Word problems

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

1. A school has 20 boys and 10 girls. They sit 5 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

2. A pen costs Rs. 25 and a book costs Rs. 84. What is the cost of 4 pens and 2 books?

3. A rectangular garden is 30 m long and 27 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

4. There are 5 packets with 8 biscuits in each. 24 biscuits are eaten. How many are left?

5. A shop had 161 stamps. It sold 17 in the morning and 29 in the evening. How many stamps are left?

6. A school has 12 boys and 12 girls. They sit 2 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

7. There are 4 packets with 12 biscuits in each. 6 biscuits are eaten. How many are left?

8. A rectangular garden is 15 m long and 9 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

9. A shop had 69 mangoes. It sold 21 in the morning and 15 in the evening. How many mangoes are left?

10. The length of a rectangle is 36 cm and its breadth is 26 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

11. A rectangular garden is 23 m long and 11 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

12. A car travels at 72 km per hour for 8 hours. How far does it travel in km?

13. There are 8 packets with 5 biscuits in each. 15 biscuits are eaten. How many are left?

14. There are 7 packets with 9 biscuits in each. 40 biscuits are eaten. How many are left?

15. The length of a rectangle is 23 cm and its breadth is 17 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

16. A pen costs Rs. 8 and a book costs Rs. 42. What is the cost of 2 pens and 5 books?

17. A shop had 139 apples. It sold 40 in the morning and 14 in the evening. How many apples are left?

18. The length of a rectangle is 25 cm and its breadth is 21 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

19. Tara buys 6 toys at Rs. 40 each and pays with a Rs. 500 note. How much change is returned?

20. A car travels at 34 km per hour for 2 hours. How far does it travel in km?

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