Climbing Kansas Mountains Story Problems
created by Ginger A.

1.  Four pigs flew over the grain elevator.  Later, eight more pigs flew over the grain elevator.  In all, how many pigs went flying?
2.  The "Blue Plate Special" at Uncle Roy's cafe is $3.95.  How much does it cost to purchase two specials?
3.  From my high view I could see many houses.  I saw twelve yellow houses, and some blue houses, and twenty white houses.  I saw forty-six houses!  How many were blue?
4.  There are eight rows of grain in each field.  There are ten fields.  How many rows total?
5.  There are 200 acres of wheat on one side and 300 acres of wheat on the other.  How many acres in all?
6.  Six grain elevators were painted gray.  Ten trucks were painted blue.  Seven grain elevators were painted white.  How many grain elevators were painted?
7.  There were fifty wheat fields.  A tornado destroyed half of them.  How many are left?
8.  We baked twelve loaves of bread on Monday and half that amount on Tuesday.  How many loaves of bread did we bake in all?
9.  A sack of flour cost $3.00.  How much will it cost to buy three sacks? 
10.  Twenty men left for work.  All but four were headed to the wheat fields.  How many work in the fields?