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                        Numeracy 123 Problems‐7     

                                                         Name 
                                       Date started 
 

1  2  3  4 5 6 
Multiplication  Multiplication  Multiplication  Multiplication  Multiplication  Multiplication 
using place  using place  using place  using place  using place  using place 
value  value  value  value value  value
7  8  9  10 11 12
Division using  Division using  Division using  Division using  Division using  Division using 
place value  place value  place value  place value   place value  place value 

13  14  15  16 17 18


Mixed  Mixed  Mixed  Mixed  Mixed  Mixed 
add/sub  add/sub  add/sub  add/sub  add/sub  add/sub 
mult/div  mult/div  mult/div mult/div mult/div  mult/div
19  20  21  22 23 24
Multiplication  Multiplication  Multiplication  Multiplication  Multiplication  Multiplication 
using rounding and  using rounding and  using rounding and  using rounding and  using rounding and  using rounding and 
compensating  compensating  compensating  compensating  compensating  compensating 

25  26  27  28 29 30


Division using  Division using  Division using  Division using  Division using  Division using 
rounding and  rounding and  rounding and  rounding and  rounding and  rounding and 
compensating  compensating  compensating compensating compensating  compensating
31  32  33  34 35 36
Addition of  Addition of  Addition of  Addition of  Addition of  Addition of 
decimals  decimals  decimals  decimals  decimals  decimals 
37  38  39  40 41 42
Addition of  Subtraction  Subtraction  Subtraction  Subtraction  Subtraction 
decimals  of decimals  of decimals of decimals of decimals  of decimals
43  44  45  46 47 48
Subtraction  Subtraction  Fractions  Fractions  Fractions  Fractions 
of decimals  of decimals 
49  50  51  52 53 54
Fractions  Fractions  Percentages  Percentages  Percentages   Percentages  
55  56  57  58 59 60
Percentages  Percentages   Percentages   Ratios and  Ratios and  Ratios and 
rates  rates  rates 
                                                                                    ©Numeracy Limited 2011 
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-1
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 There are 24 sunflower seeds in a packet. Jonathan bought 6 packets. How


many seeds in total did Jonathan have?

2 3 friends went strawberry picking. They picked 82 but ate 49 of them. They
equally shared the remainder. How many did each have?

3 Four aeroplanes each hold one hundred and thirty five passengers. What is
the total number of passengers the aeroplanes hold?

4 At school we had a sponsored car wash and raised $98 for 2 charities. This
was split evenly. How much did each charity receive?

5 2 buses took 59 children from Year 1 and 33 from Year 2 on a trip. With
equal numbers of children on each bus, how many was this?

6 I had 1.9 litres of water in one bucket and 1.9 litres of water in another
bucket. What was the total amount of water I had?

7 A shop keeper had forty two tomatoes and packed them into bags of three.
How many bags could he make?

8 At the florist there were forty nine bunches of roses, with six roses in each
bunch. How many roses were at the shop?

9 My garage is 6.4 metres long. I want to extend it by 3.2 metres. How long
will that make my garage?

10 There 168 people living in 4 apartment blocks. If the apartment blocks hold
the same amount of people, how many are in each block?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-2
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 The tuck shop took $65 in the morning and $19 in the afternoon, each day
for 4 days. What was the total amount of money taken?

2 A building has thirty two windows on each floor and has four floors. How
many windows are there in the building?

3 3 friends won $57 on the lottery and shared it out evenly. How much did
each friend receive?

4 A fishing boat caught 29 fish in the morning and 16 in the afternoon, each
day for 2 days. How many fish did they catch altogether?

5 The farmer took 9.6 kilograms of potatoes to market. He sold 4.2 kilograms.
What was the weight of potatoes he had left?

6 Five ships each had two hundred and sixty one sailors onboard. What was the
total number of sailors?

7 At the hardware store there were 39 boxes of candles with 5 candles in


each box. How many candles were there altogether?

8 I bought 3.5 metres of material to make a dress and then had to buy 1.3
metres more. What was the total material needed for the dress?

9 After a garage sale $64 was shared equally between 4 people. How much
money did each person get?

10 A shop sold forty five boxes of pens at a hundred dollars per box, for ten
days. What was the total amount of money the shop took?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-3
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 We had fifteen point four metres of wire and used thirteen point nine
metres to build a fence. How much wire did we have left?

2 2 friends went strawberry picking. They picked 95 but ate 39 of them. They
equally shared the remainder. How many did each have?

3 Twenty five children each brought three dollars to school for a trip to the
museum. What was the total amount of money they brought?

4 At school 79 children each brought $4 for a stationery pack. What was the
total amount of money the school collected for stationery?

5 32 biscuits were divided equally into 2 tins. How many biscuits were in each
tin?

6 A teacher bought 8.7 metres of fabric to cover a notice board. She only
used 5.1 metres. How much fabric did she have left?

7 3 buses took 69 children from Year 1 and 18 from Year 2 on a trip. With
equal numbers of children on each bus, how many was this?

8 After rugby we had 7/4 of sliced orange in one box and 5/6 of sliced orange
in another. How many oranges did we have left?

9 A shop keeper had eighty tomatoes and packed them into bags of five. How
many bags could he make?

10 Seventy six trees were planted in four equal rows. How many trees were in
each row?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-4
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 At scout camp we had four trays of cake to share equally between seven
tents. How much cake did each tent receive?

2 A fishing boat caught 39 fish in the morning and 22 in the afternoon, each
day for 3 days. How many fish did they catch altogether?

3 A jug held 0.86 litres of milk. We used 0.4 litres to make some scones. How
much milk was left in the jug?

4 5 Girl Guides each raised $25 selling biscuits. What was the total amount of
money they raised?

5 The farmer planted five rows of cabbages with eighty nine cabbages in each
row. What was the total number of cabbages planted?

6 Three aeroplanes each hold four hundred and twenty six passengers. What is
the total number of passengers the aeroplanes hold?

7 The tuck shop took $55 in the morning and $39 in the afternoon, each day
for 2 days. What was the total amount of money taken?

8 Tomi can climb a tree in 5.2 seconds. How much quicker is his brother
Michael who can climb it in 4.9 seconds?

9 At the zoo there are 48 birds in 2 aviaries. The aviaries contain the same
amount of birds. How many is this?

10 At school we had 87 reading books delivered that had to be shared equally


between 3 classes. How many books did each class receive?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-5
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 Pizzas were cut into ninths. Our class ate seventeen pieces. How many whole
pizzas is this, including the remaining fraction?

2 There are 35 sunflower seeds in a packet. Jonathan bought 7 packets. How


many seeds in total did Jonathan have?

3 I had $261 and spent $99 on a table, but it had a scratch on it, so the shop
keeper gave me $14 back. How much money did I have left?

4 Jason carried a 20 litre bucket of water from the well. On his way to his
house he spilt 50% of the water. How much water did he spill?

5 A shop keeper had seventy eight tomatoes and packed them into bags of six.
How many bags could he make?

6 199 staff were each given an extra 5 days holiday. What was the total
number of extra days holiday the staff were given?

7 A flagpole was 1.4 metres high. The top was rotten so we cut 0.7 metres off.
How high was the new flagpole?

8 Eight ships each had five hundred and five sailors onboard. What was the
total number of sailors?

9 At school we had a sponsored car wash and raised $95 for 5 charities. This
was split evenly. How much did each charity receive?

10 4 buses took 79 children from Year 1 and 25 from Year 2 on a trip. With
equal numbers of children on each bus, how many was this?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-6
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 A fishing boat caught 49 fish in the morning and 14 in the afternoon, each
day for 4 days. How many fish did they catch altogether?

2 2 friends won $78 on the lottery and shared it out evenly. How much did
each friend receive?

3 A building has fifty three windows on each floor and has six floors. How
many windows are there in the building?

4 A shop sold twenty four boxes of pens at a hundred dollars per box, for ten
days. What was the total amount of money the shop took?

