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Maths Word Problems Worksheet to Print

Short story problems with small numbers. The difficulty is choosing the sum.

Word problems · Sheet 1 Name:
  1. 10 pencils are shared equally between 5 friends. How many does each friend get?
  2. 15 cookies are shared equally between 5 friends. How many does each friend get?
  3. There are 3 boxes. Each box holds 3 stickers. How many stickers altogether?
  4. Alex has 3 cookies and gets 3 more. How many cookies now?
  5. There are 2 boxes. Each box holds 2 stickers. How many stickers altogether?
  6. Alex has 6 cookies and gets 6 more. How many cookies now?
  7. 8 books are shared equally between 2 friends. How many does each friend get?
  8. 25 coins are shared equally between 5 friends. How many does each friend get?
  9. Alex has 12 marbles and gives 10 to Anna. How many are left?
  10. There are 3 boxes. Each box holds 5 coins. How many coins altogether?
  11. There are 4 boxes. Each box holds 5 coins. How many coins altogether?
  12. 20 books are shared equally between 4 friends. How many does each friend get?
  13. Alex has 6 apples and gets 4 more. How many apples now?
  14. There are 4 boxes. Each box holds 4 cookies. How many cookies altogether?
  15. Alex has 9 cookies and gives 7 to Anna. How many are left?
  16. Alex has 12 books and gives 6 to Anna. How many are left?
  17. Alex has 4 cookies and gets 2 more. How many cookies now?
  18. 6 stickers are shared equally between 3 friends. How many does each friend get?
  19. Alex has 3 apples and gets 9 more. How many apples now?
  20. 8 cards are shared equally between 2 friends. How many does each friend get?
  21. Alex has 8 cards and gets 3 more. How many cards now?
  22. Alex has 12 cookies and gives 8 to Anna. How many are left?
  23. 20 cookies are shared equally between 5 friends. How many does each friend get?
  24. Alex has 9 marbles and gets 7 more. How many marbles now?
Word problems · Sheet 2 Name:
  1. There are 4 boxes. Each box holds 5 pencils. How many pencils altogether?
  2. Alex has 9 cards and gets 8 more. How many cards now?
  3. 12 stickers are shared equally between 4 friends. How many does each friend get?
  4. 15 apples are shared equally between 5 friends. How many does each friend get?
  5. Alex has 9 marbles and gives 4 to Zofia. How many are left?
  6. Alex has 8 pencils and gives 2 to Zofia. How many are left?
  7. Alex has 8 cookies and gets 9 more. How many cookies now?
  8. There are 5 boxes. Each box holds 2 apples. How many apples altogether?
  9. Alex has 4 books and gets 3 more. How many books now?
  10. Alex has 7 pencils and gives 3 to Anna. How many are left?
  11. There are 2 boxes. Each box holds 5 pencils. How many pencils altogether?
  12. Alex has 8 coins and gets 3 more. How many coins now?
  13. 25 apples are shared equally between 5 friends. How many does each friend get?
  14. Alex has 11 stickers and gives 8 to Maja. How many are left?
  15. There are 4 boxes. Each box holds 4 coins. How many coins altogether?
  16. 20 cookies are shared equally between 5 friends. How many does each friend get?
  17. 6 books are shared equally between 2 friends. How many does each friend get?
  18. 16 books are shared equally between 4 friends. How many does each friend get?
  19. Alex has 5 apples and gets 4 more. How many apples now?
  20. There are 2 boxes. Each box holds 4 cards. How many cards altogether?
  21. 6 cards are shared equally between 3 friends. How many does each friend get?
  22. There are 5 boxes. Each box holds 5 books. How many books altogether?
  23. Alex has 8 cards and gets 7 more. How many cards now?
  24. Alex has 7 coins and gets 9 more. How many coins now?
Word problems · Sheet 3 Name:
  1. Alex has 9 cookies and gives 6 to Tom. How many are left?
  2. 16 cookies are shared equally between 4 friends. How many does each friend get?
  3. There are 5 boxes. Each box holds 2 books. How many books altogether?
  4. Alex has 11 stickers and gives 9 to Tom. How many are left?
  5. There are 3 boxes. Each box holds 3 coins. How many coins altogether?
  6. Alex has 6 coins and gets 7 more. How many coins now?
  7. 15 apples are shared equally between 3 friends. How many does each friend get?
  8. Alex has 6 coins and gives 4 to Tom. How many are left?
  9. 12 apples are shared equally between 4 friends. How many does each friend get?
  10. Alex has 7 cards and gives 5 to Jan. How many are left?
  11. There are 2 boxes. Each box holds 3 apples. How many apples altogether?
  12. 8 apples are shared equally between 2 friends. How many does each friend get?
  13. 12 apples are shared equally between 3 friends. How many does each friend get?
  14. Alex has 8 marbles and gets 3 more. How many marbles now?
  15. Alex has 5 books and gets 8 more. How many books now?
  16. Alex has 5 books and gets 6 more. How many books now?
  17. There are 4 boxes. Each box holds 2 cards. How many cards altogether?
  18. Alex has 3 books and gets 5 more. How many books now?
  19. 20 cookies are shared equally between 5 friends. How many does each friend get?
  20. Alex has 8 books and gives 5 to Jan. How many are left?
  21. Alex has 8 books and gets 2 more. How many books now?
  22. Alex has 12 pencils and gives 3 to Maja. How many are left?
  23. There are 2 boxes. Each box holds 5 books. How many books altogether?
  24. 20 coins are shared equally between 5 friends. How many does each friend get?

Answers

Sheet 1 1. 2 2. 3 3. 9 4. 6 5. 4 6. 12 7. 4 8. 5 9. 2 10. 15 11. 20 12. 5 13. 10 14. 16 15. 2 16. 6 17. 6 18. 2 19. 12 20. 4 21. 11 22. 4 23. 4 24. 16

Sheet 2 1. 20 2. 17 3. 3 4. 3 5. 5 6. 6 7. 17 8. 10 9. 7 10. 4 11. 10 12. 11 13. 5 14. 3 15. 16 16. 4 17. 3 18. 4 19. 9 20. 8 21. 2 22. 25 23. 15 24. 16

Sheet 3 1. 3 2. 4 3. 10 4. 2 5. 9 6. 13 7. 5 8. 2 9. 3 10. 2 11. 6 12. 4 13. 4 14. 11 15. 13 16. 11 17. 8 18. 8 19. 4 20. 3 21. 10 22. 9 23. 10 24. 4

What this practises

Turning a sentence into a sum. That step is the one children find hardest and the one most practice skips, so the numbers here are deliberately easy: a child should get one wrong because they picked the wrong operation, never because the arithmetic beat them.

How to use it

Ask for the sum to be written down before the answer. "12 − 5 = 7" beside the question shows the thinking; a bare 7 does not, and it is the thinking that is being taught.

Have the child read each problem aloud first. Most wrong answers on a sheet like this are a misread rather than a miscalculation.

What to look for

Whether the same kind of problem keeps going wrong. Sharing problems are usually the last to click, and if those are the only misses the arithmetic is fine.

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