Anna's wordy word problems

Anna's wordy word problems

1. Anna was teaching her two friends 'The Floss' at school. The three friends took were challenged by a teacher to continuously floss for 36 minutes without stopping. How many minutes should each friend floss for if they each complete a fair share of the time?

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2. Anna is baking a cake for Christmas. She knows her mum, dad and brother Jack will be there, and her mum told her there will be 8 more people additionally joining them. The original recipe she has is for a cake that will feed 6 people. If the original recipe tells her she needs 460g of flour, how much flour will she need to bake a cake that feeds everyone coming for Christmas dinner?

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3. Anna loves to play video games. She's allowed to play for 30 minutes each day during the week and 90 minutes at the weekend. What is the total amount of time she is allowed to play for each week?

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4. Anna has organised her stickers into groups. She has 14 animal stickers, 16 shiny stickers and 12 smelly stickers in total. She sorts them into 6 equal groups to share with some friends. How many stickers does each friend get?

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5. Anna has collected 4 cans of food for a charity. Anna's brother Jack has an equivalent number of cans collected. If the charity is given 38 times Anna and Jack's contribution in total, how many cans have they collected? If another charity collected 286 cans, what is the difference between the amount collected by the charities?

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