Word problems

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

1. A rectangular garden is 30 m long and 26 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

2. A school has 21 boys and 12 girls. They sit 3 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

3. A pen costs Rs. 25 and a book costs Rs. 49. What is the cost of 3 pens and 4 books?

4. A pen costs Rs. 21 and a book costs Rs. 72. What is the cost of 8 pens and 3 books?

5. The length of a rectangle is 30 cm and its breadth is 18 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

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

7. Priya buys 2 toys at Rs. 55 each and pays with a Rs. 500 note. How much change is returned?

8. A rectangular garden is 12 m long and 8 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

9. A school has 30 boys and 45 girls. They sit 5 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

10. A car travels at 65 km per hour for 4 hours. How far does it travel in km?

11. A pen costs Rs. 10 and a book costs Rs. 79. What is the cost of 3 pens and 4 books?

12. There are 5 packets with 10 biscuits in each. 40 biscuits are eaten. How many are left?

13. There are 3 packets with 9 biscuits in each. 11 biscuits are eaten. How many are left?

14. A rectangular garden is 27 m long and 16 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

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

16. The length of a rectangle is 30 cm and its breadth is 24 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

17. Diya buys 5 toys at Rs. 53 each and pays with a Rs. 500 note. How much change is returned?

18. There are 3 packets with 10 biscuits in each. 21 biscuits are eaten. How many are left?

19. A shop had 160 pencils. It sold 31 in the morning and 10 in the evening. How many pencils are left?

20. A shop had 147 balloons. It sold 16 in the morning and 14 in the evening. How many balloons are left?

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