Word problems

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

1. A school has 12 boys and 10 girls. They sit 2 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

2. A rectangular garden is 14 m long and 7 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

3. A rectangular garden is 16 m long and 5 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

4. A pen costs Rs. 5 and a book costs Rs. 87. What is the cost of 6 pens and 5 books?

5. A school has 36 boys and 32 girls. They sit 4 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

6. A pen costs Rs. 15 and a book costs Rs. 88. What is the cost of 3 pens and 5 books?

7. A rectangular garden is 10 m long and 8 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

8. A rectangular garden is 32 m long and 14 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

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

10. A car travels at 75 km per hour for 2 hours. How far does it travel in km?

11. The length of a rectangle is 15 cm and its breadth is 7 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

12. A rectangular garden is 12 m long and 6 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

13. A pen costs Rs. 14 and a book costs Rs. 53. What is the cost of 2 pens and 5 books?

14. A pen costs Rs. 6 and a book costs Rs. 67. What is the cost of 6 pens and 5 books?

15. A rectangular garden is 36 m long and 28 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

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

17. A school has 9 boys and 18 girls. They sit 3 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

18. Meera buys 5 toys at Rs. 35 each and pays with a Rs. 500 note. How much change is returned?

19. There are 7 packets with 6 biscuits in each. 13 biscuits are eaten. How many are left?

20. A shop had 169 stamps. It sold 16 in the morning and 37 in the evening. How many stamps are left?

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