WORD PROBLEMS
A baker made 360 cookies.
He packed them equally into 24 boxes.
How many cookies are in each box?
15
A bicycle costs $420.
It is reduced by 15%.
Find the discount.
Find the sale price.
2,400 m; 2.4 km
A bus travelled 145 km in the morning and 218 km in the afternoon. What total distance did it travel?
363 km
Eight pizzas were shared equally among 24 students.
What fraction of a pizza did each student receive?
1/3
A student bought a notebook for $3.25 and a pen for $1.75. She paid with $10 How much change did she get?
$5.00
Each tray holds 30 eggs.
There are 18 trays.
How many eggs are there altogether?
540 eggs
A television costs $960. A customer pays 30% as a deposit. How much is the deposit?
$288
Divide 2,268 by 9.
252
A ribbon is 12½ m long. 4¾ m is used
7 3/4 m
A baker made 120 cookies. He gave away 3/8 of them to his neighbors. How many cookies were left?
75 cookies
A bus holds 48 students. There are 216 students going on a trip.
How many buses are needed?
How many empty seats will there be?
5 buses; 24 empty seats
Michael saved $32.50 each month for 8 months.
$260
The perimeter of a rectangle is 54 cm. Its length is 16 cm. Find its width.
11cm
A baker used 6¼ kg of flour and had 15 kg at first. How much flour remained?
8 3/4kg
A basket has 40 apples and 60 oranges. Write the ratio in simplest form.
2:3
A pool is 25 m long.
Lisa swims 18 lengths.
How far did she swim?
450 m
A tank contained 350 L of water. 128.5 L were used. How much water remained?
221.5 L
Triangle sides 12cm, 15cm 17 cm. Find the perimeter.
44cm
A family bought 15 kg of rice. They used 2¾ kg each week for 4 weeks. How much rice remained?
4kg
The scores were 72,85,90, and 83. Find the mean.
82.5
A movie started at 6:35 p.m. and ended at 8:20 p.m. How long was the movie?
1 hr 45 mins
A carton contains 36 juice boxes.
The school ordered 15 cartons.
How many juice boxes were delivered?
540 juice boxes
A rectangle has a length of 25m and a width of 12m. Find its area.
300m2
A runner completed 12 laps of a 250 m track. Express the total distance in kilometres.
3km
A bus holds 40 students. If 7 buses are filled, how many students are on the trip?
280 students