"leopard" story problems

Math Cats
Story Problems:
Leopard #10

Friends of Math Cats have been sending in math story problems... scroll on down and read a few! We'd love to see your math story problems, too!

(1) Snacks If there are 200 snacks and there are 20 kids how many snacks does each kid get?		by Angel, age 10, grade 5 Osage City Elementary School Mr. Gonsalez's class Osage City, Kansas, U.S. November 20, 2002
(2) My 40 Cats Mom's cats have kittens and all together they equal 40. 5 kittens only had 3 legs. 6 kittens had 2 tails. 4 kittens had 1 ear. How many are normal?		by Enid D., age 11, grade 6 S. E. Shull School Ms. Sabine's class Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. November 22, 2002
(3) Cats and Dogs There are 10 dogs and 3 cats. 4 dogs ran away and 1 cat ran away. 1 dog came back. How many dogs and cats are there all together?		by Jordan, age 11, grade 6 S. E. Shull School Ms. Sabine and Mrs. Vaughan's class Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. November 22, 2002
(4) How Much Money? Jonathan had 100 dollars. Brian had _____ dollars. Chcristopher had 150 dollars, and Sammy had 200 dollars. They had 750 dollars in all. How much money did Brian have?		by Eduard, age 11, grade 6 S. E. Shull School Ms. Sabine and Mrs. Vaughan's class Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. November 22, 2002
(5) Money Trouble Kassy has trouble subtracting. She has $20. She buys 2 pizza pies for her friends. Each pie costs $7.25 each. Can we help Kassy find out how much she gets back?		by Jamel (JE), age 11, grade 6 S. E. Shull School Ms. Sabine and Mrs. Vaughan's class Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. November 22, 2002
(6) 3, 3, 15 Jenny has 3 kittens, and her friend has 15 cats. If her friend's cats have 3 kittens each, how many cats and kittens do they have all together?		by Dariangy, age 12, grade 6 S. E. Shull School Ms. Sabine and Mrs. Vaughan's class Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. November 22, 2002
(7) Eggs Ruben had 3 cartons of eggs. Each carton had 12 eggs. How many eggs did he have all together?		by Christopher, age 12, grade 6 S. E. Shull School Ms. Sabine and Mrs. Vaughan's class Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. November 22, 2002
(8) The Class There were 20 kids in class. Ten kids came in, two kids left, 3 students and one teacher came in the class. How many kids are in class now?		by Isamar, age 12, grade 6 S. E. Shull School Ms. Sabine and Mrs. Vaughan's class Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. November 22, 2002
(9) The Party Stephanie had a party. She invited 69 people, but 5 times as many people as she invited came. How many people came?		by Dariela, age 12, grade 6 S. E. Shull School Ms. Daly and Mrs. Vaughan's class Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. November 22, 2002
(10) The Bowling Alley Jennifer had $30.00. She went to the Bowling Alley. She spent $5.55 on candy and $3.50 on a large soda and chips. How much money did she spend?		by Katherine, age 11, grade 6 S. E. Shull School Ms. Daly and Mrs. Vaughan's class Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. November 22, 2002

* We hope you'll send in a math story problem, too!

mailroom (We are happy to get lots of story problems from one class in the same e-mail message. If you want to send drawings, too, you can scan them or use a drawing program and send them with your story problems as e-mail attachments in the Math Cats' Mailroom.)