Algebra

1. A pack of tea bags cost £t. Anna bought 5 packs of tea bags. She bought a jar to put in the tea bags for £j. Write an expression to find the money Anna spent.

2. A car has 4 tyres. How many tyres are there in X cars?

3. There are 8 seats in a row. If there are n rows and there are 4 more seats on the stage, write an expression which shows the total number of seats.

4. A CD costs £n and a DVD costs £m. Anna buys 4 CDs and 5 DVDs. If C is the total cost of the CDs  and DVDs, write an equation to find C?

5. Sam saves £x every week for 15 weeks. He spends £35 on a toy. Write an expression to find out how much he has left.

6. Anna bought 12 tickets costing £a each and spent £b for snacks during the break. Write an expression to find the amount she spent in total.

7. Anna has £y and Sam has £5 more than Anna. Write an expression to show how much money Sam has.

8. Anna is m years old and her brother is 4 younger than her. Write an expression to show how many years old Anna's brother is.

9. Anna's mother is x years old. Anna is 8 years old. Write an expression to show how many years old Anna's mother was when Anna was born.

10. The length of a rectangle is X cm and its breadth is half of its length. What is the perimeter of the rectangle?

11. An adult ticket costs £m and  a child ticket costs a third as much as an adult ticket. What is the cost of 2 adult tickets and 6 child tickets?

12. Seven cupcakes costs £y. What is the cost of 1 cupcake?

13. Anna has a ribbon y metres long. What length of the ribbon is left after cutting 8 pieces each x metres long?

14. Anna bought a tomato plant which was 25 cm tall. It grew x cm everyday. How tall the plant would be after 5 days?

15. Anna spent £C to buy 2 cupcakes and a coffee. If the price of 1 cupcake is £A, how much did the coffee cost?

Problem Solving

1. Tom is twice as heavy as his dog. Tom's father is three times as heavy as his son. If the dog weighs 11 kg, how much do they all weigh together?

2. Anna buys a sandwich, icecream and a drink. She pays with a £10 note and gets £3.50 in change. The ice cream costs 50p more than the drink and the sandwich costs twice as much as the drink. How much does the sandwich cost?

3. A bag has £1 and 50p coins in the ratio of 2:3. If there are 25 coins in the bag, how much money is in the bag?

4. The perimeter of a rectangle is 30 cm. The length of the rectangle is twice as much as its breadth. Calculate the length and breadth of the rectangle.

5. There are twice as many adults as children in a bus. There are 60 passengers in the bus. If 4 adults and 8 children got off in the next stop, what would be the ratio of adults to children in the bus?

6. What are the two 2 digit numbers whose sum is less than 40 and  product is 288?

7. The perimeter of a square paper is 40 cm. It is cut into two rectangular halves . What is the perimeter of one rectangular half ?

Maths-Practice Question

Ex:
Eg1. To make Sandwiches for 12 people you need 2 loaves of bread. How many loaves are needed to make Sandwiches for 18 people.
 
   2 loaves = 12 people
   1 loaf    =   6 people

x3( 6 people  = 1 loaf
      18 people = 3 loaves)

3 loaves required to make Sandwiches for 18 people.

1. To make 6 cups of squash, you need to use 1500 ml of water. How many ml of water is needed to make 15 cups of squash ?

2. You need 300g of flour to make 12 cookies. How much flour is needed to make 30 cookies?

3. Yo need 500g of sugar to make 15 cookies. How much sugar is needed to make 24 cookies?

4. Anna takes 45 minutes to walk 3 km. How long will she take to walk 30 km?

5. Sam takes 2 hours to clean 4 rooms. How many rooms will he clean in 5 hours?

6. Yo need 600g cheese to make 4 pizzas. How much cheese is needed to make 10 pizzas?

Percentage change word problems

1. A bag costs £110. It's price is reduced by 15%. what is the sale price of the bag?

Word Problems 05/01/15

1. A pack of 4 pencils costs 80p. What is the cost of 17 pencils?

2. A pack of 3 donuts costs 75p. What is the cost of 20 donuts?

3. A pack of 6 pens costs £3.00. What is the cost of 20 pens?

4. A pack of 8 crayons costs £3.60. What is the cost of 25 crayons?

5. A pack of 10 lollipops costs £2.20. What is the cost of 50 lollipops?

6. A pack of 5 cupcakes costs £3.85. What is the cost of 12 cupcakes?

7. A pack of 4 cakes costs £1.52. What is the cost of 15 cakes?

8. A pack of 12 markers costs £1.32. What is the cost of 100 markers?

9. A pack of 15 pencils costs £1.80. What is the cost of 100 pencils?

10. A pack of 25 candles costs £3.00. What is the cost of 60 candles?

11. A pack of 4 lollipops costs £1.12. How many lollipops can be bought for £3.00?

12. A pack of 5 donuts costs £1.60. How many donuts can be bought for £5.00?

13. A pack of 6 pencils costs £3.90. How many pencils can be bought for £10.00?

14. A pack of 8 cupcakes costs £6.00. How many cupcakes can be bought for £10.00?

15. A pack of 3 cakes costs £4.20. How many cakes can be bought for £7.00?

16. A pack of 12 crayons costs £1.80. How many crayons can be bought for £15.00?

17. A pack of 5 erasers costs £1.20. How many erasers can be bought for £6.00?

18. A pack of 20 disposable cups costs 99p. How many cups can be bought for £10?

19. A pack of 15 paper plates costs 99p. How many paper plates can be bought for £10?

20. A pack of 50 straws 49p. How many straws can be bought for £10?