherine end with? (Don't forget to show each step of your work that gets to the final answer!)