Word problems

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

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

2. A school has 36 boys and 12 girls. They sit 6 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

3. A rectangular garden is 36 m long and 31 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

4. A pen costs Rs. 18 and a book costs Rs. 71. What is the cost of 6 pens and 5 books?

5. A shop had 193 balloons. It sold 38 in the morning and 29 in the evening. How many balloons are left?

6. A pen costs Rs. 23 and a book costs Rs. 87. What is the cost of 5 pens and 5 books?

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

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

9. A pen costs Rs. 8 and a book costs Rs. 40. What is the cost of 8 pens and 5 books?

10. The length of a rectangle is 23 cm and its breadth is 4 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

11. A pen costs Rs. 5 and a book costs Rs. 51. What is the cost of 4 pens and 2 books?

12. A pen costs Rs. 5 and a book costs Rs. 37. What is the cost of 7 pens and 2 books?

13. A car travels at 80 km per hour for 3 hours. How far does it travel in km?

14. Rohan buys 2 toys at Rs. 15 each and pays with a Rs. 500 note. How much change is returned?

15. The length of a rectangle is 33 cm and its breadth is 20 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

16. A rectangular garden is 28 m long and 11 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

17. Vikram buys 4 toys at Rs. 14 each and pays with a Rs. 500 note. How much change is returned?

18. There are 7 packets with 11 biscuits in each. 63 biscuits are eaten. How many are left?

19. A shop had 106 books. It sold 33 in the morning and 26 in the evening. How many books are left?

20. A shop had 196 mangoes. It sold 22 in the morning and 32 in the evening. How many mangoes are left?

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