Type 4 Problems - Sheet 1 Three Operations

During the sales period, retailers A breeder ships to a pastry factory.

offer discounts: they lower the prices. 100 cartons of eggs. There are 18 eggs in each.
Lucien takes the opportunity to buy a pair of pants that he box. These are size n° 75 eggs.
pays €35. Before the sales, it cost €75. How many eggs were there in total?
What is the amount of the discount? 2. How many pastries have we made?
2. How much money does Lucien have left?

Valentine the farmer has 25 hens. This morning, she has Beware of the trap!
gathered 9 dozen eggs. The baker gave him some. In a supermarket, Anne sees a doll.
order a hundred. Barbie costs 12 €. In a toy store, she
Does she have enough eggs to serve it? sees the same one for 11 €. Anne has 22 € in savings.
2. How many eggs is he missing? Could she buy two dolls?
2. How much will he have left?
Paul has 26 marbles. His older brother Jacques has 14 marbles. With a 100-liter barrel of wine, Mr.
more than him. Ernest fills 65 bottles today. Each
How many marbles does Jacques have? the bottle contains one liter.
How many marbles do they have together? How many bottles would he need to
Who is the youngest? empty the barrel completely?
2. How many liters of wine are left in the
pickup truck?
3. How many liters did he put in bottles?
At the DIY store, Anatole buys: In a summer camp, there are 48
x 5 packs of screws at 2 € each. rooms of 5 beds each. 290 children are arriving
x 4 packets of nails at 3 € each. to spend fifteen days.
x 1 hammer at 5 €. Will there be enough beds?
What is the price of a bag of nails? 2. How many children will there be in total at the end?
2. How much did he pay for everything? in 15 days?
What is the price of a hammer?
Mr. Ernest buys an encyclopedia in 12 Véronique has 50 € in her piggy bank. Her brother Luc has
volumes. Each volume contains 650 pages, weighs 15 € less than her. Her second sister Patricia has
1 kg and costs 20 €. 20 € more than her.
How much is he going to spend? How much does each one have?
2. How much does the complete encyclopedia weigh? Who is the oldest of the three?

Today, Alain is 12 years old and he decides to break up. Mr. Robert fills up his car with 40
in the piggy bank: it contains 230 €. He wants to buy a litres of LPG. It travels 500 km. One litre costs
video console for €90 and three games at €20 each. 50 cents.
How much will he spend? How much does he pay for a full tank?
How much will he have left? 2. What distance has he traveled?
How old was he last month?

Madame Thérèse lives 26 km from the company where A hot air balloon is 190 meters above the ground.
she works. She has to go there every day from the to pass over a hill of 245 meters
week, except for Saturday and Sunday. She high, the passengers drop 20 kg of ballast and the
works 8 hours a day. hot air balloon rises 50 meters.
What distance does it travel in a Should we let go of more ballast?
week? 2. What altitude will the hot air balloon reach?
What time does she get up in the morning? with 20 kg more?
3. How many hours does she work in a
week?
 Type 4 Problems - Sheet 2 Three Operations

Mom has 80 € in her wallet. She sees In 1980, the population of Rustrel was
a dress for 65 € and a coat for 92 €. She decides 540 inhabitants. Today, there are 620.
to buy the dress. inhabitants.
How much money does she need to be able to ... The village is at an altitude of 450 m. Avignon is
Can I buy the coat? 60 km from Rustrel.
2. How much money does she have after buying the Can you say:
robe? How many inhabitants are there in Rustrel?
3. How much did she have before buying the dress? 2. How many more inhabitants are there since 1980?

The course of the junior cross is a length of Florian has €125 in his savings account.
1,500 m. During a race, Paul ran with 53 savings. For his birthday, he received 35 €
other participants. After an hour of racing, he that he put on his booklet.
he has 450 m left to go. Two months later, he withdraws 50 € to treat himself.
What distance has he already covered? a portable media player.

What is the total distance he needs to cover? How much money did he have right after his
3. How many runners were there? birthday?
2. How much money does he have now?

A 3-screen cinema is being renovated. Alain, who is 12 years old, has €85 in savings. He does not
In each room, there are 23 rows of 10 seats. can't buy a bike because he is missing 25
each one. €.
How many armchairs are there in each? If he spends the money to buy himself a jacket,
room? he will have 15 € left.
2. How long does a movie last? What is the price of the jacket?
3. How many seats are there in total in the cinema? What is the price of the bicycle?
?
Eloïse makes sure to brush her teeth every The "Zénith" in Paris can hold 6,000
day: at 8 AM, at 1 PM, and at 8:30 PM. A tube of people. During the last concert, we sold
Toothpaste lasts 4 weeks. She changes brushes. 5,438 tickets. The price of the ticket was
every month. 25 €.
How many times does she brush her teeth in 1. How many people attended the
a week? show?
2. And in a day? 2. How many free seats were there?

