Word problems

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

1. A school has 40 boys and 10 girls. They sit 5 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

2. The length of a rectangle is 26 cm and its breadth is 4 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

3. A school has 21 boys and 9 girls. They sit 3 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

4. A shop had 92 balloons. It sold 10 in the morning and 30 in the evening. How many balloons are left?

5. A pen costs Rs. 6 and a book costs Rs. 32. What is the cost of 7 pens and 4 books?

6. A shop had 139 pencils. It sold 24 in the morning and 36 in the evening. How many pencils are left?

7. A rectangular garden is 19 m long and 4 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

8. A pen costs Rs. 19 and a book costs Rs. 70. What is the cost of 5 pens and 3 books?

9. A pen costs Rs. 12 and a book costs Rs. 78. What is the cost of 8 pens and 4 books?

10. A school has 36 boys and 16 girls. They sit 4 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

11. A pen costs Rs. 12 and a book costs Rs. 67. What is the cost of 4 pens and 3 books?

12. The length of a rectangle is 27 cm and its breadth is 5 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

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

14. A shop had 97 apples. It sold 33 in the morning and 35 in the evening. How many apples are left?

15. The length of a rectangle is 11 cm and its breadth is 4 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

16. A shop had 196 pencils. It sold 33 in the morning and 17 in the evening. How many pencils are left?

17. A rectangular garden is 35 m long and 10 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

18. Dev buys 3 toys at Rs. 57 each and pays with a Rs. 500 note. How much change is returned?

19. A pen costs Rs. 24 and a book costs Rs. 84. What is the cost of 8 pens and 2 books?

20. Ananya buys 2 toys at Rs. 12 each and pays with a Rs. 500 note. How much change is returned?

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