Maths. Word Problems

Maths. Word Problems, These are the only word problems we were given in our Math Home learning. *I gave it a go.. Don't worry* 

1. Tim’s trip

It’s 7km from Tim’s house to where his Grandma lives.

It’s uphill on the way there so he can only cycle at 14kph but he can do 21kph on the way back.

Tim leaves his house at 6pm.

How long can he stop at his Grandma’s house if he wants to be back home for his favourite TV programme at 7pm?

• The trip to Grandma’s takes 30 minutes. (If he were travelling at 7kph he would take an hour. Travelling at twice that speed halves the time.) This means that the home trip takes a third of an hour or 20 minutes. Tim’s total travelling time is therefore 50 minutes. If he spends 10 minutes with Grandma he can still get home to watch his favourite programme.

2. The treasure map

Captain Blackheart buries his treasure but loses his treasure map! But all is not lost. His trusty crew remember different bits of the map.

"I remember drawing it with 5 squares each way", says the Captain.

"There was a row of three trees running due East from the square (1,1)", Peg Leg Pete says. "You put each one of them on a different square."

"Weren’t there four granite boulders going due South from (5,5)?" John asks. "I think you put one of them each in a square too."

"Ah!. Now I remember!" yells the Captain. "I buried the treasure half way between the first rock and the most western tree!"

Where is the treasure?

The Treasure is in 3 North,3 East.

3. Lollies, lollies, lollies

On Monday, Sam, Sonny and Sylvia share some lollies that they've been given.

Sonny was given twice as many lollies as Sam.

Sylvia was given three times as many lollies as Sam.

They are given the same number of lollies each day up to (and including) Friday.

If Sylvia got a total of 18 lollies on Tuesday and Wednesday, how many lollies did Sonny get for the whole five days?

How many lollies would Sam need to get on Saturday if he wanted to have 39 lollies altogether?

If Sylvia got 18 lollies on Wednesday, then he must have got 6 lollies on Monday.

⅓ of 6 is 2. So sam must have got 2 lollies on Monday. And if Sam got 2 lollies,

then sonny must have got 4 lollies. 2. Sonny will get 16 lollies by the end of Friday

because of

4x4= 16. .3. My answer has to be 6 because of 6 x 6= 36 and 36 is the

closest number to 39.