Paige: Word Problems 16/414

Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Basketball Caps

Toni is selling caps for the basketball

club. The picture shows the number of

caps that Toni sold during the first three

weeks.

Week 1 * * * * * * * * *

Week 2 * * * * * *

Week 3 * * *

Week 4 ? 7

How many hats must Toni sell in week 4 so that the

average number of caps that she has sold per week is 7?

Pocket Money

Sally and David have agreed to work for their Mum over

the holidays. The pay they get will vary though. Sally will

get $10 for the first day she works and two more dollars

for every day she works after that.

David, on the other hand, will get $1

for the first day he works but for each

day he works from then on his pay will

be doubled. Who would you rather be

and why?

I would be anyone really because it is equal they both get the same. $19

Legs in the Barn

One third of the animals in the

barn are chickens. The rest are

pigs. There are 20 legs in all. How

many pigs are there?

There are 2 chickens and 4 pigs 2 (chickens) x 2 (legs) = 4 (legs) 4 (pigs) x 4 (legs) = 16 (legs) 4 (legs) + 16 (legs) = 20 (legs)

At the Movies

John, Jo and Chris have got seats for the

pictures. In fact their seats are F5, F6, F7.

In how many ways can they sit in those

seats?

Paige