Mass & weight word problems

Solve fun mass & weight word problems! Practice calculation skills for 4th grade.

Challenge 1-1 Louis is standing on the scales. She has a mass of 28 kg. She picks up her 3 pet rabbits, which have a mass of 4 kg, 2 kg and 5 kg. What will the reading on the scales show now? What operation should you do in this question? You should use... addition subtraction multiplication division Answer the question and show your working here. The reading on the scales will show 37 kg. Challenge 1-2 I have a bunch of bananas. Each banana has a mass of 80g. There are 5 bananas in the bunch. What is the total mass of the bananas? What operation should you do in this question? You should use... addition subtraction multiplication division Answer the question and show your working here The total mass of the bunch of bananas is 400g. Challenge 2-1 David has to load 7 bags of corn onto a truck. Each bag of corn has a mass of 20 kg. What is the total mass of corn? What operation should you do in this question? You should use... addition subtraction multiplication division Answer the question and show your working here The total mass of the corn is 140kg. Challenge 2-2 I have 65g of sweeets. I give three friends 15g of sweets each. What mass of sweets do I have left? Answer the question and show your working here I have 20g of sweets left. Challenge 2-3 Sarah is carrying a bag of 4 books. Each book has a mass of 20g. She picks up another, identical, bag of 4 books. What is the mass she is carrying now? What operation should you do in this question? You should use 2 operations here. Tick both operations. You should use .... and .... addition subtraction multiplication division Answer the question and show your working here The total mass of books is 160g. Challenge 3-1 Jamal carried a 1kg bag of flour home. It leaked and he lost 350g of the flour. How much flour is left? What operation should you do in this question? You should use ... addition subtraction multiplication division Challenge 3-2 Write a mass problem that uses division or multiplication. Make sure you have worked out the answer. Challenge 3-3 Make up a number story for this calculation: 23 g x 8 = 184 g.