5 I had 9.9 litres of water in one bucket and 9.8 litres of water in another
bucket. What was the total amount of water I had?

6 Seven aeroplanes each hold one hundred and thirty four passengers. What is
the total number of passengers the aeroplanes hold?

7 At the florist there were thirty eight bunches of roses, with five roses in
each bunch. How many roses were at the shop?

8 An accountant has a salary of $90 000, but has to pay 19% tax on this. How
much money does he have left after tax?

9 One hundred and twenty three children are divided equally into three year
groups. How many children are in each year?

10 My garage is 5.6 metres long. I want to extend it by 1.2 metres. How long will
that make my garage?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-7
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 Sam had 8/5 of cake in his freezer and Joe had 6/4 of cake in his freezer.
Who had the most and by how much?

2 There 720 people living in 6 apartment blocks. If the apartment blocks hold
the same amount of people, how many are in each block?

3 Ninety six trees were planted in two equal rows. How many trees were in
each row?

4 Sixty two children each brought eight dollars to school for a trip to the
museum. What was the total amount of money they brought?

5 I had $147 and spent $99 on a table, but it had a scratch on it, so the shop
keeper gave me $16 back. How much money did I have left?

6 The farmer took 6.8 kilograms of potatoes to market. He sold 3.5 kilograms.
What was the weight of potatoes he had left?

7 3 buses took 39 children from Year 1 and 24 from Year 2 on a trip. With
equal numbers of children on each bus, how many was this?

8 I bought 7.3 metres of material to make a dress and then had to buy 2.5
metres more. What was the total material needed for the dress?

9 After a garage sale $65 was shared equally between 5 people. How much
money did each person get?

10 At the hardware store there were 58 boxes of candles with 8 candles in


each box. How many candles were there altogether?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-8
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 After rugby we had 5/4 of sliced orange in one box and 2/7 of sliced orange
in another. How many oranges did we have left?

2 98 biscuits were divided equally into 7 tins. How many biscuits were in each
tin?

3 We had eighteen point three metres of wire and used twelve point nine
metres to build a fence. How much wire did we have left?

4 A shop sold thirty seven boxes of pens at a hundred dollars per box, for ten
days. What was the total amount of money the shop took?

5 6 Girl Guides each raised $54 selling biscuits. What was the total amount of
money they raised?

6 A teacher bought 7.8 metres of fabric to cover a notice board. She only
used 1.4 metres. How much fabric did she have left?

7 A fishing boat caught 59 fish in the morning and 26 in the afternoon each
day for 4 days. How many fish did they catch altogether?

8 At school we had 114 reading books delivered that had to be shared equally
between 6 classes. How many books did each class receive?

9 A shop keeper had fifty six tomatoes and packed them into bags of four.
How many bags could he make?

10 At school 69 children each brought $7 for a stationery pack. What was the
total amount of money the school collected for stationery?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-9
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 Tomi can climb a tree in 6.1 seconds. How much quicker is his brother
Michael who can climb it in 4.9 seconds?

2 4 buses took 49 children from Year 1 and 35 from Year 2 on a trip. With
equal numbers of children on each bus, how many was this?

3 There are 51 sunflower seeds in a packet. Jonathan bought 9 packets. How


many seeds in total did Jonathan have?

4 The farmer planted four rows of cabbages with ninety nine cabbages in each
row. What was the total number of cabbages planted?

5 A jug held 0.92 litres of milk. We used 0.5 litres to make some scones. How
much milk was left in the jug?

6 At the zoo there are 52 birds in 4 aviaries. The aviaries contain the same
amount of birds. How many is this?

7 An accountant has a salary of $90 000, but has to pay 23% tax on this. How
much money does he have left after tax?

8 I had $364 and spent $199 on a table, but it had a scratch on it, so the shop
keeper gave me $18 back. How much money did I have left?

9 Six ships each had two hundred and fourteen sailors onboard. What was the
total number of sailors?

10 At school we had a sponsored car wash and raised $72 for 4 charities. This
was split evenly. How much did each charity receive?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-10
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 Jason carried a 30 litre bucket of water from the well. On his way to his
house he spilt 40% of the water. How much water did he spill?

2 A shop keeper had seventy two tomatoes and packed them into bags of
three. How many bags could he make?

3 399 staff were each given an extra 4 days holiday. What was the total
number of extra days holiday the staff were given?

4 A building has thirty five windows on each floor and has two floors. How
many windows are there in the building?

5 A flagpole was 1.3 metres high. The top was rotten so we cut 0.8 metres off.
How high was the new flagpole?

6 A fishing boat caught 69 fish in the morning and 22 in the afternoon each
day for 4 days. How many fish did they catch altogether?

7 6 friends won $108 on the lottery and shared it out evenly. How much did
each friend receive?

8 Five aeroplanes each hold three hundred and three passengers. What is the
total number of passengers the aeroplanes hold?

9 Pizzas were cut into ninths. Our class ate seventy seven pieces. How many
whole pizzas is this including the remaining fraction.

10 A shop sold fifty eight boxes of pens at two hundred dollars per box, for ten
days. What was the total amount of money the shop took?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-11
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 My garage is 4.1 metres long. I want to extend it by 5.3 metres. How long will
that make my garage?

2 Two hundred and fifteen children are divided equally into five year groups.
How many children are in each year?

3 I had 8.9 litres of water in one bucket and 8.8 litres of water in another
bucket. What was the total amount of water I had?

4 At the florist there were eighty nine bunches of roses, with nine roses in
each bunch. How many roses were at the shop?

5 Forty four children each brought five dollars to school for a trip to the
museum. What was the total amount of money they brought?

6 The tuck shop took $43 in the morning and $29 in the afternoon, each day
for 3 days. What was the total amount of money taken?

7 An accountant has a salary of $90 000, but has to pay 27% tax on this. How
much money does he have left after tax?

8 Eighty four trees were planted in three equal rows. How many trees were in
each row?

9 96 biscuits were divided equally into 3 tins. How many biscuits were in each
tin?

10 I had $374 and spent $299 on a table, but it had a scratch on it, so the shop
keeper gave me $25 back. How much money did I have left?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-12
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 Jason carried a 20 litre bucket of water from the well. On his way to his
house he spilt 30% of the water. How much water did he spill?

2 After a garage sale $88 was shared equally between 4 people. How much
money did each person get?

3 At school we had 90 reading books delivered that had to be shared equally


between 5 classes. How many books did each class receive?

4 Sam had 10/3 of cake in his freezer and Joe had 12/4 of cake in his freezer.
Who had the most and by how much?

5 4 friends went strawberry picking. They picked 83 but ate 19 of them. They
equally shared the remainder. How many did each have?

6 8 Girl Guides each raised $63 selling biscuits. What was the total amount of
money they raised?

7 At the hardware store there were 78 boxes of candles with 5 candles in


each box. How many candles were there altogether?

8 The farmer took 15.6 kilograms of potatoes to market. He sold 2.4


kilograms. What was the weight of potatoes he had left?

9 At the zoo there are 75 birds in 3 aviaries. The aviaries contain the same
amount of birds. How many is this?

10 I bought 8.2 metres of material to make a dress and then had to buy 6.3
metres more. What was the total material needed for the dress?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-13
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 After rugby we had 5/4 of sliced orange in one box and 2/3 of sliced orange
in another. How many oranges did we have left?

2 There 512 people living in 4 apartment blocks. If the apartment blocks hold
the same amount of people, how many are in each block?

3 At school we had a sponsored car wash and raised $54 for 3 charities. This
was split evenly. How much did each charity receive?

4 There are 85 sunflower seeds in a packet. Jonathan bought 2 packets. How


many seeds in total did Jonathan have?

5 I had $456 and spent $299 on a table, but it had a scratch on it, so the shop
keeper gave me $14 back. How much money did I have left?

