PL BM P4L12 Equal Beginning or Ending WS

Primary 4

Boost! Math

Name Heuristics: Equal Beginning or Ending (Lesson 12)
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1. Samantha and Jack had the same number of apples at first. Samantha brought 32
apples to her school’s picnic. Thus, Jack had 5 times as many apples as Samantha
had in the end. How many apples did each of them have at first?

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2. Joshua had twice as many cookies as Kelvin. After Joshua bought 9 cookies and
Kelvin bought 24 cookies, they had the same number of cookies in the end. How
many cookies did Joshua have in the end?

Ans: 1

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3. Lucy and Gopal had the same number of pens at first. Lucy gave 5 pens to her
sister and Gopal gave 33 pens to his neighbour. In the end, Lucy had thrice as
many pens as Gopal. How many pens did Lucy have in the end?

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4. Sandra had 3 times as many beads as Lydia. Sandra gave away 10 beads and

Lydia bought 26 beads. Sandra had the same number of beads as Lydia. How many
beads did Sandra have at first?

Ans: 2

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5. Jane had 4 times as many stamps as Simon. Jane used 56 stamps and Simon used
8 stamps. Simon had the same number of stamps left as Jane. How many stamps
did Jane have in the end?

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6. Lionel had 5 times as many cupcakes as Peter. Lionel ate 20 cupcakes and had the

same number of cupcakes as Peter. How many cupcakes did Lionel have at first?

Ans: 3

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7. Jeremiah had twice as much money as Tracy at first. Jeremiah gave Tracy $10 and
they had the same amount of money. How much money did Jeremiah have in the
end?

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8. Gabrielle had an equal number of stickers as Isaiah at first. Gabrielle used 15

stickers and Isaiah used 37 stickers. Gabrielle had twice as many stickers left as
Isaiah. How many stickers did they have altogether in the end?

Ans: 4

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9. Zen had 4 times as many hairclips as Catherine. Zen lent 24 hairclips to her friends
and Catherine received 45 hairclips from her sister. In the end, they had the same
number of hairclips. How many hairclips did they have altogether in the end?

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10. Yenlin baked 4 times as many tarts as Xena. Yenlin gave Xena 63 tarts and they

had the same number of tarts in the end. How many tarts did Yenlin have at first?

Ans: 5

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11. Pamela had 3 times as many sweets as Gwen. After Pamela bought some sweets
and Gwen bought 62 sweets, they had the same number of sweets. Gwen had 26
sweets at first. How many sweets did Pamela buy?

Ans: 6

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12. There were an equal number of boys and girls in the school hall. When 96 boys and
312 girls left the school hall, the number of boys remained in the school hall is thrice
the number of girls who stayed. What is the total number of boys and girls in the
school hall at first?

Ans: 7

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