Unitary Method

Here are some easy mathematical questions for you.
This exercise is all about writing out your working?
This is worksheet number 590

1. If four bricks weigh 40kg. What would five bricks weigh?

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2. If seven girls can plant 70 trees in a day. How many trees could twelve girls plant in a day?

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3. If eight workers can dig 72 holes in an hour. How many holes could twelve workers dig in an hour?

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4. If five coins weigh 55g. What would eleven coins weigh?

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5. If seven buses can seat 294 people. How many people could nineteen buses seat?

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6. Sixteen identical pipes laid end to end make a length of 144m. What length would forty pipes make if they are laid end to end?

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7. 4 child's building blocks placed one on top of another reach a height of 24cm. How heigh would 6 blocks be if placed one on top of the other?

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8. 540g of flour is needed to make a special cake for 6 people. How much flour would be needed to make a cake for 13 people?

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9. A vehicle travels three hundred and thirty eight km on 26 litres of fuel. How far would it travel on twenty eight litres?

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10. Another vehicle travels two hundred and twenty four km on 32 litres of fuel. How far would it travel on fifty one litres?

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Answers for worksheet number 590

1. 50
2. 120
3. 108
4. 121
5. 798
6. 360
7. 36
8. 1170
9. 364
10. 357

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