Word problems 2015

Kuraia 27/07/15

Word problems

WALT - write a word problem from a given number sentence then solve the problem .

• Mary saw 341 people at the mall in the morning . Then when she went back to the mall she saw 297 people at the mall . How much people left the mall ?

341- 297 = 44 People left the mall

340 - 290 = 50

50 - 7 = 43 + 1 = 44 people left the mall ✔

• Kate saved up 224 dollars . The one year later she saved up 977 dollars . How much money does she have altogether ?

224 + 977 = 1201 dollars kate has altogether

200 + 900 = 1100

20 + 70 = 90

4 + 7 = 11

1100 + 90 = 1190 + 11 = 1201 dollars kate has altogether ✔

• Billy had 28 marbles . She had to put them separately into 7 boxes . How much marbles will go in each box ?

28 7 = 4 because 4 x 7 = 28

A = 4 marbles in each box ✔

• Mele had 10 boxes filled with 12 papers in each box . How much papers does she have altogether ?

12 x 10 = 120 papers altogether

10 x 10 = 100

2 x 10 = 20

100 + 20 = 120 papers altogether  ✔

• Charlotte bough 34 lollies to share between her 2 brothers . So charlotte decided to give them the same amount of lollies . How much lollies will her brothers each get .  

½ of 34 = 17 lollies each

½ of 30 = 15

½ of 4 = 2

So then 15 + 2 = 17  lollies each ✔

Word problem 2015

NAME:Kuraia            Date : 18/05/15

WALT:  Use times five facts to work out times six, seven, and four facts (using the distributive property)

Each child has 5 tickets. If there are 6 children, how many tickets are there in            total?           5 groups of 5 = 25 so 5 groups of 6 = 25 + 5 = 30 tickets    ✔           5x5 = 25 so 5 x 6 = 25 + 5 = 30 tickets                  Each banana costs $9.00. How much do 4 bananas cost?            4 x 9 = 36 Dollars   ✔            5 x 9 = 45            45 - 9 = 36  Dollars           Larry went to the store 5 times last month. He buys 7 Skittles each time he           goes to the store. How many Skittles did Larry buy last month?           7 x 5 = 35 Skittles   ✔           5 x 5 = 25           25 + 5 + 5 = 35 Skittles           George went to the store 4 times last month. He buys 12 blocks each time            he goes to the store. How many blocks did George buy last month?            4 x 12 = 48 Blocks  ✔            5 x 12 = 60            60 - 12 = 48 Blocks             Jane went to the store 8 times last month. She buys 6 marbles each time             she goes to the store. How many marbles did Jane buy last month?            8 x 6 = 48 Marbles   ✔            5 x 6 = 30            30 + 6 + 6 = 42 + 6 = 48 Marbles                 Each apple costs $3.00. How much do 9 apples cost?              3 x 9 = 27 Dollars  ✔              5 x 9 = 45              45 - 9 = 36 - 9 = 27  Dollars             Bobby has 8 boxes of marbles. Each box holds 9 marbles. How many             marbles does Bobby have?             8 x 9 = 72 Marbles   ✔             5 x 9 = 45             45 + 9 = 54 + 9 =  63 + 9 = 72 Marbles