Singapore 5th Grade Math Worksheet: 1 Whole Numbers and Fractions

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1 Singapore 5th Grade Math Worksheet: 1 Whole Numbers and Fractions Name: Date: Math Problem 1 Alan Aardvark and Adam Aardvark went termite hunting. They caught altogether 3203 delicious termites and barbecued them. Alan ate 455 more termites than Adam. How many termites did Adam eat? Math Problem 2 My sister and I went hunting for proboscis monkeys in a jungle in Borneo. We caught altogether 5743 lovely monkeys. We cut off their noses and grilled them with honey and lime. I was so hungry that I ate 693 more noses than my sister, who was a picky eater. How many delectable proboscis monkey noses did my sister eat?

2 Math Problem 3 Tim and Tom were crazy about sunglasses. They loved to wear sunglasses and glare at people. They had altogether 9179 sunglasses. Tim had 7327 fewer sunglasses than Tom. How many sunglasses did Tim have? Math Problem 4 I had a fight with my Karate teacher last night. We gave each other a total of 4908 hard kicks. Since I gave my teacher 1098 more kicks than he gave me, he finally dropped to the floor groaning in agony. How many kicks did my Karate teacher give me?

3 Math Problem 5 Sam Slob and Lazy Larry do nothing but eat pizzas and play computer games all day. Sam and Larry played a total of 8479 computer games last week. Sam played 1747 more computer games than Larry because Larry had terrible diarrhea last week - he had eaten a putrid pizza by accident. How many computer games did Sam play last week? Math Problem 6 Ooga Booga slept in a swamp last year. While he was sleeping, a centipede crawled into his ear, made its way to his brain and laid thousands of eggs there. One month later the baby centipedes hatched and began to nibble on Ooga Booga's brain. This drove him crazy and he ran screaming to the doctor. The good doctor was shocked when he peered into Ooga Booga's brain. There were altogether 9595 creepy centipedes crawling around in his brain. If there were 1033 more female centipedes than male centipedes, how many female centipedes were there?

4 Math Problem 7 My pet shark and my pet mutant donkey have a total of 8,873 razor sharp teeth. If my donkey has 4091 more teeth than my shark, how many teeth does my donkey have? Math Problem 8 My dirty father never bathes. He has a total of 5,227 lice in his revolting armpits. If he has 3,555 fewer lice in his left armpit than his right armpit, how many lice does he have in his right armpit?

5 Math Problem 9 Cool Carl and Hot Herod could do wheelies while standing on their heads. They were so good that people paid money to watch them. Last Sunday, Carl earned $86 and Herod earned $163. When they went back home, Herod gave Carl some money. If they had an equal amount of money after that, how much money did Carl have? Math Problem 10 Wally Vampire and Wilfred Werewolf went blood-hunting in their neighborhood last night. When they returned to their castle, Wally had collected 7.26 liters and Wilfred had collected 2.52 liters of warm delicious blood. Wilfred burst into tears when he saw that Wally had more blood than he had. Kind-hearted Wally gave him some blood so that they had an equal amount of blood after that. How much blood did Wally have after that?

6 Math Problem 11 Dr Damien and Dr Desmond were brain specialists. Whenever a patient died, they would remove the brain and pickle it. In one year's time Dr Damien had collected 999 brains and Dr Desmond had collected 1245 brains. On New Year's Day, Dr Desmond gave Dr Damien some brains so that they had an equal number of brains. How many pickled brains did each of them have after that? Math Problem 12 Willy and Wally were tailors who made great dresses. Willy had 2.78 m of silk and Wally had 6.52 m of silk on Monday. Wally gave Willy some silk on Tuesday because Willy had to make a dress for a princess. They both had an equal amount of silk after that. How much silk was used for the princess's dress?

7 Math Problem 13 King Klong paid a sculptor $120 to build an equal number of dolphin fountains and whale fountains for his magnificent palace. Each dolphin fountain cost $13. Each whale fountain cost $4 more than a dolphin fountain because they were bigger. How many whale fountains were built? Math Problem 14 My sister bought an equal number of unicorns and flying camels from a magician. She paid a total of $56 to the magician. Each unicorn cost $5.30. Each flying camel cost $2.60 less than each unicorn. How much did she pay in total for the unicorns?

8 Math Problem 15 Sam, a real estate agent, sold an equal number of bungalows and town houses last month. All the bungalows cost the same and all the town houses cost the same. He collected a total of $126 for all of them. Each town house cost $2.90. Each bungalow cost $1.20 more than each town house. How much did he collect in total for the bungalows? Math Problem 16 My brother went to the supermarket and bought an equal number of canned monkey tails and pickled ostrich eyes. He paid a total of $207 for them. Each ostrich eye cost $1.40 more than each monkey tail. If each ostrich eye cost $5.20, how much did he pay in total for the ostrich eyes?

9 Math Problem 17 Brad and Fred had the same amount of money. They went to a farm and bought some horses. Brad spent $57 and Fred spent $71 at the farm. Brad had 3 times as much money as Fred after that. How much money did each person have before they bought the horses? Math Problem 18 My grandma and grandpa went to the dentist to buy some dentures. They had the same amount of money before they visited the dentist. My grandma spent $163 and my grandpa spent $239 at the dentist. After that my grandpa had 1/5 the amount of money my grandma had. How much money did each of them have before they went to the dentist?

10 Math Problem 19 An equal number of men and women came to watch Bozart play the piano last night. However, Bozart played so badly that 3205 men and 3779 women threw rotten eggs at him and left the concert in disgust. After that, the number of women left was 1/8 the number of men left at the concert. How many people attended the concert in the beginning? Math Problem 20 I have 2 aquariums. In one, I keep my baby crocodile. In the other, I keep my baby anaconda. Before I went on vacation last week, I poured an equal amount of water into the aquariums because I loved my darlings equally. When I returned home a week later, 32.7 liters from the crocodile aquarium and 6.92 liters from the anaconda aquarium had evaporated. The water in the anaconda aquarium was 1/6 the amount of the crocodile aquarium. How much water was in the crocodile aquarium before I went on vacation?

11 Answers Q1-1829, Q2-2525, Q3-926, Q Q5-5113, Q6-5314, Q7-6482, Q Q9 - $124.50, Q liters, Q , Q m Q13-4, Q14 - $37.10, Q15 - $73.80, Q16 - $ Q17 - $78, Q18 - $258, Q , Q liters