Sunday 3 September 2017

A maths problem for you to solve.

Activity
Jani broke one of the windows of her house when she was playing ball. Jani’s mum said that she has to help to pay for fixing the window.
Jani has $6 in her piggy bank.
Jani and Moana feed Mrs Ranu’s cat for a week. They get $12 to share equally.
How much do they each get from Mrs Ranu?
1.
Jani, Hemi, and Isaac help
Mr Smith plant 24 cabbages. He pays them 50 cents for each cabbage. They share the money equally.

How much do they each get from Mr Smith?
2.
Jani, Tom, Brendon, and Lily wash and polish Ms Webber’s car.
She pays them $16, which they share equally.

How much does each person earn for cleaning Ms Webber’s car?
3.
How much money does Jani have altogether, including the money in her piggy bank?
5. Jani’s mum says that Jani will need to use all the money she earned and half the money in her piggy bank to help pay for fixing the window.
How much does Jani have to pay her mum?
Show how you worked out your answer.
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1 comment:

  1. Wow, those math problems really tested me, well done to anyone who could solve them

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