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?
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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?
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