6 We had fourteen point two metres of wire and used six point nine metres to
build a fence. How much wire did we have left?

7 At school 48 children each brought $4 for a stationery pack. What was the
total amount of money the school collected for stationery?

8 Six aeroplanes each hold two hundred and fifteen passengers. What is the
total number of passengers the aeroplanes hold?

9 Jason carried a 30 litre bucket of water from the well. On his way to his
house he spilt 60% of the water. How much water did he spill?

10 A teacher bought 18.9 metres of fabric to cover a notice board. She only
used 4.5 metres. How much fabric did she have left?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-14
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 At scout camp we had nine trays of cake to share equally between eleven
tents. How much cake did each tent receive?

2 The tuck shop took $62 in the morning and $49 in the afternoon, each day
for 6 days. What was the total amount of money taken?

3 A jug held 0.56 litres of milk. We used 0.4 litres to make some scones. How
much milk was left in the jug?

4 The farmer planted six rows of cabbages with forty nine cabbages in each
row. What was the total number of cabbages planted?

5 A building has seventy four windows on each floor and has three floors. How
many windows are there in the building?

6 An accountant has a salary of $90 000, but has to pay 31% tax on this. How
much money does he have left after tax?

7 A shop sold sixty nine boxes of pens at three hundred dollars per box, for
ten days. What was the total amount of money the shop took?

8 5 friends won $140 on the lottery and shared it out evenly. How much did
each friend receive?

9 Four ships each had one hundred and seventy three sailors onboard. What
was the total number of sailors?

10 Tomi can climb a tree in 9.2 seconds. How much quicker is his brother
Michael who can climb it in 7.9 seconds?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-15
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 A farmer had 1.9 metres of rope and then found another 1.5 metres in his
shed. What was the total amount of rope the farmer had?

2 At the zoo there are 70 birds in 5 aviaries. The aviaries contain the same
amount of birds. How many is this?

3 In a restaurant the bill for 6 people came to $140 plus 5% service charge.
What was the total bill?

4 498 staff were each given an extra 3 days holiday. What was the total
number of extra days holiday the staff were given?

5 A flagpole was 2.5 metres high. The top was rotten so we cut 0.9 metres off.
How high was the new flagpole?

6 Sixty three children each brought four dollars to school for a trip to the
museum. What was the total amount of money they brought?

7 Jason carried a 20 litre bucket of water from the well. On his way to his
house he spilt 10% of the water. How much water did he spill?

8 One hundred and sixteen trees were planted in four equal rows. How many
trees were in each row?

9 Four hundred and ninety two children are divided equally into four year
groups. How many children are in each year?

10 Pizzas were cut into ninths. Our class ate a hundred pieces. How many whole
pizzas is this including the remaining fraction.

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-16
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 An accountant has a salary of $146 000, but has to pay 13% tax on this. How
much money does he have left after tax?

2 90 biscuits were divided equally into 6 tins. How many biscuits were in each
tin?

3 At school we had 351 reading books delivered that had to be shared equally
between 9 classes. How many books did each class receive?

4 The tuck shop took $34 in the morning and $69 in the afternoon, each day
for 8 days. What was the total amount of money they took?

5 I had 6.9 litres of water in one bucket and 7.1 litres of water in another
bucket. What was the total amount of water I had?

6 At the florist there were seventy eight bunches of roses, with three roses
in each bunch. How many roses were at the shop?

7 7 Girl Guides each raised $45 selling biscuits. What was the total amount of
money they raised?

8 My garage is 10.4 metres long. I want to extend it by 7.5 metres. How long
will that make my garage?

9 There 675 people living in 3 apartment blocks. If the apartment blocks hold
the same amount of people, how many are in each block?

10 A city has a population of 30 000 people. Of these 17% are Chinese. What is
the total number of Chinese people living in the city?

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I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-17
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 I bought 12.8 metres of material to make a dress and then had to buy 5.1
metres more. What was the total needed for the dress?

2 Three ships each had three hundred and forty four sailors onboard. What
was the total number of sailors?

3 At the hardware store there were 69 boxes of candles with 7 candles in


each box. How many candles were there altogether?

4 I bought a car from Japan, it cost me $4 400. I then had to pay 30% import
duty. What was the total cost of the car?

5 There are 83 sunflower seeds in a packet. Jonathan bought 3 packets. How


many seeds in total did Jonathan have?

6 The farmer took 16.8 kilograms of potatoes to market. He sold 10.2


kilograms. What was the weight of potatoes he had left?

7 Eight hundred and forty seven children are divided equally into seven year
groups. How many children are in each year?

8 At school we had a sponsored car wash and raised $112 for 4 charities. This
was split evenly. How much did each charity receive?

9 3 friends went strawberry picking. They picked 93 but ate 39 of them. They
equally shared the remainder. How many did each have?

10 Sam had 15/8 of cake in his freezer and Joe had 11/6 of cake in his freezer.
Who had the most and by how much?

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I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-18
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 After rugby we had 7/4 of sliced orange in one box and 9/8 of sliced orange
in another. How many oranges did we have left?

2 After a garage sale $84 was shared equally between 6 people. How much
money did each person get?

3 In a restaurant the bill for 6 people came to $140 plus 7% service charge.
What was the total bill?

4 7 friends won $133 on the lottery and shared it out evenly. How much did
each friend receive?

5 A teacher bought 14.7 metres of fabric to cover a notice board. She only
used 12.3 metres. How much fabric did she have left?

6 A building has forty five windows on each floor and has eight floors. How
many windows are there in the building?

7 At school 59 children each brought $3 for a stationery pack. What was the
total amount of money the school collected for stationery?

8 We had nineteen point five metres of wire and used five point nine metres to
build a fence. How much wire did we have left?

9 At the zoo there are 92 birds in 4 aviaries. The aviaries contain the same
amount of birds. How many is this?

10 Jason carried a 20 litre bucket of water from the well. On his way to his
house he spilt 40% of the water. How much water did he spill?

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I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-19
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 A farmer had 5.99 metres of rope and then found another 2.45 metres in his
shed. What was the total amount of rope the farmer had?

2 There 630 people living in 5 apartment blocks. If the apartment blocks hold
the same amount of people, how many are in each block?

3 A jug held 2.84 litres of milk. We used 0.3 litres to make some scones. How
much milk was left in the jug?

4 The farmer planted seven rows of cabbages with twenty nine cabbages in
each row. What was the total number of cabbages planted?

5 At scout camp we had seventeen trays of cake to share equally between six
tents. How much cake did each tent receive?

6 Two hundred and thirty four trees were planted in six equal rows. How many
trees were in each row?

7 Fifty five children each brought six dollars to school for a trip to the
museum. What was the total amount of money they brought?

8 A city has a population of 30 000 people. Of these 21% are Chinese. What is
the total number of Chinese people living in the city?

9 75 biscuits were divided equally into 5 tins. How many biscuits were in each
tin?

10 Tomi can climb a tree in 7.4 seconds. How much quicker is his brother
Michael who can climb it in 6.9 seconds?

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I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-20
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 Jason carried a 20 litre bucket of water from the well. On his way to his
house he spilt 60% of the water. How much water did he spill?

2 Nine hundred and twelve children are divided equally into eight year groups.
How many children are in each year?

3 Pizzas were cut into ninths. Our class ate forty three pieces. How many
whole pizzas is this including the remaining fraction.

4 398 staff were each given an extra 4 days holiday. What was the total
number of extra days holiday the staff were given?

5 I bought a car from Japan, it cost me $4 400. I then had to pay 25% import
duty. What was the total cost of the car?

6 After a garage sale $91 was shared equally between 7 people. How much
money did each person get?

7 A flagpole was 4.2 metres high. The top was rotten so we cut 0.7 metres off.
How high was the new flagpole?

8 9 Girl Guides each raised $32 selling biscuits. What was the total amount of
money they raised?

