Word Problems Round 3

1. Here is a wall, viewed from above. The blocks are identical. What is the area inside the wall?

2. Look carefully at this shape. What fraction has been shaded red?

3. Here are two identical shaded triangles on coordinate axes. (0,8) (3,8) What are the coordinates of A and B? A (9, 0) B

4. Maria has three number cards.d One of the cards has a value of 35 The other cards have a smaller value. When you add the cards you get. What is the value of each card? + = 62 + = 38 + = 46

5. Alex had a bag of sweets. He ate the same number of sweets each day. After 2 days he had 5/6 of the sweets left. After another 4 days he has 15 left. How many sweets were in the bag?

6. Each shape represents a number. The total of each row and column is written at the end. What number is represented by the question mark?

7. A square floor tile measures 30cm by 30cm. A rectangular tile is 4 cm longer and 3 cm narrower than the square tile. What is the difference in area between the two tiles. 30cm 30cm

8. Write the missing numerator in each box 1 10 2 5 3 20 2 - 2 + 4 1 3

9. In the table you can see the start of a number pattern 9. In the table you can see the start of a number pattern. What number should be in the cell which is in the 8th row and the 9th column? 3 8 13 18 23   7 12 17 22 11 16 21 15 20 19

10. Georgina has a tin of paint. The tin is ½ full and weighs 5.8kg. She paints a wall in her garden. The tin is now 1/3 full and weights 4.4kg How much does the empty tin weigh?

That is the end of Round 3… 1 member of each team please give your team’s answer sheet to the marker. You now have 10 minutes to finish answering the puzzles before the end of the competition. Each correctly completed puzzle will earn your team an extra 3 points. The Sudoku puzzle is worth 6 points.