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1. When Felix divided the bag of coffee beans into 6 kg bags, he
ended up with 8 bags. How much was there to start with?
2. Liam and Stacey have a job picking berries. Liam is paid $4 for
every bucketful. If he was paid $48, how many bucketfuls did he
collect?
3. What number am I thinking of? "l am a 2-digit number. If you
double me and subtract 8, the answer is 16."
4. At the end of the home and away season Mill Park won 5
games. Greensborough won twice as many as Mill Park but
only half as many as Research. Box Hill failed to win any
games this season. How many games did Research win this
season?
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5. Davis has 5 pieces of rope, each 1.4 metres long. If he joins
them to become one long piece, how long will it be?
6. At the school long jump, Jasper jumped 4.4 m and Max
jumped 3.9 m. How much further did Jasper jump than Max?
7. From her purse, Gina spent $8 on a magazine and lollies Her dad
then gave her $10 pocket money. Gina now has $13. How much
did Gina have before her spending any?
8. Jack is building a fence. The distance between each post is 2
metres he uses 10 posts, how long is the fence?
9. 49 people were standing in line waiting to catch taxis. Each taxi
can take 3 passengers What is the least number of taxis needed
to transport all these people?
10.Tina is building a fence which is 22 metres long. If the posts are
put in every 2 metres how many posts will she need?
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11.There were bicycles and tricycles in the back yard. I counted a
total of 13 wheels on 5 vehicles. How many of each were in the
back yard?
12.A carpenter requires lengths of timber 1.4 m, 1.3 m, 4.5 m and
0.6 m. What is the total length of the timber he needs?
13.A stack of books weighs 2.7 kg. How much would 8 similar stacks
weigh altogether?
14.James weighed 54.5 kg. His weight increased by 4.4 kg over the
holidays. How much does he weigh now?
15.Alice spent $9.15 on bus and train fares to the city. How much
was the bus fare if the train fare was $5.40?
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16.A piece of timber 36 metres long was cut into thirds. What was
the length of each piece?
17.The length of timber measures 9.6 metres. It is cut into
quarters. What is the length of each half?
18.Four girls decided to make a dress each. Each bought 3 metres
of material at $5 per metre. How much did they spend
altogether?
19.What is my change from $40 after buying 2 soaps for $4.95
each, shampoo for $12.45?
20.Brad planted a tree 5 years ago. It was only 30 cm tall when he
planted it. It grew 0.5 metres each year. How tall is it now?
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21.If I take 8 from a number then add 6 and the answer is 14 times
4, what was the original number?
22.In the paddock I counted 40 animals. They were sheep and
cattle. There were 8 more sheep than cattle. How many animals
were in the paddock?
23.Trees are planted in rows. If there are 15 rows, each with 14
trees how many trees are there altogether?
24.I thought of a number then added 5. Then I subtracted 7. My
answer is 34. What was the number 1 first thought of?
25.There are 738 seats arranged in 9 rows in the school hall. How
many seats are in each row?
26.Tom had $24. He kept 3 quarters and spent the rest. How much
did he keep?
27.The length of my step is 0.9 metres. What distance will I travel if
I take 15 steps?
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28.My car can travel 8 km per litre of fuel. Estimate the amount of
fuel I used travelling 200 km down the coast.
29.Tanya goes up 2 steps, back one, up 2, back one. There are 8
steps in total. How many times will she repeat this until her
feet are on the top step?
30.What was the average attendance at the tennis Centre during
the week if 64 people played on Monday, 59 on Tuesday, 106 on
Wednesday, 111 on Thursday and 96 on Friday?
31.A farmer produced 10 616 litres of grape juice in January, 10 002
litres in February, 15 316 in March and 14 606 in April. How
many 10 litre containers are required to store the juice?
32.What would be the weekly wage bill at the shop? The manager
gets $410.80, the 2 hairdressers $360 each and the apprentice
$189.20
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33.Jacqui's record on her computer game is 120. If she improved
her score by half again what is her new record?
34.James travels a total distance of 240 km to and from work over 5
days. Estimate how far James lives from his work ?
35.How much has Finn saved if he has deposited these amounts in
his bank account so far: $178, $89, $206 and $3677
36.The restaurant bill of $364 was shared evenly among 4 people.
How much did each person pay?
37.Hamburgers are $12.20, with egg they are an extra 70c, how
much would 5 hamburgers cost if 3 had eggs?
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38.A carpenter has a length of timber 860 cm long. If he cuts it in
half, what will be the length of each piece?
39.Cooper drove 38 km on his 1st trip, 49 km on his 2nd trip, 42 km
on his 3rd and 63 km on his final trip. How far did he travel
altogether?
40.Riley's step is 87 cm and Violet's step is 76 cm. How far apart
will they be after 200 steps?
41.How many kilometres does Gabby swim each week if she
swims 60 laps of the 50 m pool every day?
42.What is the length of the school basketball court if its perimeter
is 130 metres, and its width is 20 metres?
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43.Nanna gave each of the 5 children an envelope containing
money. What was each share if the total amount she gave away
was $49?
44.The length of my step is 0.9 metres. What distance will I travel if
I take 5 steps?
45.Brad planted a tree 5 years ago. It was only 0.3m tall when he
planted it. It grew 0.7 metres each year. How tallis it now?
46.What is the average height of the 3 boys if Jude is 154 cm tall,
Tom is 149 cm and Max is 147 cm?
47.A wall is 6 metres long. How many chairs, each 60 cm wide can I
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place side-by-side along this wall?
48.A car travels 8.9 km per litre of petrol. How far will it travel on 10
litres?
49.What was the total attendance at the tennis centre during the
week if 65 people played on Monday, 59 on Tuesday, 106 on
Wednesday, 115 on Thursday and 95 on Friday?
50.What was the average attendance at the tennis centre during
the week if 65 people played on Monday, 59 on Tuesday, 106 on
Wednesday, 115 on Thursday and 95 on Friday?
51.Liam and Stacey have a job picking berries. Liam is paid $4 for
every bucketful. If he was paid $116, how many bucketfuls did he
collect?
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52.James travels a total distance of 240 km to and from work over 5
days. Estimate how far James lives from his work?
53.What is my change from $50 after buying soap for $4.95,
shampoo for $12.45 and baby oil for $8.70?
54.The ferry across the river can take 8 vehicles at a time. There is a
line of 27 vehicles waiting to cross To clear the line of cars, the
ferry will have to make how many trips?
55.This number has two digits. When the digits are added the total
is 9. When the two digits are taken away from each other the
difference is 3. This number is bigger than 50 but less than 100.
What is the number?
56.This number is greater than 20 but less than 50. When the two
digits are added the total is 9. When the digits are multiplied the
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answer is a score (Do you remember the value of one score?)
Here is a grid for you to work on.
57.Use only 'gold coins in any combination to make up $10.
58.1. The total age of Marcia and her father is 38 years. When you
take Marcia's age from her father's age, the difference is a score
of years. How old are Marcia and her father?
59.Karen was born in a month which ends with the letter R. This
month's name has a total of 7 letters. In which month was she
born?
60.There are 50 cent and one dollar coins in my pocket. There is
double the number of 50 cent coins than one dollar coins. The
total value of all the coins
61.There was some flour in the canister. Mum used 2 kg making
scones. When she went shopping, Mum bought 4 kg of flour
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which she added to the canister. The canister now has 5 kg of
flour in it. How much flour was in the canister before Mum made
the scones? James travels a total distance of 240 km to and from
work over 5 days. Estimate how far James lives from his work