9 At school we had 152 reading books delivered that had to be shared equally
between 8 classes. How many books did each class receive?

10 4 friends went strawberry picking. They picked 85 but ate 29 of them. They
equally shared the remainder. How many did each have?

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I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-21
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 After lunch I had 1/2 of my banana left and my friend had 3/4 of his
banana. How much did we have left between us?

2 At the florist there were ninety nine bunches of roses, with eight roses in
each bunch. How many roses were at the shop?

3 The lawn at our house is 3.63 metres wide. Dad took 1.9 metres of it to build
a shed. How wide is our lawn now?

4 At scout camp we had twenty five trays of cake to share equally between
eight tents. How much cake did each tent receive?

5 At school we had a sponsored car wash and raised $117 for 3 charities. This
was split evenly. How much did each charity receive?

6 In a restaurant the bill for 6 people came to $140 plus 9% service charge.
What was the total bill?

7 After lunch Max had 1/2 an apple left and William had 3/5 of his apple left.
Which boy had more and by how much?

8 An accountant has a salary of $146 000, but has to pay 43% tax on this. How
much money does he have left after tax?

9 I had 14.9 litres of water in one bucket and 14.9 litres of water in another
bucket. What was the total amount of water I had?

10 Sam had 24/5 of cake in his freezer and Joe had 31/6 of cake in his
freezer. Who had the most and by how much?

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I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-22
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 Jason carried a 20 litre bucket of water from the well. On his way to his
house he spilt 70% of the water. How much water did he spill?

2 At the hardware store there were 49 boxes of candles with 8 candles in


each box. How many candles were there altogether?

3 A city has a population of 30 000 people. Of these 37% are Chinese. What is
the total number of Chinese people living in the city?

4 Sam had 11/4 of cake in his freezer and Joe had 14/6 of cake in his freezer.
Who had the most and by how much?

5 An accountant has a salary of $90 000, but has to pay 37% tax on this. How
much money does he have left after tax?

6 The lawn at our house is 4.83 metres wide. Dad took 1.9 metres of it to build
a shed. How wide is our lawn now?

7 6 friends won $174 on the lottery and shared it out evenly. How much did
each friend receive?

8 After lunch I had 1/2 of my banana left and my friend had 2/3 of his
banana. How much did we have left between us?

9 The farmer took 8.95 kilograms of potatoes to market. He sold 2.52


kilograms. What was the weight of potatoes he had left?

10 After lunch Max had 2/3 of an apple left and William had 3/4 of his apple
left. Which boy had more and by how much?

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I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-23
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 At scout camp we had thirty three trays of cake to share equally between
nine tents. How much cake did each tent receive?

2 At school 38 children each brought $6 for a stationery pack. What was the
total amount of money the school collected for stationery?

3 The lawn at our house is 5.42 metres wide. Dad took 2.9 metres of it to build
a shed. How wide is our lawn now?

4 I bought a car from Japan, it cost me $5 000. I then had to pay 10% import
duty. What was the total cost of the car?

5 On one side of my garden I have 6.3 metres of fence and on the other side I
have 12.9 metres. What is the total amount of fence?

6 An accountant has a salary of $146 000, but has to pay 29% tax on this. How
much money does he have left after tax?

7 After lunch Max had 4/5 of an apple left and William had 7/10 of his apple
left. Which boy had more and by how much?

8 A teacher bought 9.86 metres of fabric to cover a notice board. She only
used 4.41 metres. How much fabric did she have left?

9 One hundred and forty five trees were planted in five equal rows. How many
trees were in each row?

10 We had twenty six point one metres of wire and used fourteen point nine
metres to build a fence. How much wire did we have left?

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I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-24
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 Tomi can climb a tree in 8.3 seconds. How much quicker is his brother
Michael who can climb it in 7.9 seconds?

2 The farmer planted three rows of cabbages with ninety nine cabbages in
each row. What was the total number of cabbages?

3 A jug held 3.73 litres of milk. We used 0.4 litres to make some scones. How
much milk was left in the jug?

4 After lunch Max had 1/2 an apple left and William had 1/3 of his apple left.
Which boy had more and by how much?

5 An accountant has a salary of $146 000, but has to pay 33% tax on this. How
much money does he have left after tax?

6 At school we had 171 reading books delivered that had to be shared equally
between 9 classes. How many books did each class receive?

7 In a restaurant the bill for 6 people came to $210 plus 9% service charge.
What was the total bill?

8 The lawn at our house is 3.51 metres wide. Dad took 1.9 metres of it to build
a shed. How wide is our lawn now?

9 A boy took 2.9 seconds to run up his garden and 1.4 seconds to run back.
What was the total time for both runs?

10 After rugby we had 4/3 of sliced orange in one box and 6/5 of sliced orange
in another. How many oranges did we have left?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-25
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 Pizzas were cut into sevenths. Our class ate sixty five pieces. How many
whole pizzas is this including the remaining fraction.

2 599 staff were each given an extra 5 days holiday. What was the total
number of extra days holiday the staff were given?

3 A city has a population of 30 000 people. Of these 43% are Chinese. What is
the total number of Chinese people living in the city?

4 A farmer had 3.9 metres of rope and then found another 2.3 metres in his
shed. What was the total amount of rope the farmer had?

5 In a storm, a ship had 70 bags of coal onboard. The crew threw 90%
overboard to stop the ship sinking. How many bags were left?

6 A flagpole was 3.4 metres high. The top was rotten so we cut 0.8 metres off.
How high was the new flagpole?

7 An accountant has a salary of $146 000, but has to pay 39% tax on this. How
much money does he have left after tax?

8 At scout camp we had forty three trays of cake to share equally between
seven tents. How much cake did each tent receive?

9 On one side of my garden I have 8.4 metres of fence and on the other side I
have 5.9 metres. What is the total amount of fence?

10 The lawn at our house is 16.78 metres wide. Dad took 4.9 metres of it to
build a shed. How wide is our lawn now?

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I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-26
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 A car travels 264 kilometres in 8 hours. Travelling at the same speed, how
many hours will it take the car to travel 561 kilometres?

2 My garage is 5.23 metres long. I want to extend it by 3.41 metres. How long
will that make my garage?

3 The lawn at our house is 18.64 metres wide. Dad took 5.9 metres of it to
build a shed. How wide is our lawn now?

4 I bought a car from Japan, it cost me $5 000. I then had to pay 15% import
duty. What was the total cost of the car?

5 On one side of my garden I have 14.2 metres of fence and on the other side
I have 16.9 metres. What is the total amount of fence?

6 After lunch I had 1/2 of my banana left and my friend had 4/5 of his
banana. How much did we have left between us?

7 Jessie got paid $37.53 for 3 hours work. At the same hourly rate, how much
would she get paid for 7 hours work?

8 I had 99.8 litres of water in one bucket and 99.9 litres of water in another
bucket. What was the total amount of water I had?

9 At the florist there were eighty eight bunches of roses, with seven roses in
each bunch. How many roses were at the shop?

10 In a storm, a ship had 70 bags of coal onboard. The crew threw 60%
overboard to stop the ship sinking. How many bags were left?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-27
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 In a restaurant the bill for 6 people came to $140 plus 3% service charge.
What was the total bill?

2 I bought 2.15 metres of material to make a dress and then had to buy 2.52
metres more. What was the total needed for the dress?

3 Jessie got paid $68.85 for 5 hours work. At the same hourly rate, how much
would she get paid for 2 hours work?

4 The farmer took 6.26 kilograms of potatoes to market. He sold 4.12


kilograms. What was the weight of potatoes he had left?

5 Sam had 19/4 of cake in his freezer and Joe had 23/10 of cake in his
freezer. Who had the most and by how much?

6 A car travels 369 kilometres in 9 hours. Travelling at the same speed, how
many hours will it take the car to travel 533 kilometres?

