🗂️ Food Word Problems for K-8

You have 12 cookies to share equally with 3 friends (4 people total). How many cookies does each person get?

A recipe serves 4 people and needs 3 eggs. How many eggs for 12 people?

A restaurant bill is $85 before tax. With 8% sales tax and a 20% tip (calculated on pre-tax amount), what is the total?

A fruit bowl has 5 apples, 8 oranges, and 7 bananas. What percentage are apples?

A 2-liter bottle of soda serves 8 people equally. How many milliliters does each person get?

A smoothie shop sells small (12 oz) for $4, medium (16 oz) for $5, and large (20 oz) for $6. Which size gives you the most ounces per dollar?

A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar. You want to triple the recipe. How much sugar do you need?

You buy 2.5 lbs of apples at $1.80/lb and 1.5 lbs of oranges at $2.20/lb. What is the total cost?

A recipe for 12 cookies uses 2 cups of flour and 1.5 cups of sugar. You want to make 30 cookies. How much flour do you need?

A pizza place offers a deal: Buy 2 large pizzas at $15 each, get the 3rd for half price. How much do you pay for 3 pizzas?

A pizza is cut into 8 slices. If you eat 3 slices, what percentage of the pizza did you eat?

A restaurant bill is $85. You want to leave an 18% tip. What is the total including tip?

You have a 5 lb bag of flour. A recipe uses 2.5 cups, and 1 cup weighs 4.5 oz. How many ounces of flour remain?

A cake recipe serves 12. You need to serve 30 people. By what factor should you multiply the ingredients?

Chicken costs $6.99/lb. You buy 3.2 lbs. With 7% sales tax, what is the total cost?

You meal prep 5 identical meals. Total ingredients cost $32.50. How much does each meal cost?

You mix 5 liters of 30% juice with 3 liters of 60% juice. What percentage juice is the mixture?

A 20 oz smoothie is 15% protein powder by weight. If you want 25% protein powder, how much protein powder should you add?

A pizza has 8 slices. If you eat 3 slices, what fraction of the pizza did you eat?

A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar. You want to triple the recipe. How much sugar do you need?

You buy 2.5 lbs of apples at $1.80/lb and 1.5 lbs of oranges at $2.20/lb. What is the total cost?

You have 12 cookies to share equally with 3 friends (4 people total). How many cookies does each person get?

A recipe serves 4 people and needs 3 eggs. How many eggs for 12 people?

A restaurant bill is $85 before tax. With 8% sales tax and a 20% tip (calculated on pre-tax amount), what is the total?

A 2-liter bottle of soda serves 8 people equally. How many milliliters does each person get?

A smoothie shop sells small (12 oz) for $4, medium (16 oz) for $5, and large (20 oz) for $6. Which size gives you the most ounces per dollar?

A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar. You want to triple the recipe. How much sugar do you need?

You buy 2.5 lbs of apples at $1.80/lb and 1.5 lbs of oranges at $2.20/lb. What is the total cost?

You mix 5 liters of 30% juice with 3 liters of 60% juice. What percentage juice is the mixture?

A recipe calls for 2 tablespoons of butter. You want to make double the recipe. How much butter do you need?

A batch of cookies makes 24 cookies and uses 2 cups of flour. How much flour per cookie?

A baker makes 5 dozen cookies. She sells 3/4 of them. How many cookies does she have left?

A pizza has 8 slices. If 3 friends share it equally, how many slices does each get?

A smoothie recipe calls for 2 cups of fruit. If you triple the recipe, how many cups of fruit do you need?

A restaurant serves 4 appetizers per person. If there are 25 people, how many appetizers are needed?

A bakery uses 5 kg of flour daily. In 30 days, how much flour is used? If flour costs $2 per kg, what is the total cost?

A sandwich has 500 calories. If you eat half, how many calories do you consume?

A coffee shop uses 40 pounds of coffee per week. How much do they use per year?

A caterer charges $25 per person plus $200 for setup. For 40 guests, what is the total cost?

A loaf of bread costs $3. You buy 4 loaves. How much do you spend?

A soup recipe serves 6 people and needs 4 cups of broth. If you want to serve 9 people, how much broth do you need?

A bakery makes 200 croissants daily. How many do they make in a year (365 days)?

A smoothie recipe calls for 1.5 cups of yogurt. How many cups for 4 smoothies?

A pizza delivery charge is $3 plus $0.50 per mile. For a 10-mile delivery, what is the charge?

A restaurant serves 150 customers per day. How many customers do they serve in a week?

A catering company charges $12 per person. For 150 guests, what is the total cost?

A candy bar costs $1.25. You buy 8 candy bars. How much do you spend?

A restaurant uses 25 pounds of rice per week. How much rice is used in 8 weeks?

A recipe makes 12 servings and contains 3 cups of flour, 2 cups of sugar, and 1.5 cups of butter. You need to make 30 servings. How much flour do you need?

A bakery makes 500 cookies daily. They sell 85% of them each day. If they make cookies 6 days per week, how many cookies are left unsold per week?

A restaurant's food cost is $8000 per month. If the average meal costs $20, and food cost should be 35% of revenue, how many meals must they sell?

A pizza has 8 slices. If 3 people each eat 2 slices, how many slices are left?

A recipe makes 24 cookies. If you want to make 3 batches, how many cookies will you have?

A cake recipe needs 2.5 cups of flour. If you're making 2 cakes, how much flour do you need?

A restaurant uses 3.5 pounds of flour per day. How many pounds of flour do they need for a week?