L.O. I can use RUCSAC to answer word problems.

Use your knowledge of the Read, Underline, Choose, Solve,

Answer, Check method to answer the questions below. You may
use any written method you like to solve the problems, but please
show ALL your working.
1.

Harry loves cookies; he keeps them in a jar. He already has

47 cookies in his jar and he goes out to buy some more.
When he gets home he puts 78 more cookies in his jar. How
many cookies does Harry have in total?

2. There are 119 mice running through the corridors of BCB. Oh

no! Its okay though, the Year 4 children have been trained
to catch them safely. In one day they manage to catch 86
of the mice. How many more do they need to catch to be rid
of them all?
3. There are 22 acting parts in The Lion King. BCB wants to do
the show 7 times over the course of the year. How many
acting parts is this altogether?
4. Mr Young loves to eat sweets. He has 466 sweets in his
office. He is kind, though, and gives 199 to the teachers. He
then gives 93 to some of the children. How many sweets does
Mr Young have left?
5. There are 279 children at BCB. Next week they are going to
be visited by children from the planet Mars. 312 children
from Mars will join BCB. How many children will be at BCB
altogether?
6. Mr Thomas has some boxes of play dough. He lets Mr Healey
borrow 364 of them. He now has 453 left. How many boxes
of playdough did Mr Thomas start with?
7.

BCB is going camping! They need buses for this. 1 bus can
hold 42 children. BCB is taking 6 buses. How many children
can go camping?

8. Year 4 have been making rainbow looms. One group has

made 156, another group has made 88, a third group has
made 231 and the final group made 101. How many rainbow
looms did Year 4 make?