Math Drills
Multiple and Difference/Sum Word Problems
A-2Word Problems (Multiples and Difference)
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- Multiple and Difference/Sum Word Problems
The clues are a relation saying one amount is so many times the other, together with either the difference or the total of the two, in these word problems. There is a shape writing only the answer, a shape with an expression box that answers both amounts, and a shape finding one from the total, and the amount asked for is sometimes the larger and sometimes the smaller.
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What comes out first is always the smaller amount. The hand stops there, and even where the larger is wanted the smaller figure stays in the answer box. Multiply the figure found by the number of times given in the writing to get the other amount, then check whether their difference or total returns to the figure in the writing.
The figure set as a box has grown here into two amounts tied by a multiple. In Excess and Shortage Problems the clue turns from a relation between two amounts into the leftover and the shortfall when the same things are handed out in two ways.
- Multiples and Difference (One Question)3 questions
- Multiples and Difference (Two Questions)2 questions
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Problems and answers on this worksheet
These are the problems in “Various Word Problems”, shown with their answers.
(1)There are some stickers and cards. The number of cards is 3 times the number of stickers, and the difference is 14. How many stickers are there? Answer □
Answer: 7stickers
(2)There are some loaves of bread and candies. The number of candies is 2 times the number of loaves of bread, and the difference is 9. How many candies are there? Answer □
Answer: 18candies
(3)There are some apples and melons. The number of melons is 3 times the number of apples, and the difference is 10. How many melons are there? Answer □
Answer: 15melons
(4)There are some strawberries and grapes. The number of grapes is 2 times the number of strawberries, and the difference is 7. How many are there of each? Strawberries □ Grapes □
Answer: 7pieces, 14pieces
(5)There are some cats and rabbits. The number of rabbits is 3 times the number of cats, and the difference is 18. How many are there of each? Cats □ Rabbits □
Answer: 9animals, 27animals
