Word problems

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

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

2. A school has 36 boys and 12 girls. They sit 4 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

3. A pen costs Rs. 10 and a book costs Rs. 53. What is the cost of 3 pens and 5 books?

4. A rectangular garden is 37 m long and 16 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

5. There are 9 packets with 10 biscuits in each. 43 biscuits are eaten. How many are left?

6. A school has 21 boys and 6 girls. They sit 3 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

7. A pen costs Rs. 21 and a book costs Rs. 34. What is the cost of 6 pens and 5 books?

8. A car travels at 66 km per hour for 7 hours. How far does it travel in km?

9. A pen costs Rs. 8 and a book costs Rs. 41. What is the cost of 4 pens and 4 books?

10. A school has 28 boys and 8 girls. They sit 4 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

11. A school has 16 boys and 32 girls. They sit 4 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

12. The length of a rectangle is 18 cm and its breadth is 14 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

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

14. A school has 14 boys and 16 girls. They sit 2 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

15. A shop had 143 pencils. It sold 11 in the morning and 20 in the evening. How many pencils are left?

16. A pen costs Rs. 23 and a book costs Rs. 58. What is the cost of 7 pens and 4 books?

17. The length of a rectangle is 34 cm and its breadth is 33 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

18. A rectangular garden is 36 m long and 29 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

19. A pen costs Rs. 25 and a book costs Rs. 62. What is the cost of 6 pens and 5 books?

20. A shop had 85 balloons. It sold 35 in the morning and 25 in the evening. How many balloons are left?

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