Word problems

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

1. A rectangular garden is 18 m long and 14 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

2. A pen costs Rs. 9 and a book costs Rs. 78. What is the cost of 8 pens and 3 books?

3. A school has 27 boys and 6 girls. They sit 3 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

4. A shop had 174 balloons. It sold 21 in the morning and 10 in the evening. How many balloons are left?

5. A pen costs Rs. 24 and a book costs Rs. 35. What is the cost of 7 pens and 3 books?

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

7. A rectangular garden is 20 m long and 13 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

8. There are 7 packets with 5 biscuits in each. 26 biscuits are eaten. How many are left?

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

10. Neha buys 5 toys at Rs. 45 each and pays with a Rs. 500 note. How much change is returned?

11. Arjun buys 5 toys at Rs. 16 each and pays with a Rs. 500 note. How much change is returned?

12. A shop had 183 apples. It sold 15 in the morning and 39 in the evening. How many apples are left?

13. A school has 12 boys and 18 girls. They sit 2 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

14. Tara buys 6 toys at Rs. 56 each and pays with a Rs. 500 note. How much change is returned?

15. A school has 16 boys and 28 girls. They sit 4 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

16. Priya buys 5 toys at Rs. 41 each and pays with a Rs. 500 note. How much change is returned?

17. A school has 24 boys and 18 girls. They sit 6 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

18. A shop had 124 marbles. It sold 13 in the morning and 24 in the evening. How many marbles are left?

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

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

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