Word Problems

Challenge #1 Hamlet ordered 9 pizzas. Each pizza costs $13.95. How much does he need to pay?

Challenge #2 A broken scale is used to measure the height of the plant. The length of the broken scale is 12 cm. The height of the plant is 14.15 times greater than the broken scale. What is the height of the plant?

Challenge #3 The height and volume of a rectangular box is one inch and 56.23 inch3 respectively. What is the volume of the box if the height is increased to 13 inches?

Challenge #4 David and Dora are close friends studying in the same school. David’s home is 6.87 miles away from school. Dora’s home is 7 times as far as David’s home from school. Find the distance between Dora’s school and her home.

Challenge #5 School lunches cost $14.50 per week. About how much would 15.5 weeks of lunches cost?

Challenge #6 A student earns $11.75 per hour for gardening. If she worked 21 hours this month, then how much did she earn?

Challenge #7 Estimate the amount of money you need to pay for a tank of gas if one gallon costs $3.04 and the tank holds 11.9 gallons.

Challenge #8 The sticker on Dean's new car states that the car averages 32.6 miles per gallon. If the fuel tank holds 12.3 gallons, then how far can Dean travel on one full tank of gas?

Challenge #9 Larry worked 15 days for a total of 116.25 hours. How many hours did he average per day?

Challenge #10 Six cases of paper cost $159.98. How much does one case cost? Round your answer to the nearest cent.

Challenge #11 There are 2.54 centimeters in one inch. How many inches are there in 51.78 centimeters? Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.

Challenge #12 Julia cut a string 8.46 m long into 6 equal pieces. What is the length of each piece of string?

Challenge #13 The mass of a jar of sweets is 1.4 kg. What is the total mass of 7 such jars of sweets?

Challenge #14 The watermelon bought by Peter is 3 times as heavy as the papaya bought by Paul. If the watermelon bought by Peter has a mass of 4.2 kg, what is the mass of the papaya?

Challenge #15 There is 0.625 kg of powdered milk in each tin. If a carton contains 12 tins, find the total mass of powdered milk in the carton.

Challenge #16 Marcus bought 8.6 kg of sugar. He poured the sugar equally into 5 bottles. There was 0.35 kg of sugar left over. What was the mass of sugar in 1 bottle?

Challenge #17 Jenny bought 4.35kg of chocolate. She made 10 chocolate cakes. She put 0.35kg of chocolate on each cake. How much chocolate did she have left?

Challenge #18 Erik earns $1,000 per week. He works 50 hours per week. How much does she earn per hour

Challenge #19 Peter bought 5kg of meat. He used 1.10kg to make hamburgers. The rest he used to make 13 portions of spaghetti. How much meat did he use per portion of spaghetti?

Challenge #20 Nigel bought 10 pencils and 5 erasers for $8. The price of 2 pencils was $1.What was the price of 2 erasers?