Grade 6- Word Problems

Solution

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Thomas has 20 mangoes. He sold half of the total and ate 3 of the remainder. how many does he have left? 

7

100

There are 4 boys in a group. If each boy gave a handshake to each boy once, how many handshakes will there be?

6 handshakes 

100

Joan has 52 stamps in her collection. Maggie has 11 more stamps than Joan. How many stamps do they have in all? 

115

100

Gabby has 18 stickers. She won bingo in her class and won 13 more. she gave 20 of the stickers to her best friend. How many stickers does she have left?

11 stickers

100

What is the least number of pencils which could be shared equally between a group of 4 and 8 persons. (32, 12, 24, 40)

24

Time

100

Sara left home at 6:30 am. She walked 5 minutes to the bus station and drove 45 minutes to her work place. At what time did she arrive at work?

7: 20am 

100

A circus show started at 6:15 pm and ended at 9:30pm. What was the duration of the show?

3 hours, 15 mins

100

Adrian studies 3 hrs and 45 mins. He starts studying at 8:05 pm. At what time did he finish?

11: 50 pm

100

Yesterday Mary started playing the piano at 7:15 pm. She played for 55 mins. At what time did she finish?

8: 10 pm

Fraction

100

Ms. Tommer brought 40 cookies to school. Her class ate 1/2 of the cookies and Mr. Smith's class ate 1/4 of the cookies. How many cookies are left?

10 cookies

100

Cameron ate 3 slices of pizza. Samantha ate 2 slices. There are 8 slices in a box.What fraction of the pizza was left. 

3/8

100

Sam bought a box of chocolate. There were 36 pieces in the box. He ate 1/3 of them. How many pieces of chocolate did he eat?

12 pieces

100

If Jane ate 1/4 of 16 ice pops. What amount of ice pops are left? 

12 ice pops

Number sentence

100

John 24 marbles. His brother has 3 times as many marbles. How many marbles do they have in all? 

24 + 24 (x2) = 72

100

Mary and Jana have 44 pencils. If Stan has half the amount they have. How many does Stan have?

44/ 2 = 22

100

Tom used 21 meters of fabric to make 6 large flags. How much fabric did he use for each flag? 

21 / 6 = 3.5

100

Jack had some pens. Ken gives him 3 more. Now he has 13 pens. How many pens did Jack have at the beginning? 

---- + 3 = 13 

13 - 3 = 10

Money

100

Jack has three $10 notes, three quarters and two 10 cents. How much money does he have in all? 

$30.95

100

Jane has $5. 80. Her friend has 3 times as much money as her. How much money does her friend have? 

$17.40

100

Stan bought a cake for 25.60. The following week the same cake was on sale for a discount of 10%. How much money would he have save had we waited to buy the cake? 

2. 56c

100

Alan has $10. He wants to buy a cake for 5.25, a biscuit for 1. 40 and a juice for  4.89. How much money is he short of? 

$1.54