Mr. Martin buys a 61 cm television sold for 600. A train is made up of 9 cars with 50 seats.
€. He can pay it in two installments: he gives 250 € to the each. He drives at an average speed of 110 km/h. He
Order; he will pay the rest in a month. 120 spots available.
What is the price of the television? How many seats are there on the train?
2. How much does he still have to pay? 2. How many travelers are there on the train?
3. How much does the VCR cost? 3. What speed is the train going when it is
stopped?

Mireille would like to buy a volleyball. Michel bought a laser player and 5 compact discs.
Soccer balls cost 15 € each, those of discs. The player costs €95 and he paid for
handballs cost 13 € and volleyballs all 300 €.
cost 12 €. What was the price of the 5 records?
Oh, it's too expensive, I'm short 2€, What is the price of the laser reader?
How much does a handball cost?
2. How many did Mireille have?
 Type 4 Problems - sheet 3 Three operations

I live on the 5th floor of a tower. There are 4 towers. The teacher buys 72 books for the class. There are
like this one in my neighborhood. Above my 27 reading books, 20 grammar books, and
apartment, there are still 17 floors. There are 14 math books.
apartments on each floor. Each floor is 3 How many math books are there?
meters high. How many books are there in total?
How many floors does my tower have? 3. How many history books are there?
2. Quelle est la hauteur de ma tour ?

The 52 cards of a deck are distributed among 4 players. An empty truck weighs 3,750 kg. We load 25
How many red cards are there (hearts and boxes weighing 200 kg each.
diamonds) in this 52-card game? What is the total weight of the 25 boxes?
2. How many cards does each player have? 2. What is the mass of the truck loaded with 25
3. How many clovers are there in the game? boxes?
3. How much does a box weigh?

A brewery, that is to say a factory producing A cycling race features 35 competitors. There are
the beer produces 250 bottles per hour. three steps. The first measures 158 km. The
These bottles are stored in bins of 12 thesecondisofthesamelengthasthe
bottles. first. The third stage has 22 km more
In one hour, how many lockers are filled? than the second.
completely? What is the length of the third stage?
2. How many bottles are left? What is the length of the second stage?
3. How many bottles does a rack hold? 3. What is the total distance to cover?

A history book costs 12 €. A science book Marie wants to buy a portable player that costs 80 €.
costs 3 € less and a geography book costs He is missing 12 € for that.
4 € more than the history book. What is the weight of the portable player?
What is the price of a geography book? 2. How much money does she have?
What is the price of a history book? How much will he have left after buying the
3. What is the price of a reading book? portable player?

André has 30 € in his piggy bank. His sister Nathalie who Mr. Martin buys a television on credit. He can
At 12, he has twice as much money as him. His brother. It captures 120 channels and its screen is 70 cm.
Paul has 12 € more than him. pay 100 € per month for 10 months.
How much does Paul have? In how long will he have finished
How much does Nathalie own? pay for the television?
Can you tell what André's age is? How much does the television cost?

A kindergarten class has 26 students, 12 boys and Martinegoestobedat9PMandwakesupat

14 girls. The teacher buys 5 boxes of markers. the next day at 7 a.m. She leaves for school at 8:30 a.m. and
Each box contains 10 markers. return to class at 9 a.m.
Can she give two markers to each? How long does she sleep?
student? How long does she have to wash herself?
What is the price of a marker? Get dressed and have lunch?
How many markers are there in a box?

Hervé is 11 years old. He is 4 years younger than his sister. Daniel, Agnès, and Marina traveled 25 km at
Émilie is 2 years older than her brother Julien. bike in three hours to reach the bell tower of
In how much time will Julien be of age? village. They arrive just at the moment when 7 PM
What's up with Hervé today? ringing at the bell tower.
Who is the youngest in the family? What time did they leave?
How old was Émilie last year? 2. How far was the departure from the bell tower?
 Type IV Problems - Sheet 4 Divisions

Every Wednesday, Joël helps his grandparents.

The 52 cards of a deck are distributed among 4 players.
He works in the garden and receives 5 €. He hopes to buy
They play for 2 hours.
a video game.
How many cards does each player have?
How many Wednesdays will he have in the end?
2. How many red cards are there (hearts and
won 60 €?
diamonds) in this game of 52 cards?
How much does the video game cost?

In a school cafeteria, the price of the meal is 3 €. A summer camp has 60 children during a
Thechildrenaregroupedbytablesofeight. month. We decide to play team games. We
Today, 92 children are registered for the meal. find all the possible teams that we can
at noon. Find: doing without leaving any student behind.
the number of complete tables Can we make 2 teams? 3? 4? ... Explain
the number of students who will be at the table how many children there would be in each team.
incomplete.

