P5 Maths Questions

Q1) Mr Yusof is 47 years old and his son is 8 years old. How old will his son be when Mr Yusof is four times as old as Mr Yusof?

Q2) A man bought 30 chickens and ducks altogether. He was given a discount of $0.50 per bird and each bird costs $2 each. He paid $42 less in all. (a) How many chickens did he buy? (b) How many ducks did he buy?

Q3) Some children were sharing peanuts. However, if each child took 12 peanuts, there would be 89 peanuts short. If each child took 7 peanuts, there would be 36 extra peanuts. (a) How many children were there? (b) How many peanuts were there?

Q4) Raymond read an equal number of pages in a book each day. After 16 days, he had 3/7 of the book to complete. After another 10 days, there were 40 pages left. How many pages were there in the book?

Q5) Eric saves $840 in 7 weeks. At this rate, how many days will he take to save $1680?

Q6) A 4m long string is cut into several pieces, each 4/5 m long. How many pieces can be cut from it?

Q7) Mary is 8 months old. Henry is 5/7 her age. What is Henry's age?

Q8) The price of item A rounding off to its nearest dollar in Shop A and Shop B is $30. What can the greatest difference between the price of the item A in Shop A and Shop B be?

Q9) Sandra, Raju and Zadin had 108 stickers. Sandra gave 20 of her stickers to Raju. Raju then gave one third of the total number of stickers he had to Zadin. Now, all the children have equal number of stickers. How many stickers did each of them have at first?

Q10) Freddy was given one quarter of the total numbers of marbles. The remaining marbles were shared between Ali and Samy in the ratio of 4:5. What fraction of the marbles did Samy receive? Give your answer in the simplest form.