Site hosted by Angelfire.com: Build your free website today!

Math Stories

 

1.   Katie has 5 friends, and each friend has 2 cats, how many cats in all do the friends have?________________

 

2.   Matthew went to the store and bought 3 bags of hotdog buns. Each bag contains 8 buns, how many buns did Matthew buy?

 

3.   Sarah went to the store and bought 5 rolls of Lifesavers™. Each roll has 15 Lifesavers™ in it. How many Lifesaver Candies™ does Sarah have?

 

4. Katherine bought 6 cans of tennis balls. Each can had 3 balls in it. Which of                                    these number sentences can be used to find the total of number of balls Katherine bought?

 A. 6 x 3=

         B. 6 x 2=

         C. 3+6+9=

         D. 9+6+3=

 

5.   Ms. Smith let 4 friends each cut 10 paper dolls. How many paper dolls were there in all?

 

6.   Tami bought 5 bags of beads at $3 each. How much did she spend?

 

   7. What math problem does this array show?

             x x x x x x

             x x x x x x

             x x x x x x

             x x x x x x

             x x x x x x

 

  8.The flower shop charges $3 for a rose, how much do 3 roses cost?

 

  9.Jim bought 5 packs of baseball cards. Each pack had 10 cards in it. He then gives 6 cards to his best friend Dave. How many cards does Jim now have?

 

10. Bill went to th video store and bought 3 videos at $9 each. How much money did Bill spend?

 

 

 

 

©2006