Maths Single step and multistep word problems Examples
Maths Single step and multi-step word problems
Examples Here are some examples of some word based problems. You will notice that in some cases there is only one step, where as in others there are several. The calculation is hidden and you must first identify what the question is asking before solving it.
Strategies and things to think about… • Identify what the question is asking • What will the answer look like? • What operation do you need to do? (+ - x ÷) • Do you need to use more than one operation? • What information is important? • What information is not important? • How will you show what information is useful? • Do you need to record some of your workings? • How can you check to make sure your answer is correct?
Problems to solve… Mr. G has a large collection of toenail clippings that grows year after year. He started this collection with 10 clippings and it has grown by 12 each year for the past 15 years. How many clippings does he have now? Miss Crowson travelled from the UK to Autralia (9, 520 miles). She spent a few days exploring and then returned. She then travelled from the UK to France (706 miles) and returned again. How far did she travel? During the snow days, Mrs. Hill practiced developing her accuracy by throwing snowballs at anyone nearby. She started off by hitting 2 people per minute for the first half an hour but at one point there was no stopping her and she hit 11 per minute for 9 minutes straight! She then stopped. How many people did Mrs. Hill hit with snowballs?
Problems to solve… Mr Bowen aimed to cycle a total of 1400 miles in two weeks. He managed half of this distance in the first 7 days, but he started to grow tired. Mr Bowen travelled 58 miles on day 8 and 61 miles on day 9. How many miles did he have left for his final few days? Mrs Matthews was feeling generous and decided to give a chocolate bar to the 92 children in year 5 and 6. Mr Carrington managed to get to the chocolate bars before they could be given out and decided to eat them all! She decided to buy the chocolate bars in packs of 4. He ate 7 on day one, 12 on day two and 4 on day three. How many packs will Mrs. Matthews need to buy? He was then caught and had to stop eating them. How many more would he have had to eat before getting caught?
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