WORKSHEET ON WORD PROBLEMS ON MONEY

Problem 1 :

Sally earned $404 per week for 7 months of the year. Estimate the total amount of money she earned.

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Problem 2 :              

If a baker sells 24 dozen rolls at 15 cents each, how much money does he receive?

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Problem 3 :

A women has $255 in her purse. She given $35 to each of her five children. How much money does she have left?

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Problem 4 :

2/3 of an amount of money is $519.

Find:

a. 1/3 of money

b. the whole amount

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Problem 5 :

2/11 of Jo's weekly earnings are paid as income tax. She has $666 remaining after tax. What is her total weekly pay?

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Problem 6 :

Jamil spent 1/4 of his weekly salary on rent, 1/5 on food, and 1/6 on clothing and entertainment. The remaining money was banked.

a. What fraction of Jamil's money was banked?

b. If the banked $138.00, what is his weekly salary?

c. How much did Jamil spend on food?

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Problem 6 :

Jamil spent 1/4 of his weekly salary on rent, 1/5 on food, and 1/6 on clothing and entertainment. The remaining money was banked.

a. What fraction of Jamil's money was banked?

b. If the banked $138.00, what is his weekly salary?

c. How much did Jamil spend on food?

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Problem 7 :

Ken spent 1/4 of his money on Monday and 2/5 of it on Tuesday. What fraction of his money remains?

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Problem 8 :

In order to bake cakes for the school fair, I buy 180 kg of flour at $0.84 per kg and 25 kg of sugar at $1.17 per kg. How much money have I spent?

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