7 On one side of my garden I have 4.52 metres of fence and on the other side
I have 3.99 metres. What is the total amount of fence?

8 The lawn at our house is 12.55 metres wide. Dad took 8.9 metres of it to
build a shed. How wide is our lawn now?

9 At the hardware store there were 59 boxes of candles with 7 candles in


each box. How many candles were there altogether?

10 In a storm, a ship had 70 bags of coal onboard. The crew threw 20%
overboard to stop the ship sinking. How many bags were left?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
   solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-28
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 We had twelve point four metres of wire and used eight point nine metres to
build a fence. How much wire did we have left?

2 At work, a Christmas bonus of $396 was shared equally between 2 workers.


How much money did each worker receive?

3 Jessie got paid $38.92 for 4 hours work. At the same hourly rate, how much
would she get paid for 9 hours work?

4 A teacher bought 7.68 metres of fabric to cover a notice board. She only
used 3.15 metres. How much fabric did she have left?

5 At school 49 children each brought $7 for a stationery pack. What was the
total amount of money the school collected for stationery?

6 In a storm, a ship had 70 bags of coal onboard. The crew threw 40%
overboard to stop the ship sinking. How many bags were left?

7 A car travels 268 kilometres in 4 hours. Travelling at the same speed, how
many hours will it take the car to travel 737 kilometres?

8 The lawn at our house is 15.22 metres wide. Dad took 4.9 metres of it to
build a shed. How wide is our lawn now?

9 A boy took 7.9 seconds to run up his garden and 5.3 seconds to run back.
What was the total time for both runs?

10 A city has a population of 75 000 people. Of these 9% are Chinese. What is


the total number of Chinese people living in the city?

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I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-29
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 In a storm, a ship had 90 bags of coal onboard. The crew threw 30%
overboard to stop the ship sinking. How many bags were left?

2 A boy took 9.9 seconds to run up his garden and 6.4 seconds to run back.
What was the total time for both runs?

3 A car travels 295 kilometres in 5 hours. Travelling at the same speed, how
many hours will it take the car to travel 1 121 kilometres?

4 A jug held 1.68 litres of milk. We used 0.5 litres to make some scones. How
much milk was left in the jug?

5 The farmer planted four rows of cabbages with sixty nine cabbages in each
row. What was the total number of cabbages planted?

6 Tomi can climb a tree in 14.5 seconds. How much quicker is his brother
Michael who can climb it in 9.9 seconds?

7 I bought a car from Japan, it cost me $5 000. I then had to pay 20% import
duty. What was the total cost of the car?

8 Jessie got paid $98.93 for 13 hours work. At the same hourly rate, how
much would she get paid for 4 hours work?

9 On one side of my garden I have 7.63 metres of fence and on the other side
I have 9.99 metres. What is the total amount of fence?

10 Sam had 7/2 of cake in his freezer and Joe had 17/5 of cake in his freezer.
Who had the most and by how much?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-30
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 After lunch I had 1/2 of my banana left and my friend had 2/7 of his
banana. How much did we have left between us?

2 Jessie got paid $38.49 for 3 hours work. At the same hourly rate, how much
would she get paid for 13 hours work?

3 A farmer had 5.9 metres of rope and then found another 3.5 metres in his
shed. What was the total amount of rope the farmer had?

4 In a restaurant the bill for 6 people came to $210 plus 11% service charge.
What was the total bill?

5 499 staff were each given an extra 5 days holiday. What was the total
number of extra days holiday the staff were given?

6 A flagpole was 5.1 metres high. The top was rotten so we cut 0.7 metres off.
How high was the new flagpole?

7 In a storm, a ship had 90 bags of coal onboard. The crew threw 50%
overboard to stop the ship sinking. How many bags were left?

8 A car travels 259 kilometres in 7 hours. Travelling at the same speed, how
many hours will it take the car to travel 592 kilometres?

9 At work, a Christmas bonus of $117 was shared equally between 3 workers.


How much money did each worker receive?

10 Pizzas were cut into sevenths. Our class ate eighty one pieces. How many
whole pizzas is this including the remaining fraction.

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-31
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 One hundred and ninety nine workers were each given eight dollars extra in
their pay. What was the total amount this cost the company?

2 A car travels 261 kilometres in 3 hours. Travelling at the same speed, how
many hours will it take the car to travel 696 kilometres?

3 On one side of my garden I have 11.25 metres of fence and on the other side
I have 14.99 metres. What is the total amount of fence?

4 A city has a population of 75 000 people. Of these 14% are Chinese. What is
the total number of Chinese people living in the city?

5 After lunch Max had 4/7 of an apple left and William had 2/3 of his apple
left. Which boy had more and by how much?

6 Orange juice is made from mixing 3 parts concentrate to 4 parts water.


What is the simplified ratio and equivalent fraction for this?

7 I had 19.9 litres of water in one bucket and 19.8 litres of water in another
bucket. What was the total amount of water I had?

8 After rugby we had 5/3 of sliced orange in one box and 8/7 of sliced orange
in another. How many oranges did we have left?

9 My garage is 8.42 metres long. I want to extend it by 4.15 metres. How long
will that make my garage?

10 In a storm, a ship had 90 bags of coal onboard. The crew threw 90%
overboard to stop the ship sinking. How many bags were left?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-32
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 At scout camp we had fifty three trays of cake to share equally between
nine tents. How much cake did each tent receive?

2 Jessie got paid $80.01 for 7 hours work. At the same hourly rate, how much
would she get paid for 2 hours work?

3 I bought 10.55 metres of material to make a dress and then had to buy 6.21
metres more. What was the total needed for the dress?

4 After lunch Max had 2/5 of an apple left and William had 1/3 of his apple
left. Which boy had more and by how much?

5 It took me 5.4 seconds to tie one shoe lace and 4.9 seconds to tie the other.
What was the total time it took me to tie my shoes?

6 Orange juice is made from mixing 2 parts concentrate to 5 parts water.


What is the simplified ratio and equivalent fraction for this?

7 In a storm, a ship had 90 bags of coal onboard. The crew threw 70%
overboard to stop the ship sinking. How many bags were left?

8 At work, a Christmas bonus of $232 was shared equally between 8 workers.


How much money did each worker receive?

9 I bought a car from Japan, it cost me $5 000. I then had to pay 33% import
duty. What was the total cost of the car?

10 The farmer took 17.57 kilograms of potatoes to market. He sold 5.21


kilograms. What was the weight of potatoes he had left?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-33
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 After rugby we had 4/3 of sliced orange in one box and 9/7 of sliced orange
in another. How many oranges did we have left?

2 A car travels 371 kilometres in 7 hours. Travelling at the same speed, how
many hours will it take the car to travel 583 kilometres?

3 Two hundred and ninety nine workers were each given three dollars extra in
their pay. What was the total amount this cost the company?

4 A teacher bought 19.87 metres of fabric to cover a notice board. She only
used 4.23 metres. How much fabric did she have left?

5 My mum got a Christmas bonus from work of $400 but had to pay 25% tax
on this. How much tax did she have to pay?

6 It took me 3.2 seconds to tie one shoe lace and 2.9 seconds to tie the other.
What was the total time it took me to tie my shoes?

7 Orange juice is made from mixing 5 parts concentrate to 11 parts water.


What is the simplified ratio and equivalent fraction for this?

8 We had twenty two point three metres of wire and used fifteen point nine
metres to build a fence. How much wire did we have left?

9 A boy took 2.99 seconds to run up his garden and 3.24 seconds to run back.
What was the total time for both runs?

10 In a restaurant the bill for 6 people came to $210 plus 4% service charge.
What was the total bill?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-34
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 A city has a population of 75 000 people. Of these 34% are Chinese. What is
the total number of Chinese people living in the city?

