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The Fish Tale

This document is a mathematics worksheet for 5th grade students containing word problems about speed, distance, time, and financial calculations related to fishing. It includes 16 multi-step word problems involving concepts like calculating distance traveled at a given speed over a period of time, calculating time taken to travel a distance at a given speed, calculating total amounts earned or quantities caught over multiple trips, and calculating profits and costs involving price per unit. Formulae provided include the relationships between distance, speed, and time. Questions involve calculations with units like hours, kilometers, kilograms, tonnes, and Indian rupees.

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The Fish Tale

This document is a mathematics worksheet for 5th grade students containing word problems about speed, distance, time, and financial calculations related to fishing. It includes 16 multi-step word problems involving concepts like calculating distance traveled at a given speed over a period of time, calculating time taken to travel a distance at a given speed, calculating total amounts earned or quantities caught over multiple trips, and calculating profits and costs involving price per unit. Formulae provided include the relationships between distance, speed, and time. Questions involve calculations with units like hours, kilometers, kilograms, tonnes, and Indian rupees.

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ATOMIC ENERGY CENTRAL SCHOOL-1, MUMBAI

(PRIMARY)
WORKSHEET
Class: 5 Sub: Mathematics
Name: ____________________ Sec: ____ Roll No: ______

1. The Fish Tale

Important concepts

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Formulae

 Distance = Speed × Time

Distance
 Time =
Speed

Distance
 Speed1 =
Time

Word Problems

1. The speed of a motor boat is 30 km in one hour. How far will it go in


two and a half hours?

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?

5. An aeroplane travels at a speed of 1200 km per hour. How far can it


go in four hours?

6. A car covers 480 km in 6 hours. How much distance does it cover in


one hour? Is it the speed of the car?

7. A long tail boat catches 800 kg of fish in one trip. How much fish does
it catch in 12 trips?

1 Distance travelled per unit.


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8. A machine boat catches 9 tonnes2 of fish in one trip. How much fish
will it catch in 10 trips? (Express in kg)

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?

11. Lakshmamma sells Prawns for ₹ 200 a kg. She sold 15 kg of


prawns. How much money did she get for that?

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?
𝟏
(Note: Fresh fish becomes of its weight when dried)
𝟑

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a


single step

2 1 tonne (or) 1 metric ton = 1000 kg


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