Word problems

Read each problem carefully and write the answer with its unit.

1. A school has 30 boys and 12 girls. They sit 6 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

2. A pen costs Rs. 6 and a book costs Rs. 85. What is the cost of 4 pens and 2 books?

3. A rectangular garden is 30 m long and 5 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

4. A shop had 124 balloons. It sold 21 in the morning and 31 in the evening. How many balloons are left?

5. A school has 4 boys and 16 girls. They sit 2 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

6. A school has 18 boys and 14 girls. They sit 2 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

7. A school has 35 boys and 10 girls. They sit 5 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

8. The length of a rectangle is 30 cm and its breadth is 10 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

9. A car travels at 32 km per hour for 4 hours. How far does it travel in km?

10. A pen costs Rs. 22 and a book costs Rs. 62. What is the cost of 4 pens and 4 books?

11. A rectangular garden is 29 m long and 14 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

12. A shop had 183 stickers. It sold 37 in the morning and 37 in the evening. How many stickers are left?

13. A school has 12 boys and 18 girls. They sit 3 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

14. The length of a rectangle is 12 cm and its breadth is 5 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

15. A car travels at 53 km per hour for 4 hours. How far does it travel in km?

16. Dev buys 2 toys at Rs. 18 each and pays with a Rs. 500 note. How much change is returned?

17. There are 7 packets with 12 biscuits in each. 76 biscuits are eaten. How many are left?

18. A shop had 127 pencils. It sold 32 in the morning and 28 in the evening. How many pencils are left?

19. A school has 20 boys and 30 girls. They sit 5 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

20. A car travels at 50 km per hour for 5 hours. How far does it travel in km?

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