Solve single step word problems
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Single Step Operations
Here are some problems written in words. They look
quite long, but you only need to do one type of
calculation to work out the answers!
You need to read them very carefully to see
what you need to do.
1. What do I need to subtract from 22 to get 15? ……….
2. I think of a number and double it. The answer is 28.
What was my number? ……….
3. How many arms and legs would a class of 30 pupils
have altogether? ……….
4. A box holds six eggs.
How many eggs do eight boxes hold? ……….
5. Peter has 26 marbles. Simon has half as many.
How many does Simon have? ……….
6. A school has 84 pupils. One day 17 pupils are away.
How many are left in the school? ……….
7. The Maths Rats had a party. Divvy ate twelve sausages,
Multi ate five, Addy ate nine and Subby ate six.
How many did they eat altogether? ……….
8. A box holds nine pens. How many pens would eight
boxes hold? ……….
9. Eighteen chocolates are shared equally between six children.
How many do they have each? ……….
10. A class library has four shelves. Each shelf can hold
fifteen books.
How many books can all the shelves hold? ……….
Name: Page 1
Solve single step word problems
Maths worksheets from urbrainy.com
Single Step Operations
Here are some problems written in words. They look
quite long, but you only need to do one type of
calculation to work out the answers!
You need to read them very carefully to see
what you need to do.
1. A girl cycled forty-eight kilometres before lunch and twelve
kilometres after lunch. How much did she cycle altogether? ……….
How much further did she cycle before lunch than after lunch? ……….
2. I think of a number. If I multiply it by 3, the answer is 15.
What is the number? ……….
3. Peter runs eighty metres. Joanne runs one hundred and
sixty metres.
How much further does Joanne run than Peter? ……….
4. A table has four legs. How many legs do twenty tables have? ……….
5. A pack of pastry makes twenty four tarts.
How many tarts will three packs make? ……….
6. Mrs Ahmed has a piece of ribbon 180 cm long. She cuts off
a piece twenty eight centimetres long. How much is left? ……….
7. Mrs Turner uses string to wrap parcels. If each parcel needs
25cm of string, how many parcels can she wrap with 200cm? ……….
8. How many egg boxes would you need for 152 eggs if each
box holds six eggs? ……….
9. Divvy can eat four fruit cakes in one minute. How many cakes
can he eat in six minutes? (Maths Rats love fruit cakes!!!) ……….
10. I run 100 metres in 10 seconds.
How many metres is that in each second ? ……….
Name: Page 2
Solve single step word problems
Maths worksheets from urbrainy.com
Single Step Operations
Here are some problems written in words. They look
quite long, but you only need to do one type of
calculation to work out the answers!
You need to read them very carefully to see
what you need to do.
1. Mary can stay underwater for 53 seconds, Omee for 35 seconds
and Joan for 42 seconds. How much is that altogether? ……….
How much longer can Mary stay underwater than Omee? ……….
2. I have a book with 48 pages. It has four chapters and
each chapter is the same length.
How many pages are there in each chapter? ……….
3. How many centimetres long would six metre sticks be if
they were put end to end? ……….
4. Write down all the factors of twenty. ……….……….……….……….……….
5. A class of thirty pupils decided to play netball. If there are
seven players in a team, how many teams could there be? ……….
6. Six children and two adults go for a twenty kilometre cycle ride.
How many kilometres do they cycle altogether? ……….
7. What number is fifty three greater than
one hundred and seventy? ……….
8. How many boxes would you need to pack two hundred books,
if each box holds thirty books? ……….
9. Multi has a piece of string two hundred centimetres long.
He cuts off a piece thirty seven centimetres long.
How much is left? ……….
10. What are all the factors of thirty? ……….
Name: Page 3
Solve single step word problems
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Answers
Page 1
1. 7 2. 14 3. 120 4. 48 5. 13
6. 67 7. 32 8. 72 9. 3 10. 60
Page 2
1. 60 km 36 km 2. 5 3. 80 m 4. 80 5. 72
6. 152 cm 7. 8 8. 26 9. 24 10. 10 m
Page 3
1. 130 secs 18 secs 2. 12 3. 600 cm 4. 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20 5. 4
6. 160 km 7. 223 8. 7 9. 163 cm 10. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30
Name: Page 4