A wine cooperative bottling facility Julie is celebrating her birthday at school: she is 9 years old.
250 liters per hour. Each bottle contains 1 His mother prepared a cake for him and gave him a
litre. bag of 150 candies. Julie has 24 classmates. She
These bottles are stored in boxes of 6 wants to distribute the same number of candies to
bottles. everyone.
In one hour, how many boxes are filled? Howmanypieceswillitneedtobecutinto?
completely? cake?
How many bottles are left? 2. How many candies will each one have?
3. How many bottles does a carton contain?

Marie wants to buy a player that costs 120 €. An empty truck weighs 3,750 kg. It is loaded with 25.
Elle reçoit 15 € francs d'argent de poche chaque boxes weighing a total of 5,000 Kg.
week. How much does a box weigh?
What is the weight of the portable player? 2. What is the mass of the truck loaded with 25
For how many weeks will she have to boxes?
save your pocket money to treat yourself to the 3. What is the weight of the truck empty?
portable player?

For a class of 25 students, we ordered some

For the end-of-year celebration, the school principal
math, French, and history books.
buys 25 bags of 200 caramels. He asks the
Math books cost 12 €, those of French
students in his class to make bags
14 € and those of history 15 €.
10 caramels.
How much did we spend on all these books?
How many bags can a student fill?
2. What is the price of a French book?
with a bag of 200 candies?
How many caramels are there in total?

Pierre received 20 €. He wants to buy some folders. A farmer gathers about 300 eggs a day.
of cards costing 3 €. There are 12 cards in each She puts them in boxes of 12.
pocket. How many boxes can she fill?
How many pouches can he buy? She decides to sort them into boxes of 6.
2. How many cards will he have? How many boxes does she have then?

Émile was able to fill 50 bottles with water from a Henriette lives 250 meters from the school. She leaves
100 liter tank. The tank is now from her place at 8:20. She takes steps of 50 cm.
He had 75 bottles at the start. She takes two steps per second.
How many liters does each bottle contain? How many steps does she take to school?
How many bottles does he have left? 2. How long does it take?
 Solutions Problems Type 4 - sheet 1 Three operations

40 € 1,800 eggs
2. We do not know. 2. We don't know

yes Yes, in the toy store.

none 2. nothing

40 marbles 100 bottles

2. 66 balls 35 liters
3. Jacques is the eldest 3.65 liters

3€
no
2.27 € (5 x 2) + (4 x 3) + 5
290 children
3. 5 €

1. 240 € 1. Luc a 35 €, Patricia a 70 €, Véronique a 50 €

12 kg 2. we do not know

1. 150 €
20 €
80 €
500 km
3. 11 years

260 km (26 x 5 x 2)
yes
2. we do not know
190 m above sea level
3. 40 hours
 Type 4 Problems Solutions - sheet 2 Three operations

12 €
620 inhabitants
2. 15 €
80 inhabitants
3. 80 €

1050 meters
160 €
2. 1500 meters
110 €
3. 54 runners

230 armchairs
70 €
2. we do not know
2. 110 €
690 armchairs

21 times 5438 people

2. 3 times 562 available places

1. 600 € 450 places

2. 350 € 330 vacant places
we don't know 3. he is stopped! he is not driving!

12 € 1. 205 €
2. 10 € 2. 95 €
 Solutions Problems Type 4 - sheet 3 Three operations

25 math books
22 floors
72 pounds
2. 66 meters
none

1. 26 red cards 5000 kg

13 cards per player 2. 8 750 kg
3. 13 clubs 3. 200 kg

20 lockers 180 km
2. 10 bottles 2. 158 km
3. 12 bottles 3. 496 km

we don't know
16 €
2.68 €
2. 12 €
nothing, she already doesn't have enough to buy the
3. we don't know.
player!

42 €
in 10 months
60 €
1000 €
3. no

No, there are only 50 markers and we need 52.

10 hours
We don't know.
1h30
3. 10 markers.

in 2 years
16 h
2. Julien
2. 25 km
3. 14 years
 Solutions Problems Type 4 - sheet 4 Divisions

13 cards 30 Wednesdays
26 red cards 2. we do not know

2 teams of 30
3 teams of 20
4 teams of 15
5 teams of 12
11 complete tables 6 teams of 10
2. 4 students 10 teams of 6
12 teams of 5
15 teams of 4
20 teams of 3
30 teams of 2

41 cartons
25 parts
2. 4 bottles
2. 6 candies (Julie will have some too!)
3. 6 bottles

200 kg
we do not know
2. 8 750 kg
2. 8 weeks
3,750 kg

20 sachets 1. 1025 €
5000 caramels 2. 14 €

6 pouches 25 boxes
72 cards 50 boxes

2 liters 1. 500 steps

2. 25 bottles 2. 250 seconds = 4 minutes and 10 seconds