Word problems: Whole numbers Set 1

1 Oranges
A truck was loaded with 450 kilograms of oranges.
If the oranges were packed in 3 kilogram bags, how many bags of oranges were in the load?

2 Milk
A household uses 5 litres of milk per week.
How much milk does this household use per year?

3 Commission
A computer salesperson increased her commission this month by $446.
How much was her commission last month if it was $2418 this month?

4 Shoes
Each fortnight a shoe store sells an average of 24 pairs of men’s shoes, 33 pairs of women’s shoes and
65 pairs of sports shoes.
How many pairs of shoes would this shop expect to sell in a year?

5 Vinyl gloves
A factory orders 540 cartons of vinyl gloves to add to the 24 cartons in stock. This supply is expected to
last one year.
How many cartons of vinyl gloves does this factory use per month?

6 Paint
How much paint is needed to put two coats of paint onto the walls of a room? The area of the walls is
48 square metres and each litre of paint covers 16 square metres.

7 Light switches
A house requires 33 light switches. Of these 16 will be double switches and 5 will be single switches
with dimmers. If the rest are standard single switches, how many of these will be needed?

8 Business Group
A business group with 1283 members ran a series of meetings to attract new members. They gained 24 new
members in June, 31 new members in July and 43 new members in August. How many members are there
now?

9 Laboratory chemicals
A laboratory purchased hydrochloric acid in 6000 ml containers and then used it to fill 75 ml bottles.
How many 75 ml bottles can be filled from one container?

10 Flight time
A grandfather decided to visit his grandchildren. His 45 minute flight left at 10:08 am.
What time did it arrive?

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11 Electrical cable
An electrician expected to use 350 metres of electrical cable to wire a new building.
How many 45 metre rolls should the electrician take?

12 Hospital staff
A small hospital for stroke patients has 62 staff. Of these, 13 are nurses, 31 are cleaners, 4 work in
administration and the rest work in the kitchen.
How many kitchen staff are there?

13 Furniture warehouse
A furniture warehouse added a mezzanine floor of 252 m2 and a ground floor extension of 116 m2.
What size was the original building if the final extended building is 794 m2?

14 Letterheads
A picture framer uses about 50 letterheads a week.
How many letterheads should she order from the printer to last her two years?

Answers
1 150 bags
2 260 litres
3 $1972
4 3172 pairs of shoes
5 47 cartons
6 6 litres
7 12 standard single switches
8 1381 members
9 80 bottles
10 10:53 am
11 8 rolls
12 14 kitchen staff
13 426 m2
14 5200 letterheads

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