Math problem sum – Model drawing
1. Joyce had thrice as many blouses as Shirley. Both of them had a total of 48 blouses.
How many blouses did Susan have if she had 8 mor blouses than Shirley? (20)
2. Rosa as $106. Jack has thrice as much money as Rosa. Paul has half of the amount of
money Jack has. How much money does Paul have? ($159)
3. 2 girls donated as much money as 5 boys. If 4 girls donated $480, how much did each
boy donate? ($48)
4. 1 pen and 2 identical bags cost $56. 3 such pens and 2 such bags cost 488. Find the cost
of each pen. ($16)
5. A bicycle cost $120 more than a toy car. Miss Lee bought 1 bicycle and 1 toy car for
$160. Find the cost of the toy car. ($20).
6. Janet and Mark received 435 coins. Janet received 4 times as many coins as Mark. How
many coins did Janet receive? (348)
7. A candy vendor sold 5 times as many candies as beads. He sold 870 candies and beads
altogether. How many candies did he sell? (725)
8. There wer 267 girls and 3 times as many boys in a school. Each pupil paid $9 for some
worksheets. What was the total sum of money paid by the pupils for the worksheets?
($9612)
9. 6 men and 1 woman were paid $300. Each man was paid $15 more than the woman.
How much was the woman paid? ($30)
10. John and Betty have 566 coins. John has 146 more coins than Betty. Betty has 7 times
as many coins as Andrew. How many coins does Andrew have? (30)
11. Siti had $36. She was given 9 times as much as her original amount of money, and had
$98 more than Gopal. How much did Gopal and Siti have altogether in the end? ($622)
12. I think of a number. I subtract the sum of 167 and 33 from it. I then divide it by 5. My
answer is 8. Find the number that I though of. (240)
13. Jeff spent 4 times as much as Susie. If Jeff spent $840 more than Susie, how much did
Susie spend? ($280)
14. Andy had $90 more than Sally. After Andy and Sally each spent $30, Andy had thrice as
much as Sally had left. How much did Andy have at first? ($165)
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1. Mr Goh as between 20 and 40kg of rice in a sack. If he packed them into bags of 4kg
each, he will not have any rice left. If he packed them into bags of 5kg each, he will
have 1kg of rice left. Find the amount of rice in the sack. (36kg)
2. Ross has more than 50 but fewer than 60 chocolates. If she puts them in packets of
8, she will have 3 chocolates left. If she puts them in packets of 5, she will be short
of 1 chocolate. How many chocolates does Ross have? (59)
3. Bob has some sweets. If he puts them in bags of 5, he will have 2 sweets left. If the
puts them in bags of 9, he will not have any left over. What is the smallest number
of sweets he have? (27)
4. Zach has more than 40 but less than 50 apples. If he packs them in baskets of 7, he
will be short of 3, If he packs them in basket of 6, he will have 4 apples left. How
many apples does he have? (46)
5. Jane puts her sweets into goodie bags. Each goodie bag contains the same number
of sweets. If she puts 2 sweets, 4 sweets or 7 sweets into each goodie bag, she will
not have any sweet left. What is the smallest number of sweets Jane has? (28)