Word Problems

Word Problems

1.  Write a number that is less than 700, greater than 600 and has

      0 tens.

2.   How many multiples of 10 are there from 245 to 375?

3.   How many times would the digit 5 be printed in writing the

      numbers 1 to 250?

4.   How many different ways can you show $13.35 using loonies,

      quarters, dimes and pennies?

5.   Which number is closest to 79 879?

      a) 79 989        b) 79 889     c) 99 879     d) 69 879

6)   Round the number to the nearest 100.  – 13,764

7)   Find two numbers, whose difference is 585.  Now find three

       other pairs of numbers whose difference is 585?

8)   Find two numbers whose sum is 946.  Now find three other

       pairs of numbers whose sum is 946?

9)   Jacob delivered 465 flyers.  He has 535 more to deliver.  

      How many flyers did he start with?

10)  Flora signed 538 letters on the weekend and 916 letters during

       the week.  How many did she sign altogether?

11)  Ryan delivered 8786 posters.  Sheree delivered 6394.  Who

        delivered more posters?  How many more?

12)  Katie has 500 invitations to send.  She has sent 388.  How

        many more does she have to send?

13)  A bottle of juice holds enough to fill six glasses.  How many

       bottles would be needed to serve 25 people?

14)  Which number is closest to 4000?

        a) 498      b) 4098     c) 3098      d) 3980     e) 4350

15)  Complete the patterns…………..

        a) 0, 4, 8, 12, --------------------- , 40

        b) 0, 9, 18, 27, -------------------- , 90

        c) 30, 27, 24, 21, ------------------- , 0

        d) 70, 63, 56, 49, ------------------- , 0

16)  Add the following –

      a) 5039 + 7393   b) 2500 + 2948   c) 9983 + 3944   

      d) 3049 + 3093

17)  The school library has 8,096 books.  The same amount of

        books is stored along each of the 4 walls.  How many books

        are along each wall?

18)  There are 7 boxes on a truck.  Each box weighs 650 kilograms. 

        What is the weight of all the boxes?

19)  Miss. Brown travels 1025 kilometers each week.  How many

        kilometers will she travel in 7 weeks?

20)  The seating capacity of a sports arena is 7,560.  The seats are

        arranged in 6 sections of the same size.  How many seats are

        there in each section?

21)  Charles worked 80 problems in 5 days.  He worked the same

        number of problems each day.  How many problems did he

        work each day?

22)  There are 9 rows of tiles on a floor.  There are 18 tiles in each

        row.  How many tiles are there on the floor?

23)  An 8 – story apartment building is 112 feet high.  Each story is

        the same height.  What is the height of each story?

24)  A sheet of plywood weighs 21 kilograms.  What would be the

        weight of 8 sheets?

25)  A company made 4,325 cars in 5 days.  The same number

       of cars was made each day.  How many cars were made

       each day?