Week 9 word problems

This week in maths we got word problems to complete. There are 12 questions. They have not been marked yet but here they are.

Word Problems 

Term 3 Wk 9

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1. Mr B plants 24 rows of 8 cabbages. How many cabbages does he plant altogether? 192

2. Mrs O decorates 10 pavlovas. For each pav she needs 2 kiwifruit and 8 strawberries. How much fruit does Mrs O need altogether?  20 kiwifruit and 80 strawberries and 100 altogether 

3. In the garden there are 36 ripe strawberries ready.

a.) ⅓ of the strawberries are eaten by the birds. How many strawberries do the birds eat? 12

b.) ¼ of the strawberries were eaten by Kevin. How many did Kevin eat? 9

c.) How many strawberries were left over for Miss Hines to have?15

4. Susan is given a total of $240 for birthday money. She decides to go into town and she spends $167, how much money does Susan have left over? $73

5. Mick saves $7 of pocket money every week for a year. How much pocket money does Mick have at the end of the year? $2555

6. There is dinner at shantytown for Totara Hub. Shantytown can seat 6 children at each table, there are 72 children in Totara Hub. How many tables will Shantytown have to put out ready? 12 tables

7. At the movie theatre the moro bars cost $1.20. You need to buy 5 of them, how much will it cost? $6

8.  What is the perimeter of a table that is 26cm long and 12cm wide? 76cm

9. What is the area of a classroom that is 8m long and 5m wide? 40m2

10.  Sam is paid $6 a week in pocket money. He puts half of it into his savings account every week and $2 into a piggy bank then spends the rest. 

a.) How much does Sam have in his savings account? $3 

b.) How much is in the piggy bank? $2 

c.) How much money did Sam spend during the year? $1

11. Your orchard produces plenty of fruit this year, you have 5.6kgs of apples, 4.5kgs of pears and 2.7kgs of strawberries. How much fruit did you have altogether? 12.8kg of fruit 

12. For your birthday you get $40 from an aunty, $80 from your grandparents and $100 from your parents.  How much birthday money were you lucky enough to get?