A rest stop is 18 miles away. You pass a sign showing 6 miles. How many miles remain?
A rest stop is 18 miles away. You pass a sign showing 6 miles. How many miles remain?
Answer
12 miles
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Travel Math
Elementary and middle-grade passengers; mental and worksheet options.
How to play
Keep it easy to use
- Use mental-math problems aloud or worksheet problems on paper.
- Do not ask children to share the family’s precise live location.
- Use pretend numbers when exact route or fuel details are private.
- The driver may answer spoken mental-math questions only.
Activity page
Travel Math
A train leaves at 2:10 and arrives at 3:00. How many minutes is the ride?
A train leaves at 2:10 and arrives at 3:00. How many minutes is the ride?
Answer
50 minutes
You count 7 red cars and 5 blue cars. How many cars did you count?
You count 7 red cars and 5 blue cars. How many cars did you count?
Answer
12 cars
A bus has 4 rows on one side and 4 on the other. If each row has 2 seats, how many seats are shown?
A bus has 4 rows on one side and 4 on the other. If each row has 2 seats, how many seats are shown?
Answer
16 seats
A family packs 24 crackers equally into 4 bags. How many crackers go in each bag?
A family packs 24 crackers equally into 4 bags. How many crackers go in each bag?
Answer
6 crackers
A map scale says 1 inch equals 20 miles. Two cities are 3 inches apart. What is the map distance?
A map scale says 1 inch equals 20 miles. Two cities are 3 inches apart. What is the map distance?
Answer
60 miles
A plane boards in groups of 12. If 5 groups board, how many passengers boarded?
A plane boards in groups of 12. If 5 groups board, how many passengers boarded?
Answer
60 passengers
A route is 180 miles. The first part is 75 miles and the second is 65 miles. How many miles remain?
A route is 180 miles. The first part is 75 miles and the second is 65 miles. How many miles remain?
Answer
40 miles
You see mile marker 112, then marker 128 later. How far did you travel between markers?
You see mile marker 112, then marker 128 later. How far did you travel between markers?
Answer
16 miles
A snack costs 3 tokens in a pretend terminal game. If you have 15 tokens, how many snacks could you buy?
A snack costs 3 tokens in a pretend terminal game. If you have 15 tokens, how many snacks could you buy?
Answer
5 snacks
A campground trail loop is 0.5 miles. Two loops equal how many miles?
A campground trail loop is 0.5 miles. Two loops equal how many miles?
Answer
1 mile
A train car has 9 windows on each side. How many side windows are there together?
A train car has 9 windows on each side. How many side windows are there together?
Answer
18 windows
Print and answers
Use the packet or guide
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