Word problems

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

1. A school has 36 boys and 42 girls. They sit 6 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

2. A rectangular garden is 13 m long and 8 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

3. A school has 9 boys and 12 girls. They sit 3 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

4. A rectangular garden is 8 m long and 5 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

5. A rectangular garden is 20 m long and 4 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

6. A pen costs Rs. 16 and a book costs Rs. 87. What is the cost of 5 pens and 4 books?

7. There are 8 packets with 11 biscuits in each. 44 biscuits are eaten. How many are left?

8. There are 3 packets with 8 biscuits in each. 10 biscuits are eaten. How many are left?

9. A pen costs Rs. 22 and a book costs Rs. 47. What is the cost of 7 pens and 3 books?

10. Meera buys 2 toys at Rs. 51 each and pays with a Rs. 500 note. How much change is returned?

11. A rectangular garden is 35 m long and 9 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

12. A car travels at 32 km per hour for 5 hours. How far does it travel in km?

13. Diya buys 6 toys at Rs. 12 each and pays with a Rs. 500 note. How much change is returned?

14. The length of a rectangle is 13 cm and its breadth is 11 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

15. A rectangular garden is 37 m long and 18 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

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

17. A shop had 121 balloons. It sold 29 in the morning and 38 in the evening. How many balloons are left?

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

19. There are 5 packets with 10 biscuits in each. 25 biscuits are eaten. How many are left?

20. The length of a rectangle is 15 cm and its breadth is 10 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

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