Singapore Math Story Problems: 16
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1st Grade Math For Kids

The Four Operations Of Whole Numbers

Singapore math? Yes. We looked high and low for the best math curriculum in the world. And guess what! Singapore, a tiny island, turned out to have one of the best math curricula on Earth! In fact, the Singapore curriculum is so famous that educators all over the world are aware of its power.

Some states in America provide grants to teachers to buy Singapore textbooks. Utah lawmakers plan to offer competitive grants to districts that teach Singapore Math.

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Singapore 1st Grade Math Story Problems: 16
The Four Operations of Whole Numbers

Bob Bear stole a picnic basket from some campers when they were not looking. The campers were actually quite busy doing their Singapore math homework. Bob Bear took the basket to his den and opened it. There were 35 apples in the basket. Bob Bear ate 15 of them. He gave the rest of the apples equally to his 4 sons. How many apples did each of his sons get?

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My granny went fishing and caught 40 old boots for dinner. She was starving after all that work and gobbled up 16 moldy boots on the spot. She then came back home and stir-fried the rest of the boots. We ate 4 boots each. So how many of us ate the delicious boots?

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The Kingdom of Koon was beseiged by 6 scary monsters. These monsters killed many innocent people. The King of Koon begged Killer Koala Musketeer to kill these monsters. But it was not easy to kill these monsters because they would only die if you stabbed all their glaring eyes, and they had 5 eyes each. The brave Killer Koala Musketeer charged these monsters and stabbed 19 eyes before the monsters surrendered. Now the monsters are all in jail doing tons of Singapore math homework as punishment. How many eyes do the horrible monsters have left?

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Some Singaporeans believe that if you burn your Singapore math worksheets, mix the ashes with a glass of water and gulp it down, you will ace your math exam. The Chang sisters were all dumb and were always failing their math tests. So for their last exam, they burnt 59 math worksheets and mixed the ashes with 59 cups of hot chocolate. Greedy Maria immediately gulped down 32 hot chocolates. Her 9 sisters drank the rest equally. How many cups did each of the 9 sisters drink? Don't include Greedy Maria. She failed her Singapore math test anyway.

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Janice, Alice and Bernice were terrible skiers. On their last skiing trip, Janice crashed into 24 trees and got a terrible headache. Alice collided against 18 fewer trees than Janice. Bernice, who was the worst skier, crashed into 5 more trees than Janice. How many trees did they crash into altogether?

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Jeannie, Minnie and Winny baked some frog pies for lunch. Jeannie baked 29 frog pies. Minnie baked 18 fewer frog pies than Jeannie. Winny, a very hardworking lady, baked 33 more frog pies than Minnie. How many frog pies did they bake altogether?

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Little Red Riding Hood decided to take up karate after being harassed by big bad wolves. After 5 years of training she became a karate master. On her way back home after her Singapore math exam, she encountered 90 nasty wolves. She slaughtered them all and put them into 3 boxes for Granny to make wolf soup. There were 25 fewer wolves in Box B than in Box A. If Box C contained 31 wolves, how many wolves were there in Box A?

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Papa Bird had 3 chicks to feed - Wendy, Brian and Gary. He caught 70 worms and and gave them to his chicks. He gave 4 more worms to Wendy than Brian. If Gary got 28 worms, how many worms did Wendy get?

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Laila was a llama that loved to collect pretty bells. She bought 60 pretty bells in a market yesterday. She gave 18 bells to Dennis for being a good boy and another 27 to Sheila, her best friend. She put the rest of the bells in 3 pouches. How many bells did she put in each pouch?

Math for Kids: 1st Grade Math Story Problems: 10

Hilda Hippo danced on stage last night and received 93 yellow roses from the ecstatic audience. Hilda collected all her roses, put them in her handbag and rode back home on her pet unicorn. Unluckily, 36 roses fell through a hole in her handbag and were lost forever. When she got back home, she made an elegant garland with 25 of the roses and decorated her loyal unicorn with it. She divided the remaining roses equally and arranged them in 4 vases. If she gave one of the vases to her Singapore math teacher, how many roses did her grateful teacher get?

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Farmer Fred had 42 cows and 36 goats in his farm. A werewolf sneaked into his farm last night and ate 15 of his cows and 24 of his goats. Poor Farmer Fred cried when he counted his animals the next morning. How many more cows than goats does he have left?

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Chad the Centipede, my Singapore math teacher, is a strange insect. He visited me yesterday wearing 23 shoes and 47 socks. When I told him that he looked very silly, Chad removed 11 shoes and 19 socks from his feet and gave them to Milly Millipede, my science teacher. How many fewer shoes than socks was my silly math teacher wearing?

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Ryan and Bryan are good police officers. Last year, Ryan and Bryan caught 56 robbers altogether. If Ryan caught 34 more robbers than Bryan, how many robbers did Ryan catch?

Math for Kids: 1st Grade Math Story Problems: 14

At a cemetery, 75 ghouls and witches were having a tea party. If there were 23 more witches than ghouls, how many witches were there?

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1st Grade Free Elementary Math Worksheets: 15

Princess Pamela and Princess Penny were doing their Singapore math homework near a pond when they saw some handsome frogs gazing at them in rapture. The princesses wanted to kiss the frogs. So Pamela caught 14 frogs and Penny caught 8 fewer frogs than Pamela. They decided to share the frogs equally. How many frogs did Pamela get to kiss?

Math for Kids: 1st Grade Math Story Problems: 16

A group of naughty boys entered the house of McToad, an evil wizard. The angry wizard turned them all into animals. He crammed them into a cage to cook them for supper later. When Witch McWart and Warlock McBoil arrived at McToad's house they cackled in glee. The animals in the cage looked delicious. There were 13 monkeys and 5 fewer lizards than monkeys in the cage. If McToad shared the animals equally with his friends, how many animals did Witch McWart get?

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1st Grade Free Elementary Math Worksheets: 17

When Harry Heart went to a party yesterday, he was very sad to see that among the 25 friends who were there, 19 were smoking and 15 were drinking brandy. How many of his friends were doing both?

Math for Kids: 1st Grade Math Story Problems: 18

I have 30 studious monsters in my closet doing their Singapore math quiz. 24 of them have tails and 17 of them have horns on their heads. How many of these scary monsters have both horns and tails?

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1st Grade Free Elementary Math Worksheets: 19

It was Sally Skeleton's birthday. After blowing the candles from her blood-cake, she cut the cake into 50 slices. She eagerly ate 15 of the slices herself. She then distributed the slices of cake equally to her parents and 5 sisters. How many slices of cake did each sister get?

Math for Kids: 1st Grade Math Story Problems: 20

Wally was a monster who had many eyes on his face. The problem with his eyes was that they kept dropping all the time. Last Sunday, 72 of his eyes dropped onto the floor while he was playing chess with Vicki Vampire. To his horror, a black cat sprang upon his eyes and ate 42 of them. He kicked the cat out of the house and put his remaining eyes equally into 5 bottles. How many eyes did he put into each bottle?

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Primary 1 Free Elementary Math Worksheet 16 - Answers

Q1 - 5, Q2 - 6, Q3 - 11, Q4 - 3, Q5 - 59

Q6 - 84, Q7 - 42, Q8 - 23, Q9 - 5, Q10 - 8

Q11 - 15, Q12 - 16, Q13 - 45, Q14 - 49, Q15 - 10

Q16 - 7, Q17 - 9, Q18 - 11, Q19 - 5, Q20 - 6

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