Today for Maths we learned about word problems. We found out that you ignore the words and just use the numbers to solve out equations. Enjoy my worksheet about word problems
Multiplication Word Problems
1. Ellen went to a garage sale to buy chairs. Each chair cost 15 dollars. How much money did Ellen spend for the 12 chairs she bought?
Answer - Show your Workings Out.
12x15=180
15x10=150
15x2=30
150+30=180
Ellen spent 180 Dollars
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2. Three-toed sloths have four legs. How many toes would 25 sloths have?
Answer - Show your Workings Out.
25x4=100
20x4=80
5x4=20
80+20=100
25 sloths would 100 toes
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3. Albert has two snakes. The garden snake is 10 inches long. The boa constrictor is 7 times longer than the garden snake. How long is the boa constrictor?
Answer - Show your Workings Out.
7x10=70
The boa constrictor is 70 inches long
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4. Albert’s cabbage patch has 12 rows of cabbage. In each row, there are 15 heads of cabbage. How many heads of cabbage does Albert have in all?
Answer - Show your Workings Out.
12x15=110
10x10=100
2x5=10
100+10=110
Albert has 110 heads of cabbage
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5. Marie can bike at a speed of 12 miles an hour. How far can she bike in 31 hours?
Answer - Show your Workings Out.
12x31=302
10x30=300
2x1=2
300x2=302
Marie can bike 302 miles in 31 hours.
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Division Word Problems
1. You have 24 cookies and want to share them equally with 6 people. How many cookies would each person get?
Answer - Show your Workings Out.
24÷6=4
6x2=12
12+12=24
Everyone will get 4 cookies.
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2. You are reading a book with 120 pages. If you want to read the same number of pages each night, how many would you have to read each night to finish in 10 days?
Answer - Show your Workings Out.
120÷10=12
You would have to read 12 pages a night.
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3. A cereal box holds 18 cups of cereal. Each serving is 2 cups. How many servings are in the whole box?
Answer - Show your Workings Out.
18÷2=9
There are 9 servings in a box of cereal
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4. A box of books weighs 42 pounds. Each book weighs 3 pounds. How many books are there in the box?
Answer - Show your Workings Out.
3÷42=14
There are 14 books in the box
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5. Sue’s mother made 75 cookies. She put the cookies in bags, with 3 cookies in each bag. How many bags could she fill up?
Answer - Show your Workings Out.
75÷3=25
She could fill 25 bags
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