ORDER OF OPERATION NUMBER STORY

1. A store sells barrettes for $2 each and combs for $1. Shelby buys 3 barrettes and a comb.
Kendra buys 2 barrettes and 4 combs. Find the total amount spent.
2. Eduardo is 16. Eduardos dad takes him and his younger sister to a soccer match. Tickets
are $17 for adults and $13 for children (18 and under). What is the total cost of the tickets?
3. Travis goes to the book fair where paperback books are $2 and hardback books are $3.
Travis buys five paperback and two hardback books. How much change will Travis receive
from a $20 bill?
4. One day your mom buys 20 apples. Your sister eats 3 apples each day. How many apples
does your mom have after 5 days?
5. A book has 300 pages. You read 4 pages per day. How many pages will you have to read
after 13 days?
6. Anne earned $3 an hour baby-sitting, and $4 an hour working in the garden. Last week
she did baby-sitting for 5 hours and garden work for 3 hours. How much more money does
she need to buy a game that costs $35?
7. Julian bought 9 packages of cat food and 5 packages of dog food. Each package of cat food
contained 5 cans, and each package of dog food contained 4 cans. How many more cans of
cat food than dog food did Julian buy?