6 Red Maths word problems

I binge watched 3 movies on Netflix, which altogether took 3 hours 77 minutes.

The first movie was 1 hour 42 minutes.

The next movie was 1 hour 15 minutes.

How long was the last movie?

(a)  

I went to a tennis tournament with my family. Adult tickets were $24. Kids were $10 but on this day were discounted by 20%.

How much for the family of 2 adults and 2 kids?

(a)  

If you ran 5km on an Oz Tag field, then ran another 13km, how much did you run in total?

• 17km

• 18km

• 19km

• 20km

Nicole bought 100 books at a sale. She bought another 21 books.

She then sold 72 of them.

How many books did she have left?

(a)  

In a game of football, Jack scored 3 tries and 2 conversions. A try is worth 4 points, and a conversion is 2 points.

How many points did Jack score?

• 12 points

• 14 points

• 16 points

• 17 points

Jim went to the Surf Shop and bought 60 surfboards. He shared them equally between his 10 friends. How many surfboards did each friend receive?

(a)  

Jimmy read 9 books in one week. The first day he read 2 books, on the next 5 days he read one book each day.

How many did Jimmy read on the last day?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• none

I had 2 hot dogs. My greedy friend had 3. How many did we eat altogether?

(a)  

At swimming training we swam 3 laps of the 50m pool. How many metres did we swim?

(a)  

On Monday and Tuesday I read for 50 minutes each night. On Wednesday and Thursday I read 40 minutes in total.

How much did I read altogether?

• 2 hours 10 minute

• 2 hours 20 minutes

• 1 and a half hours

• 2 hours