December 1st, 2014

Name: _______________________________
Date: _________________
Directions: Compute each word problem finding parts of a whole.

1. Robert baked a loaf of bread and sliced it into 14 equal pieces. If he used two of the slices on Monday to make a sandwich, set up an equation that shows how many slices of bread he would have left.

2. Brian ordered a large pizza pie which had 8 slices. If Brian, Jon, and Frank each ate 2 slices each, set up an equation that shows how many slices of pizza the three boys ate.

3. Julie baked two dozen cookies for the holidays. She gave one dozen to her brother. Write an equation that shows how many cookies out of the two dozen she gave to her brother.

4. Barry bought 18 bagels. He sliced half of them and put them in the freezer. Write an equation that shows how many bagels out of the 18 Barry froze.