Week 5 - Word Problems
Question 1
The 2014 Secondary Schools Polyfest was attended by 127 competing schools. Each school has 2 cultural groups. If each cultural group has 35 students:
How many students were at the Polyfest altogether?
Question 2
At the Polyfest, the maximum number of people allowed on stage is 65.
If a group has 3 drummers, 2 guitar players, 1 piano player and 7 parent helpers, how many members are in the actual group that performs?
Question 3
PES took along 148 Year 7 & 8 students to the Polyfest. A quarter of the students went to the Samoan stage, half the group went to the Maori stage and the last quarter went to the Tongan stage. How many students went to each stage?
Samoan:
Maori:
Tongan:
Question 4
Along the way some of the PES got lost. Out of the 148 students who attended, three quarters of the students got lost at the Polyfest.
How many students did we have to look for?
Learning Intention
I am learning to explain my answers using the context of the question.
eg: Not just giving ⅓ of 9 = 3
But instead give - ⅓ of 9 apples = 3 apples
Question 1
PES collected 72 posters for the Mainfreight Duffy Book Calendar competition.
Miss Peato has collected 1/3 of this amount.
How many posters has Miss Peato collected?
Question 2
PES collected 126 posters for the Mainfreight Duffy Book Calendar competition.
Miss Peato has collected 2/6 of this amount.
How many posters has Miss Peato collected?
Question 3
PES collected 344 posters for the Mainfreight Duffy Book Calendar competition.
Miss Peato has collected 6/8 of this amount.
How many posters has Miss Peato collected?
Question 4
Sarah had 188 bottle tops. Her friend June challenged her and won ¾ of her bottle tops.
b. How many bottle tops was Sarah left with?
Question 5
Nikita had 292 bottle tops. Her friend Angel challenged her and won ¾ of her bottle tops.
Question 6
Izac had 1308 bottle tops. His friend Henry challenged him and won ¾ of his bottle tops.
Question 7
In a shipment of 400 parts, 14 are found to be defective. How many defective parts should be expected in a shipment of 1000 parts?
Question 8
Mary can read 22 pages in 30 minutes. How long would it take her to read a 100 page book?
Question 9
An Up & Go machine was installed in the Year 7&8 common room. The machine can hold 450 Up and Go’s.
If each of them cost $2.50, how much money would the machine make if they were all sold?
Question 10
Ms Vaafusuaga is taking the year 7 and 8 students to a rugby tournament at Pt England Reserve Park. She has decided to take 15 teams. 5 girls’ teams and 10 boys’ teams. If she has 390 players.
How many students does she have in each team?
Question 11
Joseph has 688 taros stored in boxes. If there are 8 boxes, how many taros must go in each box?
Question 12
Mrs Ilaoa went to the markets on Saturday to buy some fruits. She saw a whole range of fruits but decided to buy pineapples because they were on special.
If Mrs Ilaoa buys 9 pineapples for $18.00. How many pineapples will she get for $48.00?