Project Motivational Math Word Problems Test


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1.  Johnny was born on July 19, 1909. How old will Johnny be on July 3, 2005?

A. 104
B. 97
C. 94
D. 95
E. NH


2.  There are 4 shelves behind the counter at The Candy Store. Each shelf
     has 7 jars, and there are 200 pieces of candy in each jar. What is the
     total amount of candy behind the counter?

A. 560
B. 5600
C. 280
D. 1400
E. NH


3.  Two cans of green beans cost $0.80. What is the cost of 20 cans?

A. $16.00
B. $20.00
C. $8.00
D. $40.00
E. NH


4.  A call to New York City costs 15 cents per minute. If Sandra spoke
     to her grandmother for 28 minutes from Orlando, how much did the
     phone call cost her?

A. $4.20
B. $4.05
C. $3.00
D. $2.40
E. NH


5.  Bob sells car insurance to as many customers as he can in three months.
     He receives a commission of $35 from each sale that he makes.
     If P = the number of customers he sells to in a month, which expression
     shows how much money he receives in commission in three months?

A. P x $35
B. P x 3
C. P x 3 x $35
D. P x 38
E. NH


6.  Miss Thomson has many pets. She has 3 more cats than dogs, but 12
     fewer dogs than goldfish. She has 13 goldfish. How many cats does
     Miss Thomson have?

A. 12
B. 4
C. 13
D. 25
E. NH


7.  Henry paid half as much for his lunch as Peter paid for dinner.
    Peter paid $18.78 for dinner. How much did Henry pay for his lunch?

A. $36.39
B. $18.39
C. $9.39
D. $28.37
E. NH


8.  In 2003, 16 players in the National Baseball League hit
     a total of 6784 balls. How many balls did each player hit,
     if it was equally distributed?

A. 108,544
B. 6,360
C. 6,800
D. 424
E. NH


9.  David gets paid every two weeks. He worked for 19 hours one week,
     and 13 ½ hours the other week. If he earns $12.00 per hour,
     how much will his next paycheck be?

A. $135.00
B. $390.00
C. $325.00
D. $39
E. NH


10.  John's father filled the car with 11.5 gallons of gasoline. The gasoline
       cost $1.36 per gallon. How much did it cost to fill the tank?

A. $13.60
B. $11.50
C. $15.64
D. $16.55
E. NH


11.  Project Motivation Math is having a math competition on 4/12/04.
       Every time the light bulb blinks, 25 points is recorded for a team.
       If the light bulb blinked 42 times during the math competition,
       how many points were recorded?

A. 67
B. 2542
C. 4225
D. 1050
E. NH


12.  Henry can do 6 more sit-ups than Marvin. Marvin can do ¼ fewer
       sit-ups than Bob. Bob can do 100 sit-ups. How many sit-ups can Henry do?

A. 31
B. 21
C. 11
D. 41
E. NH


13.  There are 782 children at Golden Fire Elementary. There are 112 kids
       in 2nd grade, and 192 kids in 5th grade. How many children are not in
       2nd or 5th grade?

A. 670
B. 294
C. 304
D. 478
E. NH


14.  Jackie would like to sell 400 candy bars in 15 days. In the first
       5 days Jackie sold 30 candy bars daily. If he sells the same amount of
       candy bars on each of the remaining ten days, how many candy bars
       will he sell each day?

A. 25
B. 30
C. 15
D. 40
E. NH


15.  Harry took 21 coins out of his piggy bank. Five of the coins were
       quarters. Two-thirds of the coins were dimes, and one-fourth
       nickels. The remaining coins were pennies. What is the value of all
       the coins Harry took out of his piggy bank?

A. $1.40
B. $2.10
C. $2.67
D. $1.25
E. NH


16.  Johnny's basketball team won 2 games for every 3 games
       Jesse's team won. If Jesse team won 18 games, how many
       games did Johnny's team win?

A. 16
B. 18
C. 24
D. 12
E. NH


17.  Henry wanted to go the movies. The admission fee was $5.50
       His mother paid him 75 cents every time washed the dishes.
       What was the fewest number of times Henry had to wash the dishes
       to earn the admission fee?

A. 8
B. 7
C. 5
D. 55
E. NH


18.  Amos has 11 quarters, 2 nickels, 4 dimes, and a penny. How much
       money does Amos have in all?

A. $3.26
B. $11.00
C. $2.64
D. $4.11
E. NH


19.  Mr. Math and his son Will rode the elevator to the top of the
       Sears Tower in Chicago. The elevator can carry a maximum of 4000
       pounds. Mr. Math weighs 202 pounds, Will weighs 176 pounds. There
       were 18 other people on the elevator. What is the most that the 18
       others altogether could have weighed?

A. 3622 lbs
B. 3798 lbs
C. 3824 lbs
D. 378 lbs
E. NH


20.  Annie had $56.75 in her checking account. She withdrew $42.50
       and later deposited $83.25. How much does she have now?

A. $99.25
B. $14.25
C. $97.50
D. $125.75
E. NH


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