USING 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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