Word problems

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1. Amelia wanted to redeem a voucher. She had only of the total number of
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points needed. After she earned another 50 points, she still needed of
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the total number of points. How many points did Amelia need to redeem the
voucher?

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2. Mrs Hong had some milk. She used of it to bake some waffles and 300 ml
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to bake a pie. After baking the waffles and the pie, she had of the milk
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left. How much milk did Mrs Hong have at first?

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3. The mass of a pail is 2490 𝑔 when it is filled with sand. It has a mass of
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9240 𝑔 when it is fully filled with sand. Find the mass of the pail when it is
empty.

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4. A group of pupils played games during recess. of them played ball games.
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of the remaining pupils played hide-and-seek and the rest played tag. 12
fewer pupils played hide-and-seek than tag. How many pupils played tag?

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5. Mr Wang saved of his pay and spent of the remainder. He then divided
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the remaining amount equally between his 2 children. Each of his children
received $175. How much was Mr wang’s pay?

6. An egg seller ordered 600 duck eggs and chicken eggs altogether. The
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number of duck eggs was of the total number of eggs. Some chicken eggs
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broke during delivery and the number of duck eggs became 15
of the total
number of eggs. How many chicken eggs were broken?
7. Emma had 9 m of cloth. She used it to make 10 similar pillow cases. How much
cloth did Emma use for each pillow case?

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8. Santi finished a job in 4 h. Minah finished the same job in 5 of the time Santi
took. How long did Minah take to finish the job?

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9. John has a collection of 80 toy vehicles. of his toy vehicles are cars. The
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rest are motorcylces and buses. The number of motorcycles is 3 times the
number of buses. How many toy motorcycles does John have?

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10. A pail can hold 3.4 𝑙 of water. Hazel filled of a tub with 4 such pails of
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water. Retno poured in another 4 such pails and 2 similar tanks of water to
fill the tub completely. How much water can a tank hold?

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11. A baker made 160 sandwiches. 4 of the sandwiches were egg sandwiches. The
rest were tuna sandwiches and chicken sandwiches. The number of tuna
sandwiches was 3 times the number of chicken sandwiches. How many tuna
sandwiches did the baker make?
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12. Ratna wanted to buy a laptop. She saved of the cost of the laptop in the
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first month. In the second month, she saved $125 less than what she saved
in the first month. She saved the remaining $525 in the third month. How
much did the laptop cost?

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13. Benny bought tokens at a funfair. He used of them at the ring-toss booth
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and of the remaining tokens at the darts booth. He then bought another
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35 tokens and had 10 tokens more than what he had at first. How many
tokens did Benny have at first?

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14. The number of fiction books at a library was 4 of the total number of books.
After 592 fiction books were donated to the library, the number of fiction
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books became of the total number of books. How many books were there
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at the library at first?

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15. Mr Robby spent of his money on 4 similar keychains and 8 similar plushies
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from a souvenir shop. The cost of each plushie is twice the cost of each
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keychain. He bought same more plushies with of his remaining money. How
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many plushies did Mr Robby buy altogether?