Tuesday 3 November 2009

Word Problems......


Here are a few word problems for you to practise with. Make sure you read them carefully before you decide if you have to add, subtract, multiply or divide.

2 points for everyone who tries them all.
3 points for everyone who gets them all right!



1. Tennis balls come in packs of four. Alisha bought 6 packs.How many tennis balls have we got?


2. Joanna's cake recipe says she needs to use three eggs. She has to make a cake three times bigger than the one in the recipe. How many eggs will she need to buy?


3. It takes Shania-Lee 30 seconds to swim 1 length of the pool. How long will it take her to swim 6 lengths?


4. It costs 80p for a child to swim. How much does it cost for our class of 19 to swim?


5. Joshua has 230 sweets. He wants to share them out equally between himself and his 9 friends. How many sweets will they get each?


6. Samuel sells his old PS2 games for £10 each. He has 23 games. How much money will he make?


7. Laura saves 13p and is given another 42p. How much has she got altogether?


8. Cathy had 76p. She bought an ice cream for 35p. How much has she got left?
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11 comments:

  1. Laura C3 November 2009 at 09:56

    1.24 tennis balls
    2.12 eggs
    3.180 seconds
    4.£15;20p
    5.10 sweets each
    6. £230
    7. 55p
    8.41p

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  2. Miss Spiers3 November 2009 at 10:17

    Check your answers really carefully Laura. Well done for having a go! :)

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  3. chloe d3 November 2009 at 12:20

    1.24 tennis balls
    2. 9 eggs
    3.1min 20sec
    4.£15.20p/£15.02p
    5.23 sweets each
    6.£230
    7.55p
    8.41p

    oh and miss spiers do we get table points or house points? it just says points

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  4. Cathy3 November 2009 at 12:30

    24 tennis balls
    9 eggs
    180 seconds/3 minutes
    £15.20/1520p
    23 sweets each
    £2.30
    55p
    41p

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  5. Shandy :)3 November 2009 at 13:16

    24 tennis balls.
    9 eggs.
    it takes Me 2 mins and 20 secs.
    8 pounds 90 pence.
    5 sweets and 5 left.
    £230.
    55 pence.
    41 pence.

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  6. joanna4 November 2009 at 02:03

    1.24 tennis balls
    2.9 eggs
    3.180 seconds
    4.1 pound 44p for 19 people
    5.23 sweets
    6.2 pounds 30p
    7.55p altogether
    8.41p left over

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  7. cd4 November 2009 at 09:23

    1.24 tennis balls
    2.9 eggs
    3.180 seconds/2mins 20 seconds
    4.1520p/£15.20p
    5.23 sweets
    6.£230
    7.55 pence
    8.41pence left over

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  8. Shandy :)4 November 2009 at 09:48

    I wonder who got them wright?

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  9. cd4 November 2009 at 23:57

    1.24 tennis balls

    2.9 eggs

    3.3mins
    4.1520p
    5.23 sweets
    6.£230
    7.55p
    8.41p left

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  10. Miss Spiers5 November 2009 at 06:00

    Well done Cathy and Chloe D (your third comment). You both get 3 points for getting them all right. Well done to everyone else for having a go...you all did really well! You get 2 points for having a go!

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  11. Shandy :)5 November 2009 at 09:41

    Hiya everyone!
    Welldone to Cathy and Chloe!
    Everybody else, Very good try maybe you will get them all wright next time!
    Yours sincerily:
    Shania-Lee Myers

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