Word Problems 1
All four judges gave the dancer a score of 10. How many did she score altogether?
40 points
If 7 taxis arrive at the party at the same time, each carrying 5 passengers, how many guests arrive at once?
35 guests
A machine making lollies puts 10 in each packet. If the machine has produced 70 lollies, how many packets can it fill?
7 packets
Sam is sharing biscuits with himself and four friends. If there are 25 in the pack, how many will they get each?
5
Sarah gives half of her owl collection to her sister. She has 35 owls remaining. How many did she have to start with?
70 owls
24 people travel to an airport in taxis. 4 people can travel in each taxi. How many taxis are used?
6 taxis
A carpenter makes tables. Some have 3 legs and some have 4 legs. He plans to make 5 tables with 3 legs, and 4 tables with 4 legs. How many legs will he need?
31 legs
Cans of soft drink are sold in packs of 4. Aiden wants 36 cans for a party. How many packs should he buy?
9 packs
Cinema tickets are $12. Six people go to see a movie. How much will they pay altogether?
$72
Hannah is a keen archer. One day she shoots 5 arrows and scores 8 on each. What was her total score?
40
There are 8 chocolates in a bag, and John has 6 bags to sell. How many chocolates are there in total?
48
Ella gets $4 pocket money from her parents every day of the week if she does all her chores. How much pocket money would she get in a week?
John plants 5 bushes in his garden. Each flower bush blooms 6 flowers. How many flowers are there in total?
30
If I save $21 in one week (saving an equal amount each day), how much money do I save each day?
$3
It takes 24 minutes for Jess to ride her bike to school. On the way, she stops at regular intervals to retie her shoelaces. She stops 4 times on her trip. How many minutes were between each stop?
6
Kathy is inviting 69 friends to a picnic. She has baked 1242 cookies. How many cookies will each friend get?
18 cookies
There are 600 bottle caps in each box. How many bottle caps are in 25 boxes?
15,000 bottle caps
Doug went to the store 3 times last month. He buys 32 peanuts each time he goes to the store. How many peanuts did Douglas buy last month.
96 peanuts
72 apples
The school is planning a field trip. There are 144 students and 24 seats on each school bus. How many buses are needed to take the trip?
6 buses
I run 10 kilometres and do 50 push,ups a day. How many kilometres do I run in 30 days?
300 kilometres
Mrs Peterson basked 360 blueberry cheesecakes. Each box can hold 6 blueberry cheesecakes.
a) How many boxes will she need?
b) If each box needs 2 feet of ribbon lace for decoration, how many feet of ribbon lace will she need?
60 boxes and 120 feet of ribbon lace
Warren has 28 guests coming to his party. Each table will hold 4 guests. How many tables will he need? If each table has 2 candles, how many candles will he need?
Warren needs 62 tables and 124 calories
Marlee has 12 guests coming to her Halloween party. Each table will hold three guests. How many tables will she need? If each guest uses 2 glasses, how many glasses will she need?
Marlee needs 4 tables and 24 glasses
Maggie had 3 packages of cupcakes. There are 4 cupcakes in each package. She ate 5. How many are left?
There were 12 cupcakes to start. There are 7 cupcakes leftover.