Word Problems Year 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Sam has 5 stickers. Polly has 9 stickers. If Sam wants to collect as many stickers as Polly, how many more does he need? A toy car costs 7p. A toy aeroplane costs 10p more. How much does the aeroplane cost? I think of a number and add 3. The answer is 8. What is my number? A drink costs 5p. I want to buy 3 drinks. How much will I need? How many toes are there on two feet? How many gloves are there in two pairs? There were 12 chocolates in a bag. I ate 4 of them. How many were left? A tricycle has 3 wheels. How many wheels on two tricycles? Emma is two years older than Hamid. Hamid is 9. How old is Emma? Some rabbits ate 2, 4 and 6 carrots. How many carrots did they eat altogether? A toy box had 6 dinosaurs in it. Half of them were green. How many were not green? Sally had 2 dolls. Nita had 3 dolls. How many more dolls would they need if they wanted to take 6 dolls on a picnic? Chelsea spent 7p at the sweet shop. What was her change from 10p? Scott rolled a ball 4 metres. Ben rolled a ball 8 metres. How much further did Ben’s ball roll? Pens cost 6p. Amar paid for them exactly with two coins. What coins did he use? 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Toffees cost 4p. How much do 3 toffees cost? It is 5 o’clock. What time was it two hours ago? 3 bricks balance a toy car. 8 bricks balance a book. If the car and the book are on the scales together, how many bricks will balance them? A table seats six children. How many children will 2 tables seat? It is six o’clock. Sue goes to bed at 8 o’clock. How many hours until Sue’s bedtime? A robot needs 4 batteries. How many batteries do you need for 3 robots? A cube has 12 edges. How many edges on 2 cubes? The children see who can hold the most cubes. Mary can hold 4 cubes, Tom can hold 8 cubes and Sarah can hold 7 cubes. Who can hold one more cube than Sarah? Who can hold the least cubes? Jasmine spent 11p at the shop. She paid exactly using 3 coins. What coins did she use? Today is Wednesday. What day will it be in four days time? A farmer has 4 sheep, 8 cows and 3 chickens. How many animals does he have altogether? Mitchell and Susie take their teddies on a picnic. Susie has 5 teddies. Mitchell has 3 teddies. At the picnic they meet Vicky who has 6 teddies. How many teddies altogether? In the cloakroom there are 8 plimsolls. How many pairs of plimsolls is that? Mrs. Shaw is collecting conkers. She wants to collect 20 conkers. Jade finds 11 conkers, Tom finds 5 conkers. How many more does Mrs. Shaw need to make 20 altogether? The classroom is 14 metres long. The hall is 5 metres longer. How long is the hall?