word problems (division) year 61 a pen costs 70p. how many can be bought for £14.00?

Word Problems (division) Year 6 1

A pen costs 70p. How

many can be bought for

£14.00?


Work out the average of

these cricket scores: 44,

28, 18.


The circumference of a

wheel is 2m. How many

times does the wheel turn

in travelling 3km?


How many tapes in packs

of five for £2.50 can be

purchased for £32.40?


For how many days would

a 720ml bottle of cough

medicine last if three 8ml

spoonfuls were taken

three times a day?


If a ‘six’ pack of crisps

costs £1.14, what is the

cost of 1 bag?


I want to make 4

bookshelves, all the same

length and as long as

possible. I have a piece of

wood 3.46m. How long will

each of my shelves be?


I think of a number then

add 3 to it. If I divide this

new number by 7 the

answer is 6, what was the

original number?


On a school trip there are

105 children. One coach

holds 48 pupils. How many

coaches are needed to

carry all the passengers ?


I have saved £240. A train

ticket to Durham is £52.

How many tickets can I buy

?


3000 football fans have

tickets for a match. Each

stand holds 435 people.

How many stands are

needed to hold all of the

fans ?


A full bucket holds 3.2 litres.

A full jug holds 0.2 of a litre.

How many jugs full of water

will fill the bucket?


A garage orders 50000 litres

of petrol. It sells an average

of 1250 litres per day. How

long does its supply of

petrol last?


On a cycling holiday

lasting a week a cyclist

rode 178.5km. Work out

the

average number of

kilometres cycled daily?


Mrs Rowe wants to save

£330 for a new television.

She saves £9 a week. How

many weeks will it take

her

to save enough money to

buy the television?


Answers1. 20 pens 8. 392. 30 9. 33. 30 10. 44. 60 11. 75. 10 days 12. 166. 19p 13. 407. 86cm 14. 25.5km

15. 37 weeks

word problems (division) year 61 a pen costs 70p. how many can be bought for £14.00?

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