Word Problems: C-5
INSTRUCTIONAL MATHEMATICS
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A trapezoid has 3 interior angles that measure
70°, 100°, and 110°.
What is the measure of the trapezoid’s
fourth interior angle? 
Answer:
An office supply store sells 7 staplers 
for every 3 tape dispensers.
If the store sold 63 staplers on Tuesday,
how many tape dispensers did it sell? 
Answer: 
Jill has 7 silver rings and 3 gold ringsin her jewelry box. What is the ratio of silver rings to gold ringsin Jill’s jewelry box? 

7: 3
3: 7
3: 10
7 : 10
A stage crew is setting up chairs. 
The crew sets up 15 chairs in each
of the first 4 rows, 20 chairs in each 
of the next 12 rows, and 12 chairs in each
of the last 3 rows.
How many chairs does the crew set up altogether? 
Answer: 
Janet needs to paint a wall that is 12 feet
wide and 9 feet tall. Each can contains
enough paint to cover 38 square feet. 
How many cans of paint should Janet buy? 
Answer: 
cans 
Carmen ran 2 kilometers in 10 minutes. 
If she continues at this rate, 
how many kilometers will Carmen run in 1 hour? 
Answer:
Kilometers
A repairman fixes 2 refrigerators for every
6 heaters. If he fixed 9 heaters last week,
how many refrigerators did he fix? 
Answer: 
refrigerators
A movie showed 5 times at a theater on Friday. 
If all 392 seats were filled during each show,
about how many people saw the movie
in this theater on Friday? 

1,500
1,750
 2,000
4,000
There are 48 students in Mr. Morales’s gym class. 
He wants to place the students 
in equal-sized groups.
Which of the following
is NOT a number of students 
he could have in each group? 
6
12
16
18
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