Maths Word Problems

Learning Intention

WALT: Illustrate the steps I used to solve each problem.

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Illustrate means - to draw or show

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Question 2

Tanya had double the amount of bottle tops that June had, and June had only a quarter of what Meleane had.

If Meleane had 56 bottle tops, how many did Tanya and June have?

Solve your problem here.

Question 3

Joseph bought a packet of 8 meat patties. If he wanted everyone in class (27 students) to have 3 meat patties each.

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How many packs of meat patties does he need to buy?

Solve your problem here.

Question 4

There were 46 schools at the netball tournament. Each school had 3 teams. Each team had 11 players.

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How many netball players attended the tournament?

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Solve your problem here.

Question 5

Rudolph read a book that was 16 chapters long. Each chapter had 63 pages.

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How many pages did Rudolph read?

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Solve your problem here.

Question 6

We have 25 minutes for morning tea and 30 minutes for lunch every day.

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How much break time do we have in a school week?

Solve your problem here.

Question 7

Show 2 different ways of solving these problems.

1. A bus has sixty seven passengers. It drops off thirty nine passengers. How many passengers left on the bus?

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Solution 1.

Solution 2.

Question 7

Show 2 different ways of solving these problems.

• Paul has 129 computer games. He gives away 35 of his old games. How many games does he have left?

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Solution 1.

Solution 2.

Question 7

Show 2 different ways of solving these problems.

• A train has 264 people. 92 people get off at a station. How many people still on the train?

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Solution 1.

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Question 8

Sarah needs to post the 3 parcels each containing some books, pamphlets and magazines. She weighs each book, pamphlet and magazine and writes down their weight.

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Show how to add the following weights for each parcel.

a) 2.96kg + 3.57kg + 1.04kg =

b) 0.16kg + 0.4kg + 0.306kg =

c) 1.21kg + 2.046kg + 0.9kg =

Solve your problem here.

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Question 9

Finding fractions of a given number.

A farmer is selling some of his animals.

a) He sells a quarter of his 72 cows.

b) He sells a third of his 45 pigs.

c) He sells one sixth of his 84 sheep.

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Question 10a

Mrs Ilaoa made some lemon juice. She used four bags of lemons to make two litres of juice. In each bag, there are twelve lemons.

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a) How many lemons did Mrs Ilaoa need to make two litres of juice?

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Answer

Question 10b

Mrs Ilaoa made some lemon juice. She used four bags of lemons to make two litres of juice. In each bag, there are twelve lemons.

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b) If Mrs Ilaoa wanted to make sixteen litres of juice, how many bags of lemons would she need?

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Answer

Question 10c

Mrs Ilaoa made some lemon juice. She used four bags of lemons to make two litres of juice. In each bag, there are twelve lemons.

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c) How many lemons would Mrs Ilaoa need to make sixteen litres of juice?

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Answer

Question 10d

Mrs Ilaoa made some lemon juice. She used four bags of lemons to make two litres of juice. In each bag, there are twelve lemons.

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d) Mrs Ilaoa used seventy-two bags of lemons. How many litres of juice would she get out of it?

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Question 10e

Mrs Ilaoa made some lemon juice. She used four bags of lemons to make two litres of juice. In each bag, there are twelve lemons.

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e) How many lemons altogether from seventy-two bags?

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Blog Post!

Select 1 question you can illustrate on google drawings. Things you will need to include are:

• Question
• Illustration (picture) of how you solved it
• Steps of how you got to the answer.

Post this onto your blog along with these slides and a short description about your learning.

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Click here and here for an example of what it should look like