2 A boy took 14.99 seconds to run up his garden and 12.26 seconds to run back.
What was the total time for both runs?

3 My mum got a Christmas bonus from work of $600 but had to pay 25% tax
on this. How much tax did she have to pay?

4 Orange juice is made from mixing 7 parts concentrate to 10 parts water.


What is the simplified ratio and equivalent fraction for this?

5 A jug held 4.91 litres of milk. We used 0.7 litres to make some scones. How
much milk was left in the jug?

6 At work, a Christmas bonus of $168 was shared equally between 6 workers.


How much money did each worker receive?

7 After lunch I had 3/5 of my banana left and my friend had 3/4 of his
banana. How much did we have left between us?

8 Jessie got paid $54.16 for 8 hours work. At the same hourly rate, how much
would she get paid for 33 hours work?

9 It took me 18.34 seconds to tie one shoe lace and 11.99 seconds to tie the
other. What was the total time it took me to tie my shoes?

10 Tomi can climb a tree in 5.2 seconds. How much quicker is his brother
Michael who can climb it in 4.9 seconds?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-35
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 Jason carried a 30 litre bucket of water from the well. On his way to his
house he spilt 20% of the water. How much water did he spill?

2 A farmer had 9.99 metres of rope and then found another 5.73 metres in his
shed. What was the total amount of rope the farmer had?

3 A flagpole was 2.3 metres high. The top was rotten so we cut 0.8 metres off.
How high was the new flagpole?

4 A car travels 399 kilometres in 7 hours. Travelling at the same speed, how
many hours will it take the car to travel 1 311 kilometres?

5 One hundred and ninety eight workers were each given six dollars extra in
their pay. What was the total amount this cost the company?

6 I bought a car from Japan, it cost me $5 000. I then had to pay 25% import
duty. What was the total cost of the car?

7 Pizzas were cut into sevenths. Our class ate ninety four pieces. How many
whole pizzas is this including the remaining fraction.

8 Orange juice is made from mixing 3 parts concentrate to 7 parts water.


What is the simplified ratio and equivalent fraction for this?

9 One hundred and ninety five carrots had to be put into bags of five. How
many bags did this make?

10 My mum got a Christmas bonus from work of $300 but had to pay 25% tax
on this. How much tax did she have to pay?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-36
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 My mum got a Christmas bonus from work of $900 but had to pay 25% tax
on this. How much tax did she have to pay?

2 I had 49.8 litres of water in one bucket and 49.9 litres of water in another
bucket. What was the total amount of water I had?

3 Orange juice is made from mixing 9 parts concentrate to 2 parts water.


What is the simplified ratio and equivalent fraction for this?

4 After lunch Max had 3/7 of an apple left and William had 1/2 of his apple
left. Which boy had more and by how much?

5 Three hundred and ninety two carrots had to be put into bags of four. How
many bags did this make?

6 In a restaurant the bill for 6 people came to $210 plus 6% service charge.
What was the total bill?

7 Four hundred and ninety nine workers were each given seven dollars extra in
their pay. What was the total amount this cost the company?

8 Jessie got paid $101.71 for 7 hours work. At the same hourly rate, how much
would she get paid for 4 hours work?

9 It took me 8.61 seconds to tie one shoe lace and 7.99 seconds to tie the
other. What was the total time it took me to tie my shoes?

10 After lunch I had 3/5 of my banana left and my friend had 2/3 of his
banana. How much did we have left between us?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-37
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 A city has a population of 75 000 people. Of these 53% are Chinese. What is
the total number of Chinese people living in the city?

2 The farmer took 18.95 kilograms of potatoes to market. He sold 11.23


kilograms. What was the weight of potatoes he had left?

3 My mum got a Christmas bonus from work of $300 but had to pay 35% tax
on this. How much tax did she have to pay?

4 At work, a Christmas bonus of $792 was shared equally between 4 workers.


How much money did each worker receive?

5 Orange juice is made from mixing 5 parts concentrate to 3 parts water.


What is the simplified ratio and equivalent fraction for this?

6 After lunch Max had 5/6 of an apple left and William had 8/9 of his apple
left. Which boy had more and by how much?

7 Eight hundred and ninety one carrots had to be put into bags of nine. How
many bags did this make?

8 A car travels 219 kilometres in 3 hours. Travelling at the same speed, how
many hours will it take the car to travel 1 241 kilometres?

9 It took me 6.55 seconds to tie one shoe lace and 5.99 seconds to tie the
other. What was the total time it took me to tie my shoes?

10 After rugby we had 5/3 of sliced orange in one box and 11/9 of sliced orange
in another. How many oranges did we have left?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-38
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 I bought a car from Japan, it cost me $4 400. I then had to pay 15% import
duty. What was the total cost of the car?

2 It took me 12.84 seconds to tie one shoe lace and 16.99 seconds to tie the
other. What was the total time it took me to tie my shoes?

3 Jessie got paid $68.13 for 9 hours work. At the same hourly rate, how much
would she get paid for 37 hours work?

4 We had fifteen point five metres of wire and used eight point nine metres to
build a fence. How much wire did we have left?

5 Six hundred and eighty six carrots had to be put into bags of seven. How
many bags did this make?

6 After lunch I had 3/5 of my banana left and my friend had 1/4 of his
banana. How much did we have left between us?

7 Orange juice is made from mixing 11 parts concentrate to 2 parts water.


What is the simplified ratio and equivalent fraction for this?

8 A teacher bought 16.78 metres of fabric to cover a notice board. She only
used 14.52 metres. How much fabric did she have left?

9 Five hundred and ninety eight workers were each given three dollars extra in
their pay. What was the total amount this cost the company?

10 My mum got a Christmas bonus from work of $400 but had to pay 35% tax
on this. How much tax did she have to pay?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-39
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 Tomi can climb a tree in 16.23 seconds. How much quicker is his brother
Michael who can climb it in 9.99 seconds?

2 At work, a Christmas bonus of $252 was shared equally between 9 workers.


How much money did each worker receive?

3 In a restaurant the bill for 6 people came to $210 plus 7% service charge.
What was the total bill?

4 Sam had 7/3 of cake in his freezer and Joe had 9/5 of cake in his freezer.
Who had the most and by how much?

5 Orange juice is made from mixing 7 parts concentrate to 8 parts water.


What is the simplified ratio and equivalent fraction for this?

6 A jug held 2.87 litres of milk. We used 0.4 litres to make some scones. How
much milk was left in the jug?

7 Three hundred and twelve carrots had to be put into bags of eight. How
many bags did this make?

8 My mum got a Christmas bonus from work of $900 but had to pay 35% tax
on this. How much tax did she have to pay?

9 A car travels 284 kilometres in 4 hours. Travelling at the same speed, how
many hours will it take the car to travel 923 kilometres?

10 A boy took 32.99 seconds to run up his garden and 23.62 seconds to run
back. What was the total time for both runs?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
I am learning to: add using tidy numbers or doubles * add or subtract using place value
  or rounding and compensating * subtract using equal additions or ‘Don’t subtract – add’
  * multiply and divide using place value, rounding and compensating, doubling and halving
  or my knowledge of zero numbers * divide using reversing * solve fraction problems *
solve percentage problems * add and subtract decimals using all the strategies I have
learnt in addition and subtraction * solve problems with rates and ratios.

Problems 7-40
Show how you worked out each answer in the space underneath.

1 Three hundred and ninety eight workers were each given six dollars extra in
their pay. What was the total amount this cost the company?

2 A city has a population of 75 000 people. Of these 67% are Chinese. What is
the total number of Chinese people living in the city?

3 A farmer had 24.99 metres of rope and then found another 3.56 metres in
his shed. What was the total of rope the farmer had?

4 Jessie got paid $108.29 for 13 hours work. At the same hourly rate, how
much would she get paid for 9 hours work?

5 My mum got a Christmas bonus from work of $500 but had to pay 35% tax
on this. How much tax did she have to pay?

6 Pizzas were cut into sevenths. Our class ate one hundred and four pieces.
How many whole pizzas is this including the remaining fraction.

