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I think of a number and divide it by 15. The answer is 20. What was my number?
? ÷ 15 = 20
20 x 15 = ?
300
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A bus seats 52 people. No standing is allowed. 17 people get off a full bus. How
many are left on?
52 -17 = 35
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Kobi saved 15p a week for one year. How many pounds did he save?
15p x 52 = 780p
Then change it into £ = £7.80
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a) Four people paid £72 for tickets to a football match.What was the cost of each ticket?How much change did they get from £100
£72 ÷ 4 = £18
£100 - 72 = £28
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Petrol costs 71.2p per litre. How much do you pay to fill a 5 litre can?
71.2p x 5 = 356p
Then change to £ = £3.56
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There is 365ml of milk in a jug. Another 450ml is added. How much milk is there in the jug now?
365 + 450 = 815ml
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A football club has 400 litres of soup for its fans. One cup holds 250ml of soup. How many fans can have a cup of soup?
First change the 400 litres to ml or the 250ml to l
(400 x 1000) ÷ 250 = 1600
400 ÷ 0.250 = 1600
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A full bucket holds 5 1/2 litres of water. A full jug holds 1/2 litre of water. How many jugs of water will it take to fill the bucket?
How many 1/2 litres in 5 1/2 litres?
5.5 ÷ 0.5 = 11 jugs
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Dad bought a 2kg bag of carrots. He used 400grams to make a carrot cake. How many grams of carrots were left.
Change the Kg to grams
(2 x 1000) - 400 = 1600
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I have read 134 of the 512 pages of my book. How many more pages must I read to reach
the middle?
Step 1 Find half of 512 250 6
256
Step 2 256 - 134 = 122
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Word ProblemsThere are eight shelves of books. Six of the
shelves hold 25 books each. Two of the shelves hold 35 books. How many books are
there altogether.
Step 1 6 x 25 = 150
Step 3 150 + 70 = 220
Step 2 2 x 35 = 70
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I think of a number, subtract 17 and divide by 6. The answer is 20. What was the number?
Step 1 ? - 17 ÷ 6 = 20
Step 3 20 x 6 + 17 = 137
Step 2 turn it around the other way
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You start to read a book on Thursday. On Friday you read ten more pages than on
Thursday to reach page 60. How many pages did you read on Thursday?
Step 1 (2 x Thursday) + 10 = 60 Step 2 (60 - 10) /2 = 25
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Ravi bought a pack of 30 biscuits. He ate one fifth of them on Thursday. He ate one eighth of
the remaining biscuits on Friday. How many did he have left?
Step 1 1/5 of 30 = 6
Step 2 30 - 6 = 24
Step 3 1/8 of 24 = 3
= 21Step 4 24 - 3
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There is space in a multi storey car park for 15 rows of cars of 12 cars on each floor. There
are ten floors. How many cars can the car park hold?
Step 1 15 x 12 = 180
Step 2 180 x 10 = 1 800 cars
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I think of a number, subtract 11 and divide by 2. The answer is 20. What was my number?
Step 1 (? - 11) ÷ 2 = 20
Step 2 (20 x 2) + 11
= 51
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Joan opened a packet of sweets and found that there were 12 in a packet. She had bought 6 packets. How many could she and her three
friends have?
Step 1 12 x 6 = 72
Step 2 72 ÷ 3 = 24 sweets
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In a school survey of pets, it was found that of the 96 children in Y6, three quarters had pets. 45 children have a dog. 21 have a cat. How
many children have other kinds of pets.
Step 1 3/4 of 96 = 72 Step 2 72 - 45 = 27
Step 3 27 - 21 = 6 other kinds
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I bought two CD racks that could hold 35 CDs. I have 87 CDS. How many would not fit in the
racks? The racks cost £19.99 each. How much would it cost to buy enough racks for all my
CDs
Step 1 (35 x 2) = 70 Step 2 87 - 70 = 17 would not fit
Step 3 3 racks needed Step 4 £19.99 x 3
= £59.97