The Fish Tale
The Fish Tale
The Fish Tale
(PRIMARY)
WORKSHEET
Class: 5 Sub: Mathematics
Name: ____________________ Sec: ____ Roll No: ______
Important concepts
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Formulae
Distance
Time =
Speed
Distance
Speed1 =
Time
Word Problems
2. A long tail boat travels 12 km in one hour. How much time does it take
to travel 72 km?
3. A machine boat can cover 880 km in 40 hours. Find the speed of the
machine boat?
4. The speed of a log boat is 4 km per hour. How long will it take to
travel 116 km?
7. A long tail boat catches 800 kg of fish in one trip. How much fish does
it catch in 12 trips?
9. The weight of a whale shark is about 16000 kg. What is the weight of
8 such whale sharks?
10. A fisherman caught a big fish of weight 25 kg. He sold the whole fish
for ₹ 5000. At what price per kg did he sell the fish?
12. Lucy has ₹ 1200. She spent three-fourth of the money on sardines
and one-fourth of the money on squids.
1 kg sardines = ₹ 50 1 kg squid = ₹ 75
i) How many kilograms of sardines did she buy?
ii) How many kilograms of squid did she buy?
13. Simon earns ₹ 150 every day. He saves one-third of the amount and
puts in the bank.
i) How much money does he save in one week?
ii) How much money does he save in 4 weeks?
14. Salma took a loan of ₹ 5000 from a bank. She paid back ₹ 500 every
month for one year. How much money did she pay back to the bank?
How much extra money she paid to the bank?
15. Ramaiah and Krishnaiah took a loan of ₹ 50,000 to buy a boat. They
paid back a total of ₹ 54,240 in one year. How much money did they
pay back every month?
16. Gangamma bought 600 kg fresh fish for ₹ 50 a kg. She dried them
and sold the dried fish for ₹ 225 a kg. How much profit did she make
in this transaction?
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(Note: Fresh fish becomes of its weight when dried)
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