Word problems

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

1. A rectangular garden is 32 m long and 11 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

2. The length of a rectangle is 28 cm and its breadth is 15 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

3. A car travels at 85 km per hour for 6 hours. How far does it travel in km?

4. A school has 12 boys and 27 girls. They sit 3 to a bench. How many benches are needed?

5. A rectangular garden is 16 m long and 5 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

6. A pen costs Rs. 20 and a book costs Rs. 39. What is the cost of 8 pens and 3 books?

7. A pen costs Rs. 21 and a book costs Rs. 90. What is the cost of 7 pens and 5 books?

8. A shop had 194 stickers. It sold 17 in the morning and 11 in the evening. How many stickers are left?

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

10. A pen costs Rs. 13 and a book costs Rs. 69. What is the cost of 4 pens and 2 books?

11. There are 3 packets with 12 biscuits in each. 9 biscuits are eaten. How many are left?

12. The length of a rectangle is 29 cm and its breadth is 25 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

13. A pen costs Rs. 18 and a book costs Rs. 57. What is the cost of 3 pens and 5 books?

14. A shop had 108 balloons. It sold 11 in the morning and 17 in the evening. How many balloons are left?

15. A car travels at 83 km per hour for 8 hours. How far does it travel in km?

16. A rectangular garden is 34 m long and 27 m wide. What is its area in square metres?

17. The length of a rectangle is 40 cm and its breadth is 16 cm. What is its perimeter in cm?

18. Aarav buys 6 toys at Rs. 29 each and pays with a Rs. 500 note. How much change is returned?

19. There are 4 packets with 8 biscuits in each. 6 biscuits are eaten. How many are left?

20. A shop had 182 balloons. It sold 40 in the morning and 14 in the evening. How many balloons are left?

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