Word problems

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

1. A rectangular garden is 13 m long and 7 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

2. A shop had 125 pencils. It sold 12 in the morning and 22 in the evening. How many pencils are left?

3. A rectangular garden is 21 m long and 14 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

4. A car travels at 81 km per hour for 5 hours. How far does it travel in km?

5. Vikram buys 3 toys at Rs. 24 each and pays with a Rs. 500 note. How much change is returned?

6. A pen costs Rs. 24 and a book costs Rs. 68. What is the cost of 2 pens and 3 books?

7. A school has 40 boys and 35 girls. They sit 5 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

8. The length of a rectangle is 17 cm and its breadth is 13 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

9. A school has 20 boys and 32 girls. They sit 4 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

10. A shop had 177 books. It sold 24 in the morning and 37 in the evening. How many books are left?

11. A rectangular garden is 28 m long and 7 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

12. There are 3 packets with 5 biscuits in each. 8 biscuits are eaten. How many are left?

13. The length of a rectangle is 34 cm and its breadth is 9 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

14. A school has 42 boys and 54 girls. They sit 6 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

15. Kabir buys 5 toys at Rs. 25 each and pays with a Rs. 500 note. How much change is returned?

16. A pen costs Rs. 20 and a book costs Rs. 58. What is the cost of 6 pens and 5 books?

17. The length of a rectangle is 8 cm and its breadth is 4 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

18. A school has 12 boys and 21 girls. They sit 3 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

19. A rectangular garden is 29 m long and 24 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

20. There are 8 packets with 12 biscuits in each. 79 biscuits are eaten. How many are left?

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