USE BAR MODELS TO SOLVE WORD PROBLEMS WORKSHEET

Problem 1 :

Helen puts 14 bread sticks in a basket. Her friend puts 17 breadsticks in the basket. How many breadsticks are in the basket ?

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Problem 2 :

The third grade class has a new aquarium. There are 21 fish in it. 15 fish were given by families. The rest were bought by the school. How many were bought by the school.

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Problem 3 :

There are 147 fish in a pond. 49 of them are black. The rest are orange. How many are orange?

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Problem 4 :

Rick has $99.00. He saves another $46.00. How much money does he have now?

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Problem 5 :

Maria has 48 pencils. She gives the same number of pencils to each of her friends, and she has 3 pencils left. Each friend gets 9 pencils. How many friends are there?

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Problem 6 :

Three friends share 56 cards equally. How many cards does each child get ? How many cards are left over?

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Problem 7 :

Timothy packs 60 bottles of orange juice equally into four containers. How many bottles are in each container?

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Problem 8 :

Paul has 58 bicycles in his shop. He arranges them in 5 equal rows.

a) How many are in each row?

b) How many are left over?

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Problem 9 :

A tennis club orders 715 tennis balls. After some matches, 318 are worn out. The remaining matches will use 415 balls. Does the club have enough balls for the remaining matches?

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Problem 10 :

The drama club has $416 to spend on the next play. Costumes cost $185.00. Make up costs $176.00. What is the total cost of costumes and make up? How much money is left over after buying the two items?

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Problem 1 :

Mr. Brown has 9 mirrors.

Each mirror has 9 sides.

How many sides do the mirrors have in all?

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Problem 2 :

Pencils are given to 4 children.

Each child has 6 pencils.

How many pencils do the children have in all?

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Problem 3 :

Andi has nine dolls.

Each doll costs $6.

How much do the nine dolls cost in all?

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Problem 4:

Tim has 8 pieces of wood.

He saws each piece into 5 smaller pieces.

He then packs them equally into 4 bundles.

How many pieces of wood does each bundles have?

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Problem 5 :

There are 51 children at a party.

A clown brings some balloons to the party.

He bursts 15 balloons while trying to inflate them.

How many balloons does he bring if each child receive 3 balloons?

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Problem 6 :

Lynn has 4 times as many trading cards as Linda. Linda has 4 trading cards. How many trading cards do they have in all?

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Problem 7 :

Linda shares 24 trading cards equally among 4 girls. How many trading cards does each girl receive?

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Problem 8 :

Linda has 6 packs of trading cards. There are 8 trading cards in each pack. How many trading cards are there in all?

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Problem 9 :

Linda has 24 trading cards. She packs them into 6 packs equally. How many trading cards does each pack have?

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Problem 10 :

Chloe has 3 boxes of hair clips.

Each box has 12 hair clips.

How many hair clips does Chloe have in all?

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Problem 11 :

Josie has 4 black T-shirts. She has 3 times as many white as black T-shirts. How many T-shirts does she have in all?

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Problem 1 :

Sally and Joshua have the same amount of money.

Joshua pays $9.10 for a bag and has $16.25 left.

Sally buys a pen and has $19.60 left.

How much does the pen cost?

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Problem 2 :

Isaac buys a block of cheese for $5.70, a bottle of olive oil for $11.25, and a package of frozen chicken wings for $18.99. Isaac gives the cashier three $10 bills, two $5 bills, and four $1 bills. How much change will Isaac get in return?

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Problem 3 :

Mr. Lim buys a sweater, a handbag, and a watch.

The sweater costs $108.90.

The handbag costs $60.30 less than the sweater.

The watch costs $50.50 more than the sweater.

Mr. Lim receives $33.10 in change.

How much did Mr. Lim pay the cashier?

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Problem 4 :

A pair of jeans costs $89. A jean jacket costs twice as much. What is the total cost of jean jacket and 4 pairs of jeans?

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Problem 5 :

Sarah bought a shirt on sale for $35. The original price of the shirt was 3 times that amount. Sarah also bought a pair of shoes on sale for $28. The original price of the shoes was 5 times that amount. Together, how much money did the shirt and shoes cost before they went on sale?

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Problem 6 :

All 3,000 seats in a theater are being replaced. So far, 5 sections of 136 seats and a sixth section containing 348 seats have been replaced. How many more seats do they still need to replace?

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Problem 7 :

Computer Depot sold 762 reams of paper. Paper palace sold 3 times as much paper as computer Depot and 143 reams more than Office supply central. How many reams of paper were sold by all three stores combined?

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