Word problems involving 4 operations

  1. 15 children are at a party. 3 go home. The others share 48 sweets. How many do they each get?
  1. 9 groups of 9 children go to a sports day. 7 are sick. How many children take part?
  1. Each box has 8 pencils in it. Mr. Robert has 6 boxes of pencils but 4 pencils are broken. How many does he have?
  1. There are 60 sheep in a field. 12 more arrive. The sheep are then shared equally among 6 farmers. How many sheep do they each get?
  1. A waitress has to count the total number of glasses in the restaurant. There are 5 boxes with 9 glasses in each. She notices that 8 glasses are broken. How many are there?
  1. 24 children take off their shoes next to the bouncy castle. The dog comes and runs away with 3 shoes. How many shoes are left?
  2. There are 28 monkeys in a zoo and 4 cages. How many monkeys in each cage?
  1. Lucy shares 42 marbles between her and her 6 friends. How many does each child get?
  1. In each box there are 6 eggs. How many in 6 boxes of eggs?
  1. Mrs. Jones picks 3 flowers a day starting on Monday. How many does she have by Sunday?
  1. 6 cats have 4 kittens each. How many kittens are there in total?
  1. In a school there are 320 children. There are 10 classrooms. How many children in each class?
  1. I have 66 cookies and can fit 6 cookies into a box. How many boxes will I need?
  1. There are 9 smarties in a mini box. How many smarties in 6 boxes?
  1. How many wheels are there on 8 cars?
  1. There are 7 windows on a house. How many windows on 3 houses?