Word Problems 1

1) Jake has 3 footballs. Caleb has 7 footballs. Fill in the picture to represent this information

How many fewer footballs does Jake have than Caleb?

2) Kaye has 6 more DVDs than Angie. Together they have 22 DVDs.Fill in the picture to represent this information

How many DVDs does Angie have?

3) John has 15 fewer football cards than Zack. Together they have 51 cards.Fill in the picture to represent this information.

How many football cards does John have?

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4) Amy is 5 years older than Matt. Matt is 3 years younger than Ellie. The total of their ages is 41.Fill in the picture to represent this information.

How old is Ellie?

5) Ansa has 3 more football programmes than Mo. Quodus has 7 fewer football programmes than Ansa. Together they have 35 football programmes.Fill in the picture to represent this information

How many programmes does Mo own? Ansa?

6) Jack has twice as much money as Sam. Together they have £31.50Fill in the picture to represent this information.

How much money does Sam have?

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7) Goldie has 3 times as many handbags as Zara. Together they have 28 handbags. Fill in the information in the picture

How many handbags does Goldie own?

8) Leo is 6 years older than his sister Daisy. Eliza is twice as old as Daisy. The total of their ages is 26. Fill in the information in the picture

How old is Leo?

9) I think of two whole numbers. The bigger number is four times as big as the smaller number.The difference between the numbers is 60

What is the bigger number

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10) I think of two whole numbers. The bigger number is four times as big as the smaller number.The sum of the two numbers is 60

What is the bigger number?

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