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Written Instructions:

For each Multiple Choice Question (MCQ), four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your choice (1,2,3 or 4). Write your answers in the brackets provided..

For each Short Answer Question(SAQ) and Long Answer Question(LAQ), write your answers in the blanks provided.

Leave your answers in the simplest form or correct to two decimal places.


 

1)  

There are 3 horses and a certain number of kangaroos in a farm.
They have 36 legs altogether.
How many kangaroos are there


Answer:_______________




2)  

There are 4 tricycles and a certain number of wheel burrows on a road.

They have 12 wheels altogether.

How many wheel burrows are there



Answer:_______________




3)  

There are 9 chickens and a certain number of birds in a farm.
They have 22 legs altogether.
How many birds are there


Answer:_______________




4)  

There are 2 geese and a certain number of chickens in a farm.
They have 24 legs altogether.
How many chickens are there


Answer:_______________




5)  

There are 7 sheep and a certain number of birds in a farm.
They have 42 legs altogether.
How many birds are there


Answer:_______________




6)  

There are 9 tricycles and a certain number of wheel burrows on a road.
They have 36 wheels altogether.
How many wheel burrows are there


Answer:_______________




7)  

There are 4 horses and a certain number of kangaroos in a farm.
They have 36 legs altogether.
How many kangaroos are there


Answer:_______________




8)  

There are 4 tricycles and a certain number of wheel burrows on a road.

They have 18 wheels altogether.

How many wheel burrows are there



Answer:_______________




9)  

There are 5 chickens and a certain number of birds in a farm.
They have 22 legs altogether.
How many birds are there


Answer:_______________




10)  

There are 4 geese and a certain number of chickens in a farm.
They have 16 legs altogether.
How many chickens are there


Answer:_______________




 

1)  

There are 3 horses and a certain number of kangaroos in a farm.
They have 36 legs altogether.
How many kangaroos are there
Answer: 12


SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: 3 x 4 = 12
Step 2: 36 - 12 = 24
Step 3: 24 ÷ 2 = 12

There are 12 kangaroos.



2)  

There are 4 tricycles and a certain number of wheel burrows on a road.

They have 12 wheels altogether.

How many wheel burrows are there


Answer: 0


SOLUTION 1 :
Step 1: 4 x 3 = 12
Step 2: 12 - 12 = 0
Step 3: 0 ÷ 3 = 0
 
There are 0 wheel burrows. 


3)  

There are 9 chickens and a certain number of birds in a farm.
They have 22 legs altogether.
How many birds are there
Answer: 2


SOLUTION 1 :
Step 1: 9 x 2 = 18
Step 2: 22 - 18 = 4
Step 3: 4 ÷ 2 = 2
 
There are 2 birds.


4)  

There are 2 geese and a certain number of chickens in a farm.
They have 24 legs altogether.
How many chickens are there
Answer: 10


SOLUTION 1 :
Step 1: 2 x 2 = 4
Step 2: 24 - 4 = 20
Step 3: 20 ÷ 2 = 10
 
There are 10 chickens.


5)  

There are 7 sheep and a certain number of birds in a farm.
They have 42 legs altogether.
How many birds are there

Answer: 7


SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: 7 x 4 = 28
Step 2: 42 - 28 = 14
Step 3: 14 ÷ 2 = 7 

There are 7 birds.



6)  

There are 9 tricycles and a certain number of wheel burrows on a road.
They have 36 wheels altogether.
How many wheel burrows are there

Answer: 3


SOLUTION 1 :
Step 1: 9 x 3 = 27
Step 2: 36 - 27 = 9
Step 3: 9 ÷ 3 = 3
 
There are 3 wheel burrows. 


7)  

There are 4 horses and a certain number of kangaroos in a farm.
They have 36 legs altogether.
How many kangaroos are there
Answer: 10


SOLUTION 1 :

Step 1: 4 x 4 = 16
Step 2: 36 - 16 = 20
Step 3: 20 ÷ 2 = 10

There are 10 kangaroos.



8)  

There are 4 tricycles and a certain number of wheel burrows on a road.

They have 18 wheels altogether.

How many wheel burrows are there


Answer: 2


SOLUTION 1 :
Step 1: 4 x 3 = 12
Step 2: 18 - 12 = 6
Step 3: 6 ÷ 3 = 2
 
There are 2 wheel burrows. 


9)  

There are 5 chickens and a certain number of birds in a farm.
They have 22 legs altogether.
How many birds are there
Answer: 6


SOLUTION 1 :
Step 1: 5 x 2 = 10
Step 2: 22 - 10 = 12
Step 3: 12 ÷ 2 = 6
 
There are 6 birds.


10)  

There are 4 geese and a certain number of chickens in a farm.
They have 16 legs altogether.
How many chickens are there
Answer: 4


SOLUTION 1 :
Step 1: 4 x 2 = 8
Step 2: 16 - 8 = 8
Step 3: 8 ÷ 2 = 4
 
There are 4 chickens.