4th-Grade Math Word Problems - Free Printable

Let's solve each of the word problems step by step and explain the reasoning behind each solution.

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1. Jade has 1281 baseball cards. Kyle has 1535. If Jade and Kyle combine their baseball cards, how many cards will there be? Estimate.

Solution:
To find the total number of baseball cards when combined:
- Add Jade’s and Kyle’s cards:
$ 1281 + 1535 = 2816 $

Estimate:
Round each number to the nearest hundred:
- 1281 ≈ 1300
- 1535 ≈ 1500
Then add: $ 1300 + 1500 = 2800 $

✔ Answer: Exact: 2816, Estimate: 2800

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2. What will my garden look like if the shape is quadrilateral and has two pairs of matching parallel sides and no right angles?

Solution:
A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides is a parallelogram.
If it has no right angles, then it cannot be a rectangle or a square.
So, it must be a parallelogram that is not a rectangle — possibly a rhombus (if all sides are equal) or just a general parallelogram.

✔ Answer: A parallelogram (with no right angles).

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3. At the bake sale you sold cookies for 5 cents each. You earned $4.50. How many cookies did you sell?

Solution:
Convert $4.50 to cents:
$ 4.50 = 450 $ cents

Each cookie costs 5 cents, so divide:
$ 450 ÷ 5 = 90 $

✔ Answer: 90 cookies

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4. You are planting 47 flowers but want them to go into 6 rows. How many flowers will be in each row?

Solution:
Divide 47 flowers by 6 rows:
$ 47 ÷ 6 = 7 $ remainder $ 5 $

This means 6 rows of 7 flowers each = 42 flowers, with 5 left over.

Since the question asks "how many flowers will be in each row?" and doesn't specify equal distribution, we assume they want equal rows as much as possible.

So, 7 flowers per row, with 5 extra (or one row will have 8, others 7). But usually, we interpret this as:

✔ Answer: 7 flowers in each row, with 5 left over (or 5 rows of 7 and 1 row of 8)

But since it says “how many flowers will be in each row?” and implies equal, the best answer is:

👉 7 flowers per row (with 5 remaining)

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5. There are 369 families that donated $6.00 to the school fundraiser. How much money was donated?

Solution:
Multiply number of families by donation per family:
$ 369 × 6 = ? $

Break it down:
$ 300×6 = 1800 $
$ 60×6 = 360 $
$ 9×6 = 54 $
Add: $ 1800 + 360 = 2160 $, $ 2160 + 54 = 2214 $

✔ Answer: $2,214

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6. The teacher baked a batch of muffins. There are 16 in a batch. She ate 1/4 of the batch. She baked two more batches. How many muffins does she have now?

Solution:
Step-by-step:

- One batch = 16 muffins
- She ate $ \frac{1}{4} $ of one batch:
$ \frac{1}{4} × 16 = 4 $ muffins eaten
- So, remaining from first batch: $ 16 - 4 = 12 $

- Then she baked two more batches:
$ 2 × 16 = 32 $ muffins

- Total muffins now:
$ 12 $ (remaining) + $ 32 $ (new) = 44

✔ Answer: 44 muffins

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7. My grandmother’s age divided by 15 is 5. How old is my grandmother?

Solution:
Let her age be $ x $.
Given:
$ \frac{x}{15} = 5 $

Multiply both sides by 15:
$ x = 5 × 15 = 75 $

✔ Answer: 75 years old

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✔ Final Answers Summary:

1. 2816 (estimate: 2800)
2. A parallelogram
3. 90 cookies
4. 7 flowers per row (with 5 leftover)
5. $2,214
6. 44 muffins
7. 75 years old

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