7 Orange juice is made from mixing 14 parts concentrate to 5 parts water.


What is the simplified ratio and equivalent fraction for this?

8 A flagpole was 1.7 metres high. The top was rotten so we cut 0.9 metres off.
How high was the new flagpole?

9 Nine hundred and ninety carrots had to be put into bags of five. How many
bags did this make?

10 Jason carried a 30 litre bucket of water from the well. On his way to his
house he spilt 30% of the water. How much water did he spill?

© Numeracy Limited 2011
Multiplication – place Adding decimals
value
Division – place value Subtracting decimals

Mixed – add / sub Fractions


mult / div
Multiplication – round Percentages
& compensate
Problems 7 Answers Division – round & Ratios & rates
compensate

7-1 7-2 7-3 7-4 7-5 7-6 7-7 7-8 7-9 7-10

1 24 x6 = 144 65 + 19 x 4 = 15.4 – 13.9 =


336 1.5
4/7 17/9 = 1 8/9 49 + 14 x 4 = Sam by 2/20
252 or 1/10
5/4 + 2/7 =
1 15/28
6.1 – 4.9 =
1.2
40% of 30
=12

2 82 – 49 ÷ 3 = 32 x 4 = 128 95 – 39 ÷ 2
11 = 28
39 + 22 x 3 = 35 x 7 = 245
183
78 ÷ 2 = 39 720 ÷ 6 =
120
98 ÷ 7 = 14 49 + 35 ÷ 4
= 21
72 ÷ 3 = 24

3 4 x 135 =
540
57÷ 3 = 19 25 x 3 = 75 0.86 – 0.4 =
0.46 l
261 – 99 +
14 = 176
53 x 6 = 318 96 ÷ 2 = 48 18.3 – 12.9 =
5.4
51 x 9 = 459 399 x 4 =
1596

4 98 ÷ 2 = 49 29 + 16 x 2 = 79 x 4 = 316
90
5 x 25 = 125 50% of 20 = 24 x 100 x
10 10 = 24 000
62 x 8 = 496 37 x 100 x
10 = 37 000
4 x 99 = 396 35 x 2 = 70

5 59 + 33 ÷ 2
= 46
9.6 – 4.2 =
5.4
32 ÷ 2 = 16 5 x 89 = 445 78 ÷ 6 = 13 9.9 + 9.8 =
19.7
147 – 99 +
16 = 64
6 x 54 = 324 0.92 – 0.5 =
0.42 l
1.3 – 0.8 =
0.5

6 1.9 + 1.9 =
3.8
5 x 261 =
1305
8.7 – 5.1 =
3.6
3 x 426 =
1278
199 x 5 =
995
7 x 134 =
938
6.8 – 3.5 =
3.3
7.8 – 1.4 =
6.4
52 ÷ 4 = 13 69 + 22 x 4 =
364

7 42 ÷ 3 = 14 39 x 5 = 195 69 + 18 ÷ 3
= 29
55 + 39 x 2 = 1.4 – 0.7 =
188 0.7
38 x 5 = 190 39 + 24 ÷ 3
= 21
59 + 26 x 4 = 77% of
340 90 000 =
108 ÷ 6 = 18

69 300
8 49 x 6 = 294 3.5 + 1.3 =
4.8
7/4 + 5/6 =
2 7/12
5.2 – 4.9 =
0.3
8 x 505 =
4040
81% of
90 000 =
7.3 + 2.5 =
9.8
114 ÷ 6 = 19 364 – 199 +
18 = 183
5 x 303 =
1515
72 900
9 6.4 + 3.2 =
9.6
64 ÷ 4 = 16 80 ÷ 5 = 16 48 ÷ 2 = 24 95 ÷ 5 = 19 123 ÷ 3 = 41 65 ÷ 5 = 13 56 ÷ 4 = 14 6 x 214 =
1284
77/9 = 8 5/9

10 168 ÷ 4 = 42 45 x 100 x
10 = 45 000
76 ÷ 4 = 19 87 ÷ 3 = 29 79 + 25 ÷ 4
= 26
5.6 + 1.2 =
6.8
58 x 8 = 464 69 x 7 = 483 72 ÷ 4 = 18 58 x 200 x
10 = 116 000
It is important that students use different strategies to solve problems. The answer has been given in red and answer boxes have been colour coded showing the 
appropriate strategy for how the answer was achieved, however all strategies are acceptable so long as various ones are displayed on each worksheet. 
© Numeracy Limited 2011 
Multiplication – place Adding decimals
value
  Division  – place value Subtracting decimals

Mixed – add / sub Fractions


 
mult / div
Multiplication – round Percentages
Problems 7 Answers & compensate
Division – round & Ratios & rates
compensate
                                                                                                
7-11 7-12 7-13 7-14 7-15 7-16 7-17 7-18 7-19 7-20

1 4.1 + 5.3 =
9.4
30% of 20 =
6
5/4 + 2/3 =
1 11/12
9/11 1.9 + 1.5 =
3.4
87% of
146 000 =
12.8 + 5.1 =
17.9
7/4 + 9/8 =
2 7/8
5.99 + 2.45 =
8.44
60% of 20 =
12
123 020
2 215 ÷ 5 = 43 88 ÷ 4 = 22 512 ÷ 4 =
128
62 + 49 x 6 =
666
70 ÷ 5 = 14 90 ÷ 6 = 15 3 x 344 =
1032
84 ÷ 6 = 14 630 ÷ 5 =
126
912 ÷ 8 =
114

3 8.9 + 8.8 =
17.7
90 ÷ 5 = 18 54 ÷ 3 = 18 0.56 – 0.4 =
0.16
140 + 5% =
147
351 ÷ 9 = 39 69 x 7 = 483 140 + 7% =
149.80
2.84 – 0.3 =
2.54
43/9 = 4 7/9

4 89 x 9 = 801 Sam by 4/12


or 1/3
85 x 2 = 170 6 x 49 = 294 498 x 3 =
1494
34 + 69 x 8 =
824
4400 + 30%
= 5720
133 ÷ 7 = 19 7 x 29 = 203 398 x 4 =
1592

5 44 x 5 = 220 83 – 19 ÷ 4
= 16
456 – 299 +
14 = 171
74 x 3 = 222 2.5 – 0.9 =
1.6
6.9 + 7.1 =
14
83 x 3 = 249 14.7 – 12.3 =
2.4
2 5/6 4400 + 25%
= 5500

6 43 + 29 x 3 =
216
8 x 63 = 504 14.2 – 6.9 =
7.3
69% of
90 000=
63 x 4 = 252 78 x 3 = 234 16.8 – 10.2 =
6.6
45 x 8 = 360 234 ÷ 6 = 39 91 ÷ 7 = 13

62 100
7 73% of
90 000 =
78 x 5 = 390 48 x 4 = 192 69 x 300 x 10 10% of 20 =
= 207 000 2
7 x 45 = 315 847 ÷ 7 =
121
59 x 3 = 177 55 x 6 = 330 4.2 – 0.7 =
3.5
65 700
8 84 ÷ 3 = 28 15.6 – 2.4 =
13.2
6 x 215 =
1290
140 ÷ 5 = 28 116 ÷ 4 = 29 10.4 + 7.5 =
17.9
112 ÷ 4 = 28 19.5 – 5.9 =
13.6
21% of
30 000 = 6300
9 x 32 = 288

9 96 ÷ 3 = 32 75 ÷ 3 = 25 60% of 30 =
18
4 x 173 =
692
492 ÷ 4 =
123
675 ÷ 3 =
225
93 – 39 ÷ 3
= 18
92 ÷ 4 = 23 75 ÷ 5 = 15 152 ÷ 8 = 19

