Maths Reflection

Here is my Week Five word problems. They were easy questions but the ones I got stuck on were Tuesdays question until I got a bit of help from my Mum.  Here are my word Problems!

Word Problems

Term 1 Wk 5

-check all the way to the bottom of the page, altogether there are 15 word problems for the week.

-Remember to also SMURF this please and put into your numeracy folder.

Monday

1. Peter buys a t-shirt for $14.75. He pays with a $20 note. How much change should he receive? $5.25
2. Alison buys a carton of milk for $3.99 and a loaf of bread for $2.89. How much does she spend altogether? $6.88
3. Alex’s dad spends $3.75 every day for a cup of coffee. How much does Alex’s dad spend on coffee every week? $26.25
4. Hannah spends $8.32 buying four identical packets of biscuits. How much does each packet of biscuit cost? $2.08
5. Josh buys a ruler for $3.25, a pencil case for $4.99 and a pen for $9.50. How much does he spend altogether? $17.74
6. Jacob buys his lunch every day at school. He spends $4.50 on Mondays and Wednesdays and $5.40 on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. How much does Jacob spend on lunches every week? $25.20

Tuesday

The table below gives distances, in kilometres, between various towns.

	Sandersville	Baytown	Easton	Wingham
Sandersville	-	45km	63km	28km
Baytown	45km	-	96km	56km
Easton	63km	96km	-	78km
Wingham	28km	56km	78km	-

1. If you travel from Sandersville to Easton vis WIngham, how long is your journey? 45+63+28+28=164km

2. How much farther is it from Easton to Baytown than from Easton to Sandersville? 96-63=33km

3. Sarah lives in WIngham and works in Sandersville. She makes the journey from home to work and back five days a week. How far does she travel each week? 28x2x5=280km

4. David is travelling from Baytown to Easton. He wants to take a break when he has driven one third of the total distance. How far must he drive before taking his break? 96/3=32km

Wednesday

The students at Pine Grove School have taken part in a sponsored walk to raise money for their favourite charities.

1. Room 1 raised a total of $63.12. They want to divide it equally between four charities. How much will they give to each charity? $15.78
2. Room 2 raised a total of $66.45. They want to divide it equally between three charities. How much will they give to each charity? $22.15
3. Room 3 raised a total of $71.05. They want to divide it equally between five charities. How much will they give to each charity? $14.24
4. Room 4 raised a total of $97.50. They want to divide it equally between six charities. How much will they give to each charity? $16.25
5. Room 5 raised a total of $156.80. They want to divide it equally between four charities. How much will they give to each charity? $39.02