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WORD PROBLEMS

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

There are 67 bird families living near the mountain. If 32 bird families flew away for winter, how many bird families were left near the mountain?

a)

31 bird families

b)

32 bird families

c)

34 bird families

d)

35 bird famiiles

2.

At the river, 25 out of 55 salmon families went to warmer waters to avoid being frozen. They had to swim 125 miles to get there! How many salmon families were left in the river?

a)

30 salmon families

b)

20 salmon families

c)

15 salmon familes

d)

10 salmon families

3.

The wolves, though accustomed to cold weather, also wanted to move away from the incoming winter. If there are 43 packs of wolves living in the forest and 31 packs went away, how many wolf packs were left in the forest?

a)

10 wolves packs

b)

15 wolves packs

c)

12 wolves packs

d)

20 wolves packs

4.

Some deer families are also moving out to avoid the shortage of grass that will result from the snow. If there are 79 deer families in the area and 45 of them stayed, how many deer families moved out?

a)

34 deer families

b)

31 deer families

c)

30 deer families

d)

29 deer families

5.

Even the chipmunks tried to get away to find other warmer places to stay. They would have to walk for 14 days to get somewhere warmer. If 21 chipmunks were left from the original 86, how many chipmunk went away?

a)

65 went away

b)

64 went away

c)

63 went away

d)

62 went away

6.

The first thing he did is to gather some materials. For the pillars, he needs two sets of wood with different lengths. If the first set of wood is 4 feet long and the second set is 5 times longer than the first set, how long is the second set of wood?

a)

18 feet long

b)

16 feet long

c)

20 feet long

d)

22 feet long

7.

Another material that he needs is rope. If he has 5 pieces of rope, each 6 feet long, and he ties them all together, how long will his rope be?

a)

20 feet long

b)

15 feet long

c)

25 feet long

d)

30 feet long

8.

For each of the 4 walls of the house, John will need 9 large planks of wood. If each plank of wood needs 8 pieces of nails to be secured, how many nails does John need for each wall of the house?

a)

70 pieces of nails

b)

72 pieces of nails

c)

60 pieces of nails

d)

55 pieces of nails

9.

The roof is 8 feet above the floor. To support it, John needs 2 sets of metal bars. If each set has 7 metal bars, how many metal bars are there in all?

a)

12 metal bars

b)

13 metal bars

c)

14 metal bars

d)

15 metal bars

10.

For the final touches, John wanted to paint the house using 3 colors. If he has 5 gallons of paint for each color, write an equation for the total number of gallons of paint he has.

a)

5 gallon of paint

b)

12 gallon of paint

c)

10 gallons of paint

d)

15 gallons of paint

11.

The junior ranger asked Christian to help him place 420 seedlings in packets. If every packet needs to contain 7 seeds, how many packets do they need?

a)

40 packets

b)

50 packets

c)

60 packets

d)

70 packets

12.

Christian’s mother prepared lemonade. Every pitcher of lemonade can fill 5 glasses. If she was able to serve 30 glasses of lemonade in 2 hours, how many pitchers of lemonade did she prepare?

a)

5 pitchers of lemonade

b)

6 pitchers of lemonade

c)

7 pitchers of lemonade

d)

8 pitchers of lemonade

13.

Christian’s father and the senior ranger gathered firewood as they walked the 5 miles towards the lake. If every sack can contain 20 pieces of wood, how many sacks were they able to fill if they gathered 80 pieces of wood?

a)

4 sacks of wood

b)

3 sacks of wood

c)

5 sacks of wood

d)

6 sacks of wood

14.

Christian and the junior ranger brought a bag of 140 nails as they visited every station assigned to the junior ranger. If they left exactly 7 nails in every station they visited, how many stations did they visit?

a)

10 stations

b)

15 stations

c)

20 stations

d)

25 stations

15.

Sunday morning was spent making wood carvings which can be sold as souvenirs to tourists. They were placed in shelves that can contain 8 wood carvings at a time. If 56 wood carvings were displayed, write an equation to determine how many shelves were filled with carvings.

a)

6 shelves

b)

7 shelves

c)

8 shelves

d)

9 shelves