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SOLVING WORD PROBLEMS 1

Question 1. Solve the following problems.
TASK 1. The cost of 2kg of oranges is 70 000 VND. How much does it cost Tien to buy 5kg of
these oranges?
A. 35 000 VND
B. 7 000 VND
C. 175 000 VND
D. 135 000 VND
TASK 2. The mass of 5 identical bags of rice is 60kg. How heavy are 9 bags of rice?
A. 108kg
B. 120kg
C. 90kg
D. 540kg
TASK 3. 4 packs of pens cost 40 000 VND while 4 packs of pencils cost 32 000 VND.
How much does it cost to buy 2 packs of pens and 3 packs of pencils?
A. 54 000 VND
B. 18 000 VND
C. 36 000 VND
D. 44 000 VND

Question 2. Jolie made 524 tuna sandwiches. She packed 4 tuna sandwiches into each
bag and sold each bag at $6. How much did she earn from selling all the bags of tuna
sandwiches? Show your work.

Answer: $786

Question 3. There are 3 ropes in a room. The first rope is 20cm longer than the second
rope. The second rope is 30cm shorter than the third rope.
a) Which rope is the longest among the three ropes? Give your answer only.

Answer: the third rope

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b) If the shortest rope is 100cm long, find the length of the longest rope.
Give your answer only.

Answer: 130cm

Question 4. Hoang spent 145 000 VND more than Tung during a trip.
Minh spent 30 000 VND less than Tung.
a) How much more money did Hoang spend than Minh? Show your work.

Answer: 175 000 VND

b) Knowing that Minh spent 170 000 VND during the trip, how much did they spend
altogether? Show your work.

Answer: 715 000 VND