Unitary Method

Here are some easy mathematical questions for you.
This exercise is all about writing out your working?
This is worksheet number 508

1. If five bricks weigh 45kg. What would ten bricks weigh?
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2. If nine girls can plant 117 trees in a day. How many trees could seventeen girls plant in a day?
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3. If five workers can dig 70 holes in an hour. How many holes could fifteen workers dig in an hour?
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4. If twenty three coins weigh 345g. What would thirty six coins weigh?
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5. If eleven buses can seat 407 people. How many people could twenty two buses seat?
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6. Eight identical pipes laid end to end make a length of 24m. What length would twenty eight pipes make if they are laid end to end?
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7. 19 child's building blocks placed one on top of another reach a height of 228cm. How heigh would 71 blocks be if placed one on top of the other?
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8. 420g of flour is needed to make a special cake for 4 people. How much flour would be needed to make a cake for 9 people?
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9. A vehicle travels seventy km on 7 litres of fuel. How far would it travel on fifteen litres?
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10. Another vehicle travels five hundred and sixty km on 35 litres of fuel. How far would it travel on seventy three litres?
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Answers for worksheet number 508

1. 90
2. 221
3. 210
4. 540
5. 814
6. 84
7. 852
8. 945
9. 150
10. 1168

 

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