Steps to Solving

Maths Numeracy
Solving Word Problem
Word Problems
1. Read the problem carefully.
2. Underline the question you need to answer.
Name 3. Circle or highlight important information.
4. Solve the problem using different strategies:
_______________________ • Draw a picture
• Write an equation or number model
Class 5. Record your answer in a complete sentence by restating the
question.
_______________________ 6. Explain how you solved the problem using math vocabulary.

Solve the word problem below:

Basic

1. Lucy has 12 sweets and gives 5 sweets away to James. How many 2. Anna buys a banana for 21 cents and an apple for 7 cents. How
sweets does she have left? much does she spend all together?

3. Gary is 14, his sister Jane is 6 years younger. How old is Jane? 4. Chocolate bars used to cost 26 cents. The cost has been cut by 5
cents. How much does chocolate now cost?

5. There are 38 people on the bus. At the next stop, 7 people get 6. Tanya had a ribbon that was 29cm long. She cut off 14cm. How
off. How many people are left on the bus? long is her ribbon?

Intermediate

7. Joshua has 43 cents. After he buys a comic, he has 22 cents left. 8. Cathy has 37 cents, and Sally has 15 cents less. How much does
How much was the comic? Sally have?

9. Crisps cost 24 cents and drinks cost 35 cents. What is the 10. Chocolate bars used to cost 56 cents. The cost has been cut by
difference in price? 20 cents. How much does chocolate now cost?

How much change would Ali get from $1? How much will it cost to buy 2 bars?
11. A flashlight requires 2 batteries to function. How many 12. A CD contains 4 music tracks. How many music tracks would 8
batteries in all would 7 such flashlights require? such CDs contain?

13. James, a crane operator works on 8 hour shifts every day. If he 14. The Jones family is going to London on the train. The cost of
worked 22 days in a month, how many hours of work did he put
an adult train ticket is a, and the cost of a child train ticket is
in altogether?
c. Write an algebraic expression for the cost of the train
journey for the Jones family if there are 2 adults and 3
children in the family.

15. The Jones family spends t hours on the train to London and 10 16. Mrs Jones decides to buy Christmas presents for her nieces and
more minutes on the train back home than on the train to nephews in the museum. She buys:
London. Write an algebraic expression for the time the Jones k sets of dinosaurs, 7 dinosaurs in each set.
family spends on the trains on both journeys. s sets of sharks, 5 sharks in each set.
v sets of wild animals, y animals in each set.

Write an algebraic expression for the number of toy animals

Mr Jones carries in his backpack on the way to the London
train station.

Advanced

17. Dalia bought a few swirl marbles and divided it equally among 18. A bus departed from New York at 11 pm with 44 passengers. An
four of her friends and her brother, Jake. While playing, Jake hour later, a few passengers got off at New Jersey. The number
lost 2 marbles and has only 7 marbles at present. Find how of passengers who boarded the bus at New Jersey were twice the
many marbles did Dalia buy in all. number of passengers who got off the bus. If the bus has 50
passengers now, how many passengers got off at New Jersey?

19. lara lends half her collection of formal attires to her sister, 20. The Rock Zoo nurses 37 species of big cats. Recently, a few
Susan. Clara then buys four more attires. If she has 12 attires species of big cats were sponsored to other zoos around the
now, how many attires did Clara had initially? country. The zoo now nurses only 25 species. How many species
of big cats were sponsored to other zoos?

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 Maths Steps to Solving

Numeracy Word Problems

1. Read the problem carefully.
2. Underline the question you need to answer.
Solving Word 3. Circle or highlight important information.
Problem 4. Solve the problem using different strategies:
• Draw a picture
• Write an equation or number model
Name 5. Record your answer in a complete sentence by restating the question.
Teacher’s solutions 6. Explain how you solved the problem using math vocabulary.

Solve the word problem below:

Basic

1. Lucy has 12 sweets and gives 5 sweets away to James. How many 2. Anna buys a banana for 21 cents and an apple for 7 cents. How
sweets does she have left? much does she spend all together?

Answer: Answer:
7 sweets 28 cents

3. Gary is 14, his sister Jane is 6 years younger. How old is Jane? 4. Chocolate bars used to cost 26 cents. The cost has been cut by 5
cents. How much does chocolate now cost?

Answer: Answer:
8 years old 21 cents

5. There are 38 people on the bus. At the next stop, 7 people get 6. Tanya had a ribbon that was 29cm long. She cut off 14cm. How
off. How many people are left on the bus? long is her ribbon?

Answer:
31 people Answer:
15 cm

Intermediate

7. Joshua has 43 cents. After he buys a comic, he has 22 cents left. 8. Cathy has 37 cents, and Sally has 15 cents less. How much does
How much was the comic? Sally have?

Answer:
Answer: 22 cents
21 cents
9. Crisps cost 24 cents and drinks cost 35 cents. What is the 10. Chocolate bars used to cost 56 cents. The cost has been cut by
difference in price? 20 cents. How much does chocolate now cost?

How much change would Ali get from $1? How much will it cost to buy 2 bars?

Answer: Answer:
11 cents 36 cents
11. A flashlight requires 2 batteries to function. How many 12. A CD contains 4 music tracks. How many music tracks would 8
batteries in all would 7 such flashlights require? such CDs contain?

Answer: Answer:
14 batteries 32 music tracks

13. James, a crane operator works on 8 hour shifts every day. If he 14. The Jones family is going to London on the train. The cost of
worked 22 days in a month, how many hours of work did he put
an adult train ticket is a, and the cost of a child train ticket is
in altogether?
c. Write an algebraic expression for the cost of the train
journey for the Jones family if there are 2 adults and 3
children in the family.

Answer:
Answer:
2a+3c
176 hours
15. The Jones family spends t hours on the train to London and 10 16. Mrs Jones decides to buy Christmas presents for her nieces and
more minutes on the train back home than on the train to nephews in the museum. She buys:
London. Write an algebraic expression for the time the Jones k sets of dinosaurs, 7 dinosaurs in each set.
family spends on the trains on both journeys. s sets of sharks, 5 sharks in each set.
v sets of wild animals, y animals in each set.
Answer:
1
2t + 6
Write an algebraic expression for the number of toy animals
Mr Jones carries in his backpack on the way to the London
train station.

Answer:
7k + 5s + vy

Advanced

17. Dalia bought a few swirl marbles and divided it equally among 18. A bus departed from New York at 11 pm with 44 passengers. An
four of her friends and her brother, Jake. While playing, Jake hour later, a few passengers got off at New Jersey. The number
lost 2 marbles and has only 7 marbles at present. Find how of passengers who boarded the bus at New Jersey were twice the
many marbles did Dalia buy in all. number of passengers who got off the bus. If the bus has 50
passengers now, how many passengers got off at New Jersey?
Answer:
Answer:

19. lara lends half her collection of formal attires to her sister, The Rock Zoo nurses 37 species of big cats. Recently, a few
Susan. Clara then buys four more attires. If she has 12 attires species of big cats were sponsored to other zoos around the
now, how many attires did Clara had initially? country. The zoo now nurses only 25 species. How many species
of big cats were sponsored to other zoos?
Answer:
Answer:

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