- In my pocket I have 75 cents. What coins might I have?
- I bought something at a supermarket and got 5 (or change to 35 cents change) cents change. How much did it cost and how much money did I give to pay for it?
- My father is double my age. How old might I be?
- I have halved a number and kept halving for a total of five times. The answer was a whole number. What number might I have started with?
- Yesterday I put some counters into groups with the same number in each group. I cannot remember the groups but I can remember that there were 12 counters (you can change this number). What might the groups have been?
- The chef has 24 pizzas on trays in the oven. There is the same number of pizzas on each tray. What might this look like?
- There are 5 vehicles in the car park. How many wheels might there be?
- When the children in a class got into groups of 4 there was one child left over. How many children might there be in the class?
- Two problems for 8 divided by 2 are:
There are 8 tennis players. How many teams of 2 are there? AND
There are 8 tennis players. If you make 2 teams, how many players will be in each team?
Make up two different types of word problems for 36 divided by 3.
10. A school has 400 students. They all come to school by bus, and each bus carries the
same number of students. How many students might there be on each bus?
