number sentences worksheet

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NUMBER SENTENCES

A. Write a number sentence for each of the following.

1. Dumisani buys fruits for his fruits shop. He buys 1 550 apples, 4 230 bananas and

2 050 strawberries. He buys 7 830 fruits altogether.

2. 1 450 people visited the zoo this year. This is 105 more than the number of

people who visited it last year. 1 345 people visited the zoo last year.

3. Lesibana packed 25 boxes of chocolates with 12 chocolates in each box. He

packed 300 chocolates in all.

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Name:

Class:


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4. There were 75 students in the school band. The band instructor wants to have

five equal rows of students on stage at their performance. Each row had 15

students.

5. Jabu is 18 years old. His grandfather is 5 times his age. Jabus grandfather is 90

years old.

6. There are 12 orange marbles, 24 yellow marbles and 17 green marbles in a box.

The box has 53 marbles in all.

7. A train travels 210 km in 3 hours. The same distance was covered each hour. The

train travelled 140 km in an hour.

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8. The grade 4 learners are taken on a field trip in 13 buses. Each bus can

accommodate 15 learners. All the buses were completely filled and each bus had

195 learners.

9. There is space in the multi-storey car park for 20 rows of 26 cars on each of the

3 floors. The guard at the entrance said that there were 1560 cars in the

parking lot.

10.

Ursula volunteers at the library. She always works a total of two hours each timeshe goes there. Last week, Ursula worked six hours. She volunteered 3 days last

week.

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B. Write a number sentence for each of the following. Use symbols like

, , , , or letters x or y to represent the placeholders

(answer).

1. Lindi bought crayons for R100, painting brush for R28 and drawing books for

R153. Find the total of the bill.

2. Bonolo ordered 100 packets of soup. She sold 56 of these packets. How many

packets are left over?

3. Anne runs 25 km every day. How far will she run in 18 days?

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4. There are 780 calories in 6 granola bars. How many calories will there be in each

granola bar?

5. Papi's pet guinea pig weighs 950 grams. Mohau's pet rabbit weighs 2 000 grams.

How much more does Mohau's pet weigh than Papi 's?

6. A school has 306 learners and 18 classes, each with equal number of learners.

What is the size of each class?

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7. A farmer wants to plant 875 mango trees. He wants to plant the

same number of trees in each of the 35 rows. How many mango trees must he

plant in each row?

8.Naledi used beads to make a necklace. For every 4 blue beads, she used 2 redbeads. When the necklace was finished, it had 8 red beads. How many beads

were used?

9. Maria eats two fourths of a pizza. What fraction of the pizza is left?

10.The classroom wall has four windows in a line. Each window is a perfect

square with 90cm sides. What is the perimeter around all four windows?

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SOLUTIONS

A. Write a number sentence for each of the following.

1. Dumisani buys fruits for his fruits shop. He buys 1 550 apples, 4 230

bananas and 2 050 strawberries. He buys 7 830 fruits altogether.

2. 1 450 people visited the zoo this year. This is 105 more than the number

of people who visited it last year. 1 345 people visited the zoo last year.

7

1 550 4 230 2 050 7

1 450 105 1

345

or


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3. Lesibana packed 25 boxes of chocolates with 12 chocolates in each box. He

packed 300 chocolates in all.

4. There were 75 students in the school band. The band instructor wants to

have five equal rows of students on stage at their performance. Each row had 15

students.

5. Jabu is 18 years old. His grandfather is 5 times his age. Jabus

grandfather is 90 years old.

8

25 12 300

or

300 25

75 5

15

or

18 5

90

or


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6. There are 12 orange marbles, 24 yellow marbles and 17 green marbles in a

box. The box has 53 marbles in all.

7. A train travels 210 km in 3 hours. The same distance was covered each

hour. The train travelled 140 km in an hour.

8. The grade 4 learners are taken on a field trip in 13 buses. Each bus canaccommodate 15 learners. All the buses were completely filled and each bus had

195 learners.

9. There is space in the multi-storey car park for 20 rows of 26 cars on each

of the 3 floors. The guard at the entrance said that there were 1560 cars in the

parking lot.

9

12 24 17

210 3 140

or

140 3

13 15

195

or

20 26 3 1


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10. Ursula volunteers at the library. She always works a total of two hours

each time she goes there. Last week, Ursula worked six hours. She volunteered 3days last week.

B. Write a number sentence for each of the following. Use symbols like

, , , , or letters x or y to represent the placeholders

(answer).

1. Lindi bought crayons for R100, painting brush for R28 and drawing books for

R153. Find the total of the bill.

2. Bonolo ordered 100 packets of soup. She sold 56 of these packets. How manypackets are left over?

10

6 2

3

100 28 153


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3. Anne runs 25 km every day. How far will she run in 18 days?

4. There are 780 calories in 6 granola bars. How many calories will there be in each

granola bar?

5. Papi's pet guinea pig weighs 950 grams. Mohau's pet rabbit weighs 2 000 grams.

How much more does Mohau's pet weigh than Papi 's?

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100 56

100 56

780 6

2 000 950


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6. A school has 306 learners and 18 classes, each with equal

number of learners. What is the size of each class?

7. A farmer wants to plant 875 mango trees. He wants to plant the same number of

trees in each of the 35 rows. How many mango trees must he plant in each row?

8. Naledi used beads to make a necklace. For every 4 blue beads, she used 2 redbeads. When the necklace was finished, it had 8 red beads. How many beads were

used?

9. Maria eats two fourths of a pizza. What fraction of the pizza is left?

12

306 18

875 35

4 4 2 4


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10. The classroom wall has four windows in a line. Each window is a perfect

square with 90cm sides. What is the perimeter around all four windows?

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90 4 x

or

90 + 90 + 90 + 90 = 360

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