Friday 20 March 2015



In class we have been working on a new kind of word problem.

Here is an example.

Tenni and Jason leave 15 comments on our blog. Tenni left 5 more comments than Jason.How many comments did Tenni leave?How many comments did Jason leave?








The answer is:

                    Tenni left 10 comments and Jason left 5 comments.




Write at least two of these new word problems for the class to solve. Make sure you include the answer!







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15 comments:

  1. Anonymous22 March 2015 at 09:35

    Here is my problem. Imogen and Oscar left 28 comments.Imogen left 20 more than Oscar. How many comments did Imogen leave? How many did Oscar leave?

    by Alicia

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    1. Anonymous22 March 2015 at 09:36

      A great problem Alicia, well done. Just check that answer.
      Mr W

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  2. Anonymous22 March 2015 at 11:10

    Here are some questions for you.

    Lincoln and Charlie leave 20 comments, Charlie leaves 2 more comments than Lincoln. How many comments did Lincoln leave? How many comments did Charlie leave.

    Peggy and Summer have 12 crowns. Summer has 2 more than Peggy. How many crowns does Peggy have? How many crowns does Summer have?

    by Peggy

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    1. Anonymous22 March 2015 at 11:11

      Great questions and good answers Peggy. Well done.
      Mr W

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  3. Anonymous22 March 2015 at 14:46

    Here are some problems.

    Maddie and Grace left 55 comments. Maddie left 5 more comments than Grace. How many comments did they leave?

    Maddie and Erin left 105 comments. Erin left 13 more comments than Maddie.
    How many comments did they leave?

    by Maddie

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    1. Anonymous22 March 2015 at 14:48

      Good questions and answers Maddie, well done.
      Mr W

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  4. Anonymous22 March 2015 at 15:20

    Here are my questions.

    Megan had 10 packets of sweets to share with her friends and Erin had 7 packets of sweets to share, how many more packets did Megan have? How many packets did Megan and Erin have in total?



    Mr W had 4 cups of tea during the day, Mrs B had 3 cups of tea during the day and Mrs K had 5 cups of tea during the day.

    Who had the most cups of tea?

    How many cups did they have in total?

    by Megan

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    1. Anonymous22 March 2015 at 15:23

      Great questions and answers Megan. Well done! I do like a cup of tea!
      Mr W

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  5. Anonymous23 March 2015 at 11:56

    Here are my problems.

    Elizabeth and Ellie bought 30 water balloons and they needed to divide them equally how many would they each end up with?

    Each water balloon costs 5p how much did it cost them for 30 water balloons?

    Elizabeth bursts 8 water balloons, and Ellie bursts 12 how many water balloons were they left with?

    by Lily

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    1. Anonymous23 March 2015 at 11:57

      Good questions Lily, well done!

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  6. Anonymous26 March 2015 at 11:36

    Here are my problems.

    Evie and Ellie did handstands at gymnastics. Ellie did 35 handstands and Evie did 10 handstands.

    How many more handstands did Ellie do than Evie?
    How many handstands did they do in total?
    How many more handstands do they need to do to total 50?


    by Ebony

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  7. Anonymous26 March 2015 at 13:50

    Here is my question.

    Jason left 20 comments on the blog and Anthony left 16 comments.

    How many comments did they write altogether?
    How many more comments did Jason write than Anthony?

    Jason then removed 2 of his comments, How many did he have left?

    By Holly

    If Anthony left 8 comments then how many did Jason Leave?

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  8. Anonymous26 March 2015 at 14:33

    Here is my question.

    Luke and Jordan scored 20 goals altogether Luke scored 6 more goals than Jordan.

    How many goals did Jordan score?
    How many goals did Luke score?

    2 of Luke's goals were offside what was Luke's total now?

    How many goals were scored in total?

    By Luke

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  9. Anonymous27 March 2015 at 14:43

    Here is my question.

    Luke and Jordan scored 20 goals altogether Luke scored 6 more goals than Jordan.

    How many goals did Jordan score?
    How many goals did Luke score?

    2 of Luke's goals were offside what was Luke's total now?

    How many goals were scored in total?

    By Luke

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    1. Anonymous8 June 2015 at 09:59

      Dear Luke,
      Good working out it is fantastic.
      By Ishaq

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