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Word Problem 2 - Word Problems
Welcome to word problem exercise. There are 10 questions in total. You will need your calculator at hand.

1 of 10

Jess and Samuel have 225 cookies.
After Jess was given 5   cookies Jess has the same number of cookies as Samuel.
How many cookies did Jess has intially?

cookies


  


2 of 10

John has 8 times as many stickers as Andrea. Then Andrea received 96 stickers.
As a result John now has 5 times as many stickers as Andrea. How many stickers does John has?

stickers


  


3 of 10

Elizabeth has 2 times as many seashells as Dora. Then Dora gave away 92 seashells.
As a result Elizabeth now has 10 times as many seashells as Dora. How many seashells does Elizabeth has?

seashells


  


4 of 10

Katie has 7 times as many toy cars as Mundeep. Then Katie was given 261 toy cars and Mundeep received 375  toy cars.
As a result Katie now has the same number of toy cars as Mundeep.
How many toy cars did Katie initially has ?

toy cars


  


5 of 10

Patricia has 6 times as many game books as Jackie. Then Patricia gave away 288 game books and Jackie received 312  game books.
As a result Patricia now has the same number of game books as Jackie.
How many game books did Patricia initially has ?

game books


  


6 of 10

Marcel has 10 times as many oranges as Xavier. Then Marcel gave Xavier  207 oranges.
As a result Marcel now has the same number of oranges as Xavier.
How many oranges did Marcel initially has ?

oranges


  


7 of 10

Tia has 5 times as many stickers as Andrea. Then Tia gave away 390 stickers and Andrea lost 62  stickers.
As a result Tia now has the same number of stickers as Andrea.
How many stickers did Tia initially has ?

stickers


  


8 of 10

Samuel has 367 apples and Rebecca has 277 apples.
Then Rebecca gave Samuel some apples.
As a result Samuel now has 6 times as many apples as Rebecca.
How many apples did Rebecca give to Samuel ?

apples


  


9 of 10

Pam and John have 234 apples.
Pam has 2 times as many apples as John. Then John gave Pam some apples.
As a result Pam now has 8 times as many apples as John.
How many apples did John give to Pam ?

apples


  


10 of 10

Sophie and Mundeep have 324 rubber bands.
Sophie has 5 times as many rubber bands as Mundeep. Then Sophie gave Mundeep some rubber bands.
As a result Sophie now has 3 times as many rubber bands as Mundeep.
How many rubber bands did Sophie give to Mundeep ?

rubber bands


  


  
  

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