🗂️ Grade K-2 Math Word Problems

Sarah has $15. She buys a book for $8 and a pencil for $2. How much money does she have left?

A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour. If you want to make half the recipe, how much flour do you need?

Emma has 3 coins worth $0.25 each. How much money does she have in total?

School starts at 8:00 AM. If you need 30 minutes to get ready, what time should you wake up?

A toy car costs $12. If you save $4 each week, how many weeks until you can buy it?

A soccer game lasts 45 minutes. If it starts at 3:15 PM, when does it end?

A pencil is 7 inches long. How many centimeters is that? (1 inch = 2.54 cm)

You walk 3 blocks to school and 3 blocks home. How many blocks do you walk in total?

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

A basketball team scores 15 points in the first half and 22 in the second half. What is their total score?

A plant grows 2 cm each week. How tall will it be after 5 weeks if it starts at 10 cm?

A store offers 'buy 2, get 1 free' on items that cost $6 each. How much do you save if you get 3 items?

You practice piano for 25 minutes each day. How many total minutes in a week?

In soccer practice, you score 3 goals on Monday, 5 on Wednesday, and 4 on Friday. How many goals in total this week?

A science experiment uses 250 mL of water 3 times. How much water is used in total?

You need 4 cups of strawberries for a recipe. Strawberries cost $3 per cup. How much will you spend?

A relay race team has 4 runners. Each runner runs 100 meters. How far do they run in total?

A magnifying glass has a magnification of 4x. If an ant is actually 5 mm long, how long does it appear?

A bike trail is 8 miles long. If you ride halfway, how far have you gone?

You jog 2 km to the park, rest, then jog 2 km back home. How far did you jog in total?

A TV show is 42 minutes long. If it starts at 7:15 PM, when does it end?

A book is 2.5 cm thick. If you stack 8 identical books, how tall is the stack?

A rope is 25 feet long. You cut it into 5 equal pieces. How long is each piece?

A pizza costs $18 and you want to split it equally with 5 friends (6 people total). How much does each person pay?

You practice piano for 25 minutes each day. How many total minutes in a week?

Water freezes at 0°C. If the temperature is 5°C and drops 8°, what is the new temperature?

A meeting starts at 2:50 PM and lasts for 1 hour 35 minutes. When does it end?

A book is 2.5 cm thick. If you stack 8 identical books, how tall is the stack?

A bike trail is 8 miles long. If you ride halfway, how far have you gone?

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

In soccer practice, you score 3 goals on Monday, 5 on Wednesday, and 4 on Friday. How many goals in total this week?

A science experiment uses 250 mL of water 3 times. How much water is used in total?

You need 4 cups of strawberries for a recipe. Strawberries cost $3 per cup. How much will you spend?

You practice piano for 25 minutes each day. How many total minutes in a week?

Water freezes at 0°C. If the temperature is 5°C and drops 8°, what is the new temperature?

School starts at 8:00 AM. If you need 30 minutes to get ready, what time should you wake up?

A soccer game lasts 45 minutes. If it starts at 3:15 PM, when does it end?

A TV show is 42 minutes long. If it starts at 7:15 PM, when does it end?

A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour. If you want to make half the recipe, how much flour do you need?

A pencil is 7 inches long. How many centimeters is that? (1 inch = 2.54 cm)

You walk 3 blocks to school and 3 blocks home. How many blocks do you walk in total?

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

A basketball team scores 15 points in the first half and 22 in the second half. What is their total score?

A plant grows 2 cm each week. How tall will it be after 5 weeks if it starts at 10 cm?

A store offers "buy 2, get 1 free" on items that cost $6 each. How much do you save if you get 3 items?

In soccer practice, you score 3 goals on Monday, 5 on Wednesday, and 4 on Friday. How many goals in total this week?

A science experiment uses 250 mL of water 3 times. How much water is used in total?

You need 4 cups of strawberries for a recipe. Strawberries cost $3 per cup. How much will you spend?

A relay race team has 4 runners. Each runner runs 100 meters. How far do they run in total?

A candy store sells lollipops for $0.50 each. If you buy 6 lollipops, how much will you spend?

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

A string is 12 inches long. How many feet is that? (1 foot = 12 inches)

A movie starts at 2:30 PM and ends at 4:45 PM. How long is the movie?

A soccer team scores 3 goals in the first half and 2 in the second half. What is the final score?

A plant is 15 cm tall and grows 0.5 cm per day. How tall will it be after 10 days?

You have $50 and spend $18 on a book. How much money do you have left?

A piece of wood is 36 inches long. How many feet is that? (1 foot = 12 inches)

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

A golfer plays 18 holes and scores 5 strokes on each hole. What is the total score?

A test tube contains 30 mL of solution. How many microliters is that? (1 mL = 1000 μL)

Three friends go to a restaurant. The total bill is $90. If they split equally, how much does each person pay?

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

A class runs from 9:00 AM to 9:50 AM. How long is the class?

Water boils at 100°C. If the current temperature is 25°C, how much hotter does it need to be?

A glass holds 250 mL. How many glasses can you fill from a 1-liter pitcher?

A recipe has 1000 calories total. If it makes 4 servings, how many calories per serving?

A toy costs $15. You save $3 per week. How many weeks until you can buy it?

A runner trains 5 days a week, running 8 miles each day. How many miles does she run per week?

You drive 250 miles in 5 hours. What is your average speed?

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

A room's area is 120 square feet. If one wall is 12 feet long, how long is the adjacent wall?

A volleyball team wins 12 games and loses 8 games. How many total games did they play?

You sleep 8 hours. What fraction of the day is that?

You have $100. You spend 1/4 on food. How much is left for other expenses?

A cube has sides of 4 cm. What is its volume?

A path is 2 km long. You walk halfway. How far do you walk?

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

A rope is 100 cm long. How many millimeters is that? (1 cm = 10 mm)

You earn $20 per hour. If you work 8 hours, how much do you earn?

A concert starts at 6:00 PM and ends at 9:30 PM. How long is the concert?

A team has 11 players. How many players in 5 identical teams?

A shoebox is 30 cm long, 20 cm wide, and 10 cm tall. What is its volume?

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

You work from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM with 1 hour lunch break. How many hours do you work?

A footrace is 100 meters long. You finish in 20 seconds. What is your speed?

A notebook costs $2.50. You buy 10 notebooks. How much do you spend?

A poster is 60 inches tall. How many feet is that? (1 foot = 12 inches)

A volleyball match has 5 sets. If each set takes 30 minutes, how long is the match?

You walk 500 meters to the store. How many meters do you walk if you go there and back?

A TV show episode is 52 minutes long. How long are 3 episodes?

A pair of shoes costs $85. You have a coupon for $15 off. What is the final price?

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

A thermometer reads 95°F. How many degrees below boiling point (212°F)?

A piece of string is 2 meters long. How many centimeters is that? (1 meter = 100 cm)

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

Jake has $10. He buys a toy for $6. How much money does he have left?

Lunch break starts at 12:00 PM and lasts 30 minutes. What time does lunch end?

A water bottle holds 16 ounces. If you drink half of it, how many ounces do you have left?

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

Emma saves $3 each week for 4 weeks. How much money has she saved?