Solve multi-step word problems
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Multi Step Operations
Here are some longer problems written in words.
You need to work out more than one thing to get the
answers. Show any working out on the paper.
You need to read them very carefully to see
what you need to do.
1. John has 50 toys and his sister, Petra, has 38.
If they take 23 of their toys to a car boot sale,
how many do they have left altogether? …………..
2. Feetfirst Junior School lost their first netball match 16 - 12
and won their second match 18 - 15.
How many goals did they score altogether? …………..
3. I think of a number. I double it and add seven. The answer
is twenty nine. What number did I begin with? …………..
4. Four boxes of biscuits have thirty biscuits each and another
has twenty seven biscuits.
How many biscuits are there altogether? …………..
5. Michael and Samantha have 60p pocket money each.
Toni and John have 70p each. How much is this altogether? …………..
6. There are 140 books on the top shelf of a book cupboard.
The two shelves below each have 120 books.
How many books are there altogether? …………..
7. Three rolls of film can take twenty four photographs each.
Four more rolls of film can take thirty six photographs each.
How many photographs can the seven rolls of film take in total? …………..
8. In a class the sixteen boys each have ten marbles and the
fifteen girls each have eight marbles.
How many more marbles do the boys have
in total than the girls? …………..
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Solve multi-step word problems
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Multi Step Operations
Here are some longer problems written in words.
You need to work out more than one thing to get the
answers. Show any working out on the paper.
You need to read them very carefully to see
what you need to do.
1. In a class there are thirty two children. One quarter of them
cycle to school. One half of them go by car. How many are left? …………..
2. Mary has fifty four stamps. John has thirty six stamps.
If Mary gives John eight of her stamps, how many more will
Mary have than John? …………..
3. I think of a number and write down all the factors of the number
except the number itself. The factors I have written down add
up to the number.
The number is between twenty four and thirty. What is it? …………..
4. Harry has one more sandwich in his lunch box than Tom.
In total they have fifteen sandwiches.
How many does each man have? …………..
5. Mary and Freddy have eight books each. Jackie and Sam
also have eight books each. How many do they have altogether? …………..
6. Dibble Street has fifty three houses and Charlotte Street has
One hundred and sixty four houses. If seventeen more houses
are built in Dibble Street, how many more houses does
Charlotte Street now have than Dibble Street? …………..
7. Four times a number subtract eight is sixteen.
What was the number? …………..
8. For every ten pupils going on a trip, one adult is allowed to go
free. What is the greatest number of people that can go on this
trip altogether if thirty seven children go? …………..
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Solve problems involving measurement
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Length problems
Two pieces of string are 34 cm long and 43 cm long.
1. What is their total length?
2. What is the difference in their length?
A brick is 20 cm long and 10 cm wide .
3. How many bricks would you need for
an 80 cm line of bricks?
4. What is the difference between
the length and width of a brick?
Jo's hand is 8 cm wide. Gavin's is 10 cm wide.
5. How wide would 10 of Jo's hands be, end to end ?
6. If Gavin put both hands next to each other,
how wide would they be?
7. How much wider is Gavin's hand than Jo's?
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Length problems
Two pieces of string are 42 cm long and 36 cm long.
1. What is their total length?
2. What is the difference in their length?
A brick is 20 cm long and 10 cm wide .
3. How many bricks will you need for
a 60 cm line of bricks?
4. How long a line of bricks can you
make with 6 bricks?
Balsa wood is sold in 50 cm strips.
5. Mary needs 200 cm to make a train.
How many strips must she buy?
6. Tom needs 230 cm to make an aeroplane.
How many strips must be buy?
7. How much more does Tom need than Mary?
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Mass
POTATO ONION PEPPER CARROT
250 grams 150 grams 200 grams 100 grams
1. If a potato weighed 250g, roughly what
would 4 potatoes weigh?
2. If an onion weighed 150g, roughly what
would 2 onions weigh?
3. If a green pepper weighs 200g, roughly
what would 5 peppers weigh?
4. If a carrot weighs 100g, roughly
what would 6 carrots weigh?
5. About what would the weight be
for a pepper and 2 carrots?
6. About what would the weight be
for 2 onions and 2 potatoes?
7. About what would the weight be
for 2 peppers and 5 carrots?
8. What would the total weight be
for one of each vegetable?
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Mass
POTATO ONION PEPPER CARROT
250 grams 150 grams 200 grams 100 grams
1. If a potato weighed 250g, roughly what
would 3 potatoes weigh?
2. If an onion weighed 150g, roughly what
would 4 onions weigh?
3. If a green pepper weighs 200g, roughly
what would 4 peppers weigh?
4. If a carrot weighs 100g, roughly
what would 8 carrots weigh?
5. About what would the weight be
for 2 peppers and 2 potatoes?
6. About what would the weight be
for 4 onions and a potato?
7. About what would the weight be
for 3 peppers and 3 carrots?
8. How much heavier is a potato than a carrot?
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Volume
Now, be good
and take your
medicine!
1. A bottle of medicine holds 45 ml.
A spoon holds 5 ml.
How many spoonfuls are in the bottle?
2. Another bottle of medicine holds 60 ml.
A spoon holds 5 ml.
How many spoonfuls are in the bottle?
3. A jug holds 500 ml of water.
A cup holds 50 ml.
How many cups can be filled by the jug?
4. A jug holds 800 ml of water.
A cup holds 50 ml.
How many cups can be filled by the jug?
5. A regular milkshake is 50 ml.
A large milkshake is 90 ml.
How much bigger is the large shake?
6. If the regular milkshake was 75p
and the large milkshake was £1.50,
which would be better value?
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Volume
A spoonful of sugar
helps the medicine go
down......
1. A bottle of medicine holds 35 ml.
A spoon holds 5 ml.
How many spoonfuls are in the bottle?
2. Another bottle of medicine holds 80 ml.
A spoon holds 5 ml.
How many spoonfuls are in the bottle?
3. A jug holds 400 ml of water.
A cup holds 50 ml.
How many cups can be filled by the jug?
4. A jug holds 600 ml of water.
A cup holds 50 ml.
How many cups can be filled by the jug?
5. A regular milkshake is 50 ml.
A large milkshake is 110 ml.
How much bigger is the large shake?
6. If the regular milkshake was 60p
and the large milkshake was £1.20,
which would be better value?
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