10 374 – 299 +
25 = 100
8.2 + 6.3 =
14.5
18.9 – 4.5 =
14.4
9.2 – 7.9 =
1.3
100/9 =
11 1/9
17% of
30 000 = 5100
Sam by 1/24 40% of 20 =
8
7.4 – 6.9 =
0.5
85 – 29 ÷ 4
= 14
 It is important that students use different strategies to solve problems. The answer has been given in red and answer boxes have been colour coded showing the 
appropriate strategy for how the answer was achieved, however all strategies are acceptable so long as various ones are displayed on each worksheet 
© Numeracy Limited 2011 
Multiplication – place Adding decimals
value
Division – place value Subtracting decimals

Mixed – add / sub Fractions


mult / div
Multiplication – round Percentages
& compensate
Problems 7 Answers Division – round & Ratios & rates
compensate

7-21 7-22 7-23 7-24 7-25 7-26 7-27 7-28 7-29 7-30

1 1/2 + 3/4 =
5/4 or 1 1/4
70% of 20 =
14
3 6/9 8.3 – 7.9 =
0.4
65/7 = 9 2/7 17 140 + 3% =
144.20
12.4 – 8.9 =
3.5
70% of 90 =
63
1/2 + 2/7 =
11/14

2 99 x 8 = 792 49 x 8 = 392 38 x 6 = 228 3 x 99 = 297 599 x 5 =


2995
5.23 + 3.41 = 2.15 + 2.52 = 396 ÷ 2 =
8.64 4.67 198
9.9 + 6.4 =
16.3
166.79

3 3.63 – 1.9 =
1.73
37% of
30 000 =
5.42 – 2.9 =
2.52
3.73 – 0.4 =
3.33
43% of
30 000 =
18.64 – 5.9 = 27.54
12.74
87.57 19 5.9 + 3.5 =
9.4
11 100 12 900
4 3 1/8 Sam by 5/12 5000 + 10%
= 5 500
Max by 1/6 3.9 + 2.3 =
6.2
5000 + 15%
= 5 750
6.26 – 4.12 =
2.14
7.68 – 3.15 =
4.53
1.68 – 0.5 =
1.18
210 + 11% =
233.10
5 117 ÷ 3 = 39 63% of
90 000 =
6.3 + 12.9 =
19.2
67% of
146 000 =
10% of 70 =
7
14.2 + 16.9 =
31.1
Sam by 49/20
or 2 9/20
49 x 7 = 343 4 x 69 = 276 499 x 5 =
2495
56 700 97 820
6 140 + 9% =
152.60
4.83 – 1.9 =
2.93
71% of
146 000 =
171 ÷ 9 = 19 3.4 – 0.8 =
2.6
1/2 + 4/5 =
13/10 or
13 60% of 70 =
42
14.5 – 9.9 =
4.6
5.1 – 0.7 =
4.4
103 660 1 3/10
7 William by
1/10
174 ÷ 6 = 29 Max by 1/10 210 + 9% =
228.90
61% of
146 000 =
87.57 4.52 + 3.99 = 11
8.51
5000 + 20%
= 6 000
50% of 90 =
45
89 060
8 57%of
146 000 =
1/2 + 2/3 =
7/6 or 1 1/6
9.86 – 4.41 =
5.45
3.51 – 1.9 =
1.61
6 1/7 99.8 + 99.9 = 12.55 – 8.9 =
199.7 3.65
15.22 – 4.9 =
10.32
30.44 16

83 220
9 14.9 + 14.9 = 8.95 – 2.52 =
29.8 6.43
145 ÷ 5 = 29 2.9 + 1.4 =
4.3
8.4 + 5.9 =
14.3
88 x 7 = 616 59 x 7 = 413 7.9 + 5.3 =
13.2
7.63 + 9.99 = 117 ÷ 3 = 39
17.62
10 Jo by 11/30 William by
1/12
26.1 – 14.9 =
11.2
4/3 + 6/5 =
2 8/15
16.78 – 4.9 =
11.88
40% of 70 =
28
80% of 70 =
56
9% of
Sam by 1/10 81/7 =
75 000 = 11 4/7
6 750
The answer has been given in red and answer boxes have been colour coded showing the appropriate strategy for how the answer was achieved, however all 
strategies are acceptable so long as various ones are displayed on each worksheet.                                                     © Numeracy Limited 2011 
Multiplication – place Adding decimals
value
Division – place value Subtracting decimals

Mixed – add / sub Fractions


mult / div
Multiplication – round Percentages
& compensate
Problems 7 Answers Division – round &
compensate
Ratios & rates

7-31 7-32 7-33 7-34 7-35 7-36 7-37 7-38 7-39 7-40

1 199 x 8 =
1592
5 8/9 4/3 + 9/7 =
1 13/21
34% of
75 000 =
20% of 30 =
6
25% of 900
= 225
53% of
75 000 =
4400 + 15%
= 5060
16.23 – 9.99
= 6.24
398 x 6 =
2388
25 500 39 750
2 8 22.86 11 14.99 + 12.26
= 27.25
9.99 + 5.73 =
15.72
49.8 + 49.9 =
99.7
18.95 – 11.23 12.84 + 16.99
= 7.72 = 29.83
252 ÷ 9 = 28 67% of
75 000 =
50 250
3 11.25 + 14.99
= 26.24
10.55 + 6.21
= 16.76
299 x 3 =
897
25% of 600
= 150
2.3 – 0.8 =
1.5
9-2 = 4 1/2 : 1
= 9/11
35% of 300
= 105
280.09 210 + 7% =
224.70
24.99 + 3.56
= 28.55

4 14% of
75 000 =
Max by 1/15 19.87 – 4.23
= 15.64
7-10 =
1:1 3/7 = 7/17
23 William by
1/14
792 ÷ 4 =
198
15.5 – 8.9 =
6.6
Sam by 8/15 74.97

10 500
5 William by
2/21
5.4 + 4.9 =
10.3
25% of 400
= 100
4.91 – 0.7 =
4.21
198 x 6 =
1188
392 ÷ 4 = 98 5-3 = 1 2/3:1 686 ÷ 7 = 98
= 5/8
7-8 = 1:1 1/7 35% of 500
= 7/15 = 175

6 3-4 = 1:1 1/3


= 3/7
2-5 = 1:2 1/2
= 2/7
3.2 + 2.9 =
6.1
168 ÷ 6 = 28 5000 + 25%
= 6 250
210 + 6% =
222.60
William by
1/18
3/5 + 1/4 =
17/20
2.87 – 0.4 =
2.47
104/7 =
14 6/7

7 19.9 + 19.8 =
39.7
30% of 90 =
27
5-11 =
1:2 1/5 = 5/16
3/5 + 3/4 =
27/20 or 1 7/20
94/7 =
13 3/7
499 x 7 =
3493
891 ÷ 9 = 99 11-2 = 5 1/2:1 312 ÷ 8 = 39
= 11/13
14-5 = 2 4/5:1
= 14/19

8 5/3 + 8/7 =
2 17/21
232 ÷ 8 = 29 22.3 – 15.9 =
6.4
223.41 3-7 = 1:2 1/3 58.12
= 3/10
17 16.78 – 14.52 35% of 900
= 2.26 = 315
1.7 – 0.9 =
0.8

9 8.42 + 4.15 =
12.57
5000 + 33%
= 6650
2.99 + 3.24 =
6.23
18.34 + 11.99
= 30.33
195 ÷ 5 = 39 8.61 + 7.99 =
16.6
6.55 + 5.99 =
12.54
598 x 3 =
1794
13 990 ÷ 5 =
198

10 10% of 90 = 17.57 – 5.21 210 + 4% = 5.2 – 4.9 = 25% of 300 3/5 + 2/3 = 5/3 + 11/9 = 35% of 400 32.99 + 23.62 30% of 30 =
9 = 12.36 218.40 0.3 = 75 19/15 or 1 4/15 2 8/9 = 140 = 56.61 9
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