Free Math Word Problems Collection for Grades 1-5

Sam caught 4 fish in the morning. Later, he caught 1 more fish.
How many fish did Sam catch in all?

At the birthday party, there were 12 cups but 4 cups were broken.
Mom goes out and buys 10 cups.
How many cups are there after she returns?

The pirate has a chest with coins.
Inside there are 328 gold, 264 silver and 136 copper coins.
How many coins are in the chest in total?

There were 6 yellow apples and 4 red apples on the plate. We ate 7 apples.
How many apples are left on the plate?

The clown had balloons of 3 colors, 6 pieces of each color.
He gave the kids 4 balls of 2 colors.
How many balloons does the clown have left?

Mary bought 15 pounds of strawberries at $1.68 per pound.
Marion bought 14 pounds of strawberries at $1.80 per pound.
Who paid more?

Jessica saw 4 dozen doves in the park.
How many doves did Jessica see?

The chef of the restaurant prepares an omelet from 3 eggs.
If the chef has 72 omelets to make, how many eggs will he need?

Brenda's kitten weighs 3 3/5 pounds.
Oliver's dog weighs 4 times more.
How much does Oliver's dog weigh?

Each crayon costs $3.00.
How much do 18 crayons cost?

A concert hall contains 6 sections of seats with the same number of seats in each section. If there are 768 seats, how many seats are in each section?

The online store has $ 21,000 to buy online ads.
If each ad costs $ 6, how many ads can an online store purchase in a month?
Is this enough to get 300 ads per month for a year?

There are 3 students in the class and 21 pens.
If the pens are divided equally among the students,
how many does each student get?

Monika earned $216 babysitting in 9 months.
She earned the same amount each month.
How much did Tina earn babysitting each month?

The toy company makes Teddy bears in two sizes - big and small.
The company produced 1,620 Teddy Bears last week.
They made 11 times more small Teddies than large ones.
How many big size toys did they make?

Sarah made nine chocolate bars.
She put powdered sugar on three chocolate bars.
Which part of the bars now have powdered sugar?

Jessica had $200, 1/4 of this money she spent on cosmetics.
How much money did Jessica spend?

The perimeter of the triangle is 40 inches.
The first side is 3/10 of the perimeter,
the other is 3/2 of the first side.
What is the third side of the triangle?

The cinema has 400 seats, 260 of which are occupied by spectators.
Express the attendance at a percent of capacity.

Molly has 45 markers. 20% of the markers write poorly.
How many markers are bad at writing?

In an exam, Shawna secured 340 marks.
If she secured 85% makes, find the maximum marks.

The ratio of green and red apples in a bag is 2 : 5.
If there are only green and red apples in a bag,
what is the smallest total number of apples possible?

65 children are swimming in the pool.
There are 15 more boys than girls.
What is the ratio of boys to girls?

James gives Kathy a box of building blocks and tells her that the ratio of red blocks to total is 3 to 19. He also tells her there are 3 times as many yellow blocks as red, and that there are 2 more green than red.
What is the ratio of yellow blocks to green?

Jack paid $99 for 6 pizzas.
How much did he pay per pizza?

Mark has run a total of 84.24 miles in 32.4 days of running training.
How many miles did he run on average per day?

An Olive Oil Factory made 809.9 pounds of olive oil in 6.5 minutes.
How much oil, on average, did the factory make each minute?

Ship container has a length of 40 feet, width 8 feet, and 9.6 feet in height.
Find the volume of the container in cubic feet.

The volume of a cylinder is 441 cubic inches. The height of the cylinder is 9 in.
Find the radius of the cylinder to the nearest tenth of an inch.

A cylindrical hole with a diameter of 8 inches is bored through a cub 10 inches on a side. Find the surface area and volume of this solid casting.

Jack was 5 feet 9 inches tall last year.
He grew 7 inches in the past year.
How tall is he now?

The turkey is 18 lb 11 oz and the stuffing inside the turkey is 5 oz.
What is the total weight of the roasted turkey?

From 10g of instant coffee, 120 ml of coffee can be brewed.
In a can of instant coffee is 200 g.
How much coffee (in liters) can you make from a can?

Mila is 5 years older than her brother, but 3 times younger than her mother.
How old is Mila and how old is her mother, if Mila's brother is 6 years old?

In 8 years, Mary will be 3 times as old as she is today.
How old is Mary today?

Felix is twice as old as his friend Greg.
Greg is 5 years older than Rachel.
In 5 years, Felix will be three times as old as Rachel.
How old is Greg now?