Arithmetic Word Problems, 4

Category: Arithmetic

"Published in Vacaville, California, USA"

You collect coins. Suppose you start out with 11. Since you're nice, you give Sharon 3 coins and you give Steven 4 coins. How many coins do you have at the end?

Solution:

The given word problem is about the application of four basic operations. At the start, you have 11 coins. 

If you give Sharon 3 coins since you're nice, then you have 11 - 3 = 8 coins left. 

Finally, if you give Steven 4 coins since you're nice, then you have 8 - 4 = 4 coins left at the end.
 

Arithmetic Word Problems, 3

Category: Arithmetic

"Published in Vacaville, California, USA"

You collect coins. Suppose you start out with 11. Since his mother makes coins, Miguel decides to double your coins. Since you're nice, you give Mary 12 coins. How many coins do you have at the end?  Solution: The given word problem is about the application of four basic operations. At the start, you have 11 coins.  If Miguel doubles the number of coins you have, then you have 11 x 2 = 22 coins.  Since you're nice, then you give 12 coins to Mary. Therefore, you have 22 - 12 = 10 coins left at the end.

Arithmetic Word Problems, 2

Category: Arithmetic

"Published in Vacaville, California, USA"

You collect baseball cards. Suppose you start out with 16. Since you're nice, you give John 3 baseball cards. How many baseball cards do you have at the end?

Solution:

The given word problem is about the application of four basic operations. At the start, you have 16 balls. 

If you give 3 baseball cards to John, then you will have 16 - 3 = 13 baseball cards left at the end.