Centipedes/Spiders/Worms
Name __________________ date_________
Seeing the Problem
For each word problem, draw pictures to show what you need to work out.
On a bookcase, there are 18 books on the top shelf and 11 books on the second shelf.
How many books are there altogether?
At lunchtime 6 children can sit at a table. How many can sit at 5 tables?
I take my dog for a 7 mile walk. I stop for a drink at a cafe which is 3 miles from the
start. How much further do I have to walk?
C/Sp/Wo
Seeing the Problem
I have 24 odd socks. How many pairs could I make?
My dog eats 120g of food each day. How much will he eat in a week?
One day Farmer Giles’s hens laid 28 eggs. If he used egg boxes which hold 6 eggs,
how many boxes did he need to hold all the eggs?
Slugs Name _______________________
Seeing the Problem
Date ___________
For each word problem, draw pictures showing what you need to work out.
I travel 164 miles to visit my daughter. I stop for a drink after 79 miles. How much
further do I have to go?
25 ml of squash is diluted in water to make a drink. If I want to make 8 drinks, how
much squash will I need?
I have 4 shelves on my CD rack. On the top shelf I have 13 CDs, 17 on the second
shelf, 9 on the third, and 12 on the bottom. How many CDs do I have?
Slugs Seeing the Problem
How many 6 cm pieces of string can I make from a 42cm length?
My dog eats 120g of food each day. How much will he eat in 2 weeks?
I put 40 litres of petrol in my car and set my trip meter. When the tank is showing ¼
full, I have done 300 miles. How much petrol is left in my tank, and how much further
will the car go before it runs out of petrol?