Multiplication word problems (3)
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These are quite hard questions which can all
be answered by using your 2x, 5x and 10x
tables.
1. Two crayons are each 8 cm long.
What is their total length?
2. A bag of potatoes weighs 2 kg.
How much would 6 bags of potatoes weigh?
3. A teaspoon holds 5 ml of water.
How much would 9 teaspoons hold?
4. There are 5 kg of apples in one box.
How many kg of apples are there in 7 boxes?
5. One bucket holds 10 litres of water.
How many litres of water would 6 buckets hold?
6. A full jug holds 6 cups of water.
How much would 5 jugs hold?
7. Petrol costs £2 a litre.
How much would 8 litres cost?
8. One piece of fencing measures 3 metres.
How long would 10 pieces of fencing be?
9.. A sack of carrots weighs 4 kilos.
How much would 5 sacks weigh?
10. One tray holds 10 slabs of toffee.
How many slabs of toffee would 6 trays hold?
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Multiplication word problems (3)
Maths worksheets from [Link]
These are quite hard questions which can all
be answered by using your 2x, 5x and 10x
tables.
1. Four pens are each 10 cm long.
What is their total length?
2. A bag of sand weighs 5 kg.
How much would 4 bags of sand weigh?
3. A spoon holds 10 mm of water.
How much water would 6 spoons hold?
4. There are 2 kg of pears in one box.
How many kg of pears are there in 8 boxes?
5. One bucket holds 6 litres of water.
How many litres of water would 5 buckets hold?
6. A full jug holds 7 cups of water.
How much would 2 jugs hold?
7. A large bag of rice weighs 2 kg.
How much rice would there be in 9 bags?
8. One table is 3 metres long.
How long would 5 tables be?
9. A saucepan holds 3 litres of water.
How much would 10 saucepans hold?
10. You get 5 glasses of lemonade from one bottle. How
many glasses of lemonade would you get from 5 bottles?
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Multiplication word problems (3)
Maths worksheets from [Link]
More quite hard questions which can all be
answered by using your 2x, 5x and 10x
tables.
1. I think of a number and halve it. The answer is 5.
What was my number?
2. It took Sue 2 hours to do her homework. Jo took twice as
long. How long did Jo take to do her homework?
3. How many times bigger is 50 than 5?
4. One sweet weighs 10g.
How much would 8 sweets weigh?
5. Triangles have 3 sides.
How many sides would 5 triangles have?
6. My cat is 40 cm tall. My dog is twice as tall.
How tall is my dog?
7. A small cake takes 10 minutes to cook. A large cake takes
3 times as long. How long does a large cake take to cook?
8. How many times bigger is 20 than 5?
9. What is double 40 cm?
10. A watering can holds 5 litres of water.
How much would 6 watering cans hold?
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Multiplication word problems (3)
Maths worksheets from [Link]
More quite hard questions which can all be
answered by using your 2x, 5x and 10x
tables.
1. I think of a number and halve it. The answer is 7.
What was my number?
2. It took Jack 2 hours to walk home. Ruby took twice as long.
How long did Ruby take to walk home?
3. How many times bigger is 40 than 4?
4. One toffee weighs 10g.
How much would 6 toffees weigh?
5. Squares have 4 sides.
How many sides would 10 squares have?
6. My middle finger is 3 cm long. My dad’s finger is twice
as long. How long is my dad’s finger?
7. A small loaf takes 20 minutes to cook. A large loaf takes
twice as long. How long does a large loaf take to cook?
8. How many times bigger is 30 than 6?
9. What is double 30 cm?
10. A watering can holds 5 litres of water.
How much would 8 watering cans hold?
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Multiplication word problems (3)
Maths worksheets from [Link]
Answers
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1. 16 cm 2. 12 kg 3. 45 ml 4. 35 kg 5. 60 litres
6. 30 cups 7. £16 8. 30 metres 9. 20 kg 10. 60
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1. 40 cm 2. 20 kg 3. 60 mm 4. 16 kg 5. 30 litres
6. 14 cups 7. 18 kg 8. 15 metres 9. 30 litres 10. 25
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1. 10 2. 4 hours 3. 10 4. 80g 5. 15
6. 80 cm 7. 30 minutes 8. 4 9. 80 cm 10. 30 litres
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1. 14 2. 4 hours 3. 10 4. 60g 5. 40
6. 6 cm 7. 40 minutes 8. 5 9. 60 cm 10. 40 litres
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