Unitary Method

Here are some easy mathematical questions for you.
This exercise is all about writing out your working?
This is worksheet number 971

1. If five bricks weigh 30kg. What would nine bricks weigh?
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2. If eight girls can plant 72 trees in a day. How many trees could eleven girls plant in a day?
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3. If seven workers can dig 77 holes in an hour. How many holes could eight workers dig in an hour?
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4. If twenty coins weigh 380g. What would forty two coins weigh?
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5. If seven buses can seat 196 people. How many people could nineteen buses seat?
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6. Sixteen identical pipes laid end to end make a length of 112m. What length would thirty four pipes make if they are laid end to end?
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7. 8 child's building blocks placed one on top of another reach a height of 40cm. How heigh would 36 blocks be if placed one on top of the other?
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8. 180g of flour is needed to make a special cake for 3 people. How much flour would be needed to make a cake for 7 people?
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9. A vehicle travels seventy km on 5 litres of fuel. How far would it travel on twenty nine litres?
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10. Another vehicle travels three hundred and fifty two km on 32 litres of fuel. How far would it travel on seventy litres?
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Answers for worksheet number 971

1. 54
2. 99
3. 88
4. 798
5. 532
6. 238
7. 180
8. 420
9. 406
10. 770

 

Instructions

Try your best to answer the questions above. Type your answers into the boxes provided leaving no spaces. As you work through the exercise regularly click the "check" button. If you have any wrong answers, do your best to do corrections but if there is anything you don't understand, please ask your teacher for help.

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