Word Problems

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1. Tom cycles 197 km on day 1 of his journey then another 235km on day two. How far did he cycle? If his final destination is 563 km from the start how far has he got left to cycle on day 3?

197+235=432 432+131=563km

2. Nessie is buying drinks for the school social. The drinks come in packets of 12. She decides to get 8 packets. How many drinks has she got to sell?

12x8=96 12+12+12+12=48 48x2=96

3. Tami had 242 cards but lost 179 at school. How many has he got left?

242-179=63 242-79=163 163-100=63

4. The first ⅔ of each senior class to bring their permission slips got to go to a special concert in the hall. Room 24 has 33 students, Room 25 has 27 students Room 28 has 30 and Room 20 has 24. How many students went?

33+27+30+24=114 38x3=114 28+38+38=114

5. How many people went to the show altogether? On Monday there were 794 and on Tuesday there were 627?

794+627=1421 700+600=1300 94+27=121 1300+121=1421

6. There were 152 cars in the carpark. Then 89 left. How many were left in the carpark?

152-89=63

7.  I had 5 chocolate bars to share between my 2 friends and me. How much chocolate did we get each?

5 divided by 2 = 2 1/2 2 ½ x 2 = 5

8. There were  7 boxes of C.D at the shop. Each box had 25 C.D’s in it. How many C.D’s were there altogether?

25x7=175 25x2=50 25x2=50 25x3=75 175

8. Hannah went to the dairy and bought a chocolate bar that was $1.50, and she also bought a lamington that was $2.20c. How much did she pay altogether?

1.50+2.00=3.50 3.50+0.20c=3.70c

9. Peni went to the supermarket with $10, he bought a loaf of bread that cost $1.80c a bottle of milk that was $2.50c and 2 bags of chips that were $1.50c each.  How much change did he get?

1.80+2.50+3.00=5.80 1.80+2.50+3.00=5.80

10. Roman was measuring how tall he was, last week he measured himself and he was 1.43 metres tall, this week he has grown 38cm.  How tall is he now?

1.43m+38c=1.81m

11. In June Mr Moran weighed 123 kg, every month he lost 6kg, how much would he weigh in February?

123-36= 123-30=93 93-6=87