Word Problems
Name:______________________________________ Date:________________________
1. Sarah and Mary went to the clothing store.
Mary had $10 to spend. Sarah had ten times
as much as Mary to spend. How much money
did Mary have to spend?
2. There were 10 people in a small room, its
capacity. However, there were onehundred-thousand times that amount of
people watching from home in Atlanta.
How many people were watching the livefeed from home?
3. Tim has been trying to lose weight. Through
exercise, he was able to lose 5 pounds over 2
weeks. However, Mary lost 10 times as much
weight over 1 year of diet and exercise. How
much weight did Mary lose?
4. A drone Phil bought on Amazon was able
to get up to 10 feet in the air. However,
commercial aircrafts can fly three
thousand times as high. How high can
some commercial aircrafts fly?
5. The top speed of a housefly is approximately 1 mile per hour. However, a falcon is over two hundred
times as fast. Approximately, how fast is a falcon?
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Word Problems Answer Key
Name:______________________________________ Date:________________________
1. Sarah and Mary went to the clothing store.
Mary had $10 to spend. Sarah had ten times
as much as Mary to spend. How much money
did Mary have to spend?
10x10= 100
Mary had $100.00 to spend.
2. There were 10 people in a small room, its
capacity. However, there were onehundred-thousand times that amount of
people watching from home in Atlanta.
How many people were watching the livefeed from home?
10 x 100,000= 1,000,000
3. Tim has been trying to lose weight. Through
exercise, he was able to lose 5 pounds over 2
weeks. However, Mary lost 10 times as much
weight over 1 year of diet and exercise. How
much weight did Mary lose?
5 x 10= 50 pounds
4. A drone Phill bought on Amazon was able
to get up to 10 feet in the air. However,
commercial aircrafts can fly three
thousand times as high. How high can
some commercial aircrafts fly?
10 x 3,000= 30,000
5. The top speed of a housefly is approximately 1 mile per hour. However, a falcon is over two hundred
times as fast. Approximately, how fast is a falcon?
1x 200= 200 miles per hour
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