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Problem Sums Practice

The document contains 16 math word problems. It provides the details of each problem but does not show the steps to solve them. The problems cover a range of math topics including ratios, percentages, speed, money, counting, and geometry. They involve calculating unknown quantities based on the relationships between multiple given values in each scenario.

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Problem Sums Practice

The document contains 16 math word problems. It provides the details of each problem but does not show the steps to solve them. The problems cover a range of math topics including ratios, percentages, speed, money, counting, and geometry. They involve calculating unknown quantities based on the relationships between multiple given values in each scenario.

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Problem Sums Practice

1. A motorist took 3 hours to travel from Town A to Town B at an average speed of 55km/h. On his return journey, he took 1 hour less. What was his average speed for both trips?

2.

Billy and Martin had $650 altogether. After Billy had spent $200 and Martin spent 20% of his money, both of them had the same amount of money left. How much more money did Billy have than Martin at first?

3.

Sharon withdrew

of her savings from the bank. She used

of it to buy a book and

had $96 left. How much was her total savings in the bank at first?

4.

Sara had a total of 204 red and blue buttons in the ratio 9 : 8. After she gave away an equal number of red and blue buttons, the number of red buttons and blue buttons left was in the ratio 9 : 5. How many buttons did she give away altogether?

5. A B C 1 8 17 9 18 10 19 D 2 11 20 E 3 12 21 F 4 13 22 G 5 14 23 H 6 15 24 I 7 16 25

Study the number pattern above. In which group can the following numbers be found? (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) 99 841 1000 1234 4251

6.

At first, Jonathan had

as many stamps as Kenneth. After Jonathan bought another 8 as many stamps as Kenneth.

stamps and Kenneth lost 5 stamps, Jonathan now had Find the number of stamps Jonathan had at first?

7.

For every watch that Jo repairs, he is paid $20. A bonus of $60 is given to him for every 50 watches he repairs. How many watches must Jo repair in order to earn $5560?

8.

Madam Rosy baked some durian puffs and cream puffs for sale. She baked thrice as many durian puffs as cream puffs. After she sold 124 durian puffs and 18 cream puffs, she had half as many durian puffs as cream puffs left. How many durian puffs had she left?

9.

Karen and Madeline had 840 stickers altogether. After Karen had given 40 of her stickers, (a) (b) of the number of Madelines stickers is equal to of Karens stickers.

How many stickers did Karen have at first? How many stickers must Madeline buy so that the ratio of the number of er stickers to the number of Karens stickers become 7 : 3?

10.

There are some cows and ducks on a farm. These animals have a total of 30 heads and 92 legs. How many cows and ducks are there respectively?

11.

Joel took 12 minutes to cycle from his home to the park for his morning exercise. After the exercise, he took an hour to walk the same distance home. The difference between his cycling and walking speed was 40km/h. How far was his home from the park?

12.

Tom has $x. Ron has $2m more than Tom. Zainal has $3n less than Ron. (a) (b) (c) Find the amount of money Zainal has in terms of x, m, n Find the total amount of money the three boys have in terms of x, m, and n If x = 120, m = 7 and n = 19, who has more money, Tom or Zainal? How much more?

13.

Mark bought some buns and cakes for $286. Each bun cost $2. Each cake cost $3 more than each bun. He bought 4 more cakes than buns. How much more did he spend on cakes than buns?

14.

The pie chart shows the number of people at a fun fair. The ratio of the number of women at the fair to that of the boys is 8 : 3.

Women Girls 20%

Men Boys

(a) (b)

What percentage of the number of people at the fair are women? If there were 75 men, how many more women were there at the fair?

15.

Machine A can seal a number of can food in 2 hours while Machine B can seal the same number of can food in 3 hours. Both machines are set to work for 5 hours. How many cans can machine A seal in 5 hours if machine B can seal 80 cans in 5 minutes?

16.

Tank A contained twice as many guppies as tank B. When 10% of the guppies in tank A can 10% of the guppies in tank B were transferred to tank C, tank C ended up with 144 guppies, which was 20% more guppies than it contained before. How many guppies were there in tank A at first?

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