Q: How do they throw a party on a construction site?
A: They raise the roof!

When you need elementary math help, Mathnasium is the place to come! Our weekly word problem challenges give you the opportunity to practice your learning center math at home. This week’s word problem challenge will have you digging up your best elementary school math skills such as multiplication, weight conversion, addition and subtraction to find the solution.

Go ahead and give this word problem a try. We know you can do it! Be sure to come back tomorrow to check your solution against ours.

Question: A truck that weighs 4 tons when empty carries 1 ton of gravel. The driver unloads 500 pounds of gravel at a construction site. How many pounds do the truck and the gravel weigh in total now?

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Step on up, we’ve got some great kids’ math learning right here! No need to toe the line, our word problem challenge is so intriguing, you’ll want to put your heart and sole into solving it!