Slot 9 - Activity 3

Resource 9-3a
10 Sets of Word Problem Questions

Materials:
1. 10 sets of questions
a. (9-3-1) Basketball Winners
b. (9-3-2) Sparkle It Up
c. (9-3-3) Top Scorers!
d. (9-3-4) B-Daman Shoot
e. (9-3-5) Butterfly Alive!
f. (9-3-6) Bird’s Day Out
g. (9-3-7) Rescue!
h. (9-3-8) Dance with Pudesey
i. (9-3-9) Safety!
j. (9-3-10) Fly High

2. Colour pencils

Procedure:

1. CPs work in groups of two or individually.

2. Choose one set of word problems.
3. Every group or individually needs to solve the problems (handwriting or typed) using at least
two strategies.
4. CPs discuss which of the methods can be suitable for their pupils.
5. Colour the picture in the set question.
6. CPs present or share their work.
7. Use smartphone, download and install free app “Quiver“ using Play Store.
8. Refer Resource 9-3b for steps in using Quiver application.
Resource 9-3b
Guide for Using Quiver (3D colouring App)

Use smartphone, download and install free app

“Quiver“ using Play Store.

Quiver– 3D colouring App

Set a: 9-3-1

BASKETBALL WINNERS
1. A factory produced 71 408 blankets. 19 394 blankets are donated to flood victims.
How many blankets are left in the factory?
(22/K1/2016)

2. The following diagram shows a container with 1000 ml of coconut milk.

Part of the coconut milk has been used.

What is the portion of coconut milk left?

(13/K1/2019)
Set b: 9-3-2

SPARKLE
IT UP

1. The price of a bicycle in a shop is RM180. The shop gives 20% discount to Adam’s father.
Calculate the price paid by Adam’s father.
(6b/K2/2019)

2. The following diagram shows the location of Kevin’s, Joe’s and Roni’s houses from their
school via the market.

The distance of Joe’s house to the school is 0.7 km further than the distance of Kevin’s house
to the school via the market.
What is the distance, in km, of Joe’s house to the school via the market?
(4a/K2/2019)
Set c: 9-3-3

Top Scorers
1. The pie chart shows the percentage of pupils according to clubs in a school. The total
number of pupils in the school is 500.

Music
Club
Arts Club 10%
20%

Mathematics
Language Club
Club 30%
40%

3
of Mathematics Club’s members are boys.
5
Calculate the number of boys in the Mathematics Club.
(9b/K2/2019)

2. The following table shows the scores of Wira team for three days in a telematch.

Day Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

6 scores more than
Score 7 9
Thursday

What is the ratio of the scores on Tuesday to the scores on Wednesday?

(21/K1/2019)
Set d: 9-3-4

B-Daman Shoot
1. Danial has 8 baskets. Each basket has 15 durians. He collects 230 more durians.
Calculate the total number of durians that Daniel has.
(modify 13/K1/2016)

2. The following table shows the athletes’ score of a school. Rayyan’s score is not shown.

Athlete Score
Rayyan
Satish 9.54
Tom 9.2
Total 28.499
Calculate Rayyan’s score.
(23/K1/2019)
Set e: 9-3-5

1. The following table shows the number of visitors to a theme park in three months.

Month Number of visitors

January 11 575
February 25 867
March 12 006

Roy forms a five digit number from all the digit values of the underlined digit in table.
What is the number?
(4a/K2/2018)

2. Diagram shows a plot of land of rectangular shape.

Calculate the area of the land

(15a/K2/2019)
Set f: 9-3-6

1. The following diagram shows a number card.

𝟕
𝟏𝟎
Convert the fraction on the card to a decimal number.
(1b/K2/2018)

2. The following table shows the number of greeting cards that can be printed using two printing
machines, Zen and Ken.

Type of machine Number of printing Printing time

Zen 1000 1 hour
Ken 600 30 minutes

3000 greeting cards need to be printed using Zen printing machine.

How long does it take to print all the greeting cards?
(11c/K2/2019)
Set g: 9-3-7

Rescue !
1. A tank can be filled with 1000 𝑙 of petrol.
How many tanks are needed to fill 0.35 million litres of petrol?
(4a/K2/2017)

2. The Cartesian plane shows the locations of Akmal and Zain. The location of Halim is at
coordinate (2, 3).

What is the horizontal distance and the vertical distance between Halim and Akmal through
Zain?
(5b/K2/2017)
Set h: 9-3-8

1. The following diagram shows the length of an ice cream stick.

Lina wants to make a rectangular photo frame with the perimeter of 112cm by using ice
cream sticks.
How many ice cream sticks does she use?
(7/K2/2017)

2. Roslan has 950 durians for sale.

The following table shows the number of durians sold by Roslan in two days.

Day Number of durians sold

Monday 378
Tuesday 410

Calculate the number of remaining durians. (5/K2/2019)

Set i: 9-3-9

1. The following diagram shows a price tag of an item.

RM2100

How many pieces of RM100 notes have the same value as the price of the item?
(1a/K2/2016)

2. The diagram shows the mass of five mangoes.

A box contains 12.6kg of mangoes. Then all the

mangoes in diagram are put into the box.
Calculate the total mass, in kg, of the mangoes in
the box.
(7b/K2/2018)
Set j: 9-3-10

Fly High
1. You are given three number cards. The largest number is divided by the 3- digit number. The
quotient is then subtracted by the smallest number.

100 24500 5

What is the answer? (3a/K2/2016)

2. The diagram below shows a three-dimensional shape built by Kumar.

Calculate the volume, in cm3, of the three-dimensional shape.

(modify 11c/K2/2016)