5th Grade Math (Word Problems)

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  1. How many addition signs should be put between digits of the number 987654321 and where should we put them to get a total of 99?
  2. According to experts the first 4 moves in a chess game can be played in 197299 totally different ways. If it takes 30 seconds to make one move, how long would it take one player to try every possible set of 4 moves?
  3. A man has to be at work by 9:00 a.m. and it takes him 15 minutes to get dressed, 20 minutes to eat and 35 minutes to walk to work. What time should he get up?
  4. The Riddler has left a clue for Batman to follow at the scene of each crime. These are the clues that Batman has found: (1) There is a 1 in the thousands place. (2) The digit in the tens place is 9 times the digit in the thousands place. (3) Multiply the digit in the thousands place by 2. (4) The digit in the ones place is a hand without a thumb. (5) The digit in the hundreds is 2 less than the number in the tens. Solve the riddle to find the number and help Batman stop the Riddler.
  5. Rachel, Kim and Shawn went to Cuba for a vacation. On the way to Cuba, the plane made the trip in 315 minutes. On the return trip, the flight took 216 minutes. They stayed in Cuba for 3629 minutes. Estimate how long the trip took to the nearest 10. How long did the trip really take?
  6. The mass of the Great Pyramid is 557t greater than that of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Stone Henge has a mass of 2695t which is 95t less than the Leaning Tower of Pisa. There once was a Greater Pyramid which had a mass twice that of the Great Pyramid, what was the mass of the Greater Pyramid?
  7. The weather during Pith Possum's vacation was strange. It rained on 15 different days, but it never rained for a whole day. Rainy mornings were followed by clear afternoons. Rainy afternoons were preceded by clear mornings. There were 12 clear mornings and 13 clear afternoons in all. How long was the vacation?
  8. If you begin with a one digit integer, multiply by 3, add 8, divide by 2 and subtract 6, you will get the integer back. Find the number.
  9. This is a turtle graphics problem. A bug is walking across the doorstep of a house. When he starts out he is facing the house at the opposite side of the doorstep. If he goes 3 units left, 1 unit right, 2 units left, 8 units left, what will the bug have to do to get back where he started as quickly as possible without retracing his steps?
  10. One morning grasshopper fell down a hole 2 metres deep. He would climb 1/4 of a metre every day but at night he slid down 1/8 pf a metre. At this rate, how many days until the grasshopper gets out?

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