Math Cats Story Problems: Alley Cat #4 |
more story problems |
math cats explore |
(1) Cats I saw 40 paws that belonged to cats. How many cats did I see? |
|
(2) Dustin the Hockey Player Dustin had 200 pucks in a bucket. He shot 129 in his goal, and he lost 2, then he put 20 more in his bucket. How many does he have in the bucket now? |
|
(3) Shells Hannah goes to the beach and finds 200 sea shells. She drops 10 and finds 60 more. Then she drops 30 and then picks up 10. How many shells does she have now? |
|
(4) Lemonade Stand Beth and Hannah decide to open up a lemonade stand. The two girls got into a fight and each opened up their stand. Five people got lemonade from Hannah and she sold five cups. Each person spent $5.00 on lemonade. How much money did Hannah get that day? |
|
(5) Fingers If I have five fingers on each hand and the Alien has five hands, how many fingers does the Alien have? |
|
(6) The Kitties There were 10,000 little kitties. 575 got swiped by 573 hawks. How many kitties are left? |
|
(7) Baby Whales There were 100 baby whales. The next day 10 times that amount were born. How many whales were born on that day? |
|
(8) The Fish 50,320 fish live in the Atlantic Ocean. 63 fish live in the Indian Ocean. In the China Sea 45,328 fish live. The sharks ate 63 out of one ocean, 821 out of another, and in the last ocean they ate 33,000 fish. How many fish are left in the three oceans? |
|
(9) Jazz Shoes Mary has 70 pairs of jazz shoes. Each shoe has 2 laces. How many laces are there in all? |
|
(10) Mes Amis (My Friends) I have 10 friends and I have 20 cookies. How many cookies does each friend get? |
© copyright 2002 - by Wendy Petti of Math Cats. All Rights Reserved. |