This document contains a math worksheet for upper primary school students with 8 word problems. It begins with copyright information noting that copying the worksheet is strictly reserved for subscribing teachers and schools. Each question presents a real-world math scenario involving fractions, percentages, or numbers. The questions cover topics like cricket lessons, music album sales, TV show viewership, bee populations, and a Dodo skeleton auction. Answers to the problems are provided at the end.

1. © All rights reserved. Permission to copy these worksheets
STRICTLY reserved for subscribing teachers & schools only.
Mid‐Primary Worded Maths Worksheet
Fresh weekly each Saturday from EdShop.
A fresh worded Australian Maths worksheet released EVERY weekend during the school term. Australian Primary School levels
www.edshop.org.au
EdShop Upper‐Primary Maths Worksheet
Student Name:
Grade: Date:
1. A new Guiness Record was made last week when 488 Aussie
kids createdthe world’sLARGEST cricket lesson. It went
for30minutes,but23oftheplayersweredisqualifiedfor
takingatoiletbreak,etc.atthewrongtime.Whatfractionof
theplayersDIDN’T take a break during the lesson?
2. Inpopalbumsaleslastweek,3ofthetop10best-sellerswereby
Australian artists. What is that as a percentage?
3. At the ARIA Awards recently, THE WIGGLES won the Best
Children’sAlbumAwardfortheiralbum,“WIGGLE TOWN”.
WhatfractionofTheWigglesaremales?(Areminder–
there are now 3 blokes and one gal!)
4. The TVshow “THE BLOCK” had 1,792,000 viewers on its Grand
Final night, and 2,135,000 viewers on the night when the winner was
announced. If a quarter of the extra viewers watching the “Winner”
nightwerechildren,howmanyextraADULTS werewatchingthe
announcementofthewinningteam?
5. Theoldestwomanintheworldturned117lastweek.Ifshehada
birthdaycakewithonecandleforeachyearofherlife,butshecould
only blow out 2/3of those candles, how many were still alight?

2. © All rights reserved. Permission to copy these worksheets
STRICTLY reserved for subscribing teachers & schools only.
Mid‐Primary Worded Maths Worksheet
Fresh weekly each Saturday from EdShop.
A fresh worded Australian Maths worksheet released EVERY weekend during the school term. Australian Primary School levels
6. At one aquarium in the city, fish similar to those found in the movie
“FINDING DORY” havebeenusedtomakeagreatexhibit.Itincludes
schools of blue tang fish (Dory) and clownfish (Nemo). In those names –
“bluetang” and “clownfish” -- what fraction of the letters are
consonants?
7. Thenumberofbeesaroundtheworldisfalling.Expertshavefound
thatbyplantingpathsofflowers4kmlong,thebeescanbeledto
reallygoodplacesinwhichtheycouldthrive.If20,000beessetoff
onthatpath,andonly70%ofthemreachthehoped-fordestination,
howmanyDIDN’T makeit?
8. Open-ended Question: The skeleton of a Dodo sold recently at
an auction for half a million dollars. If only HALF that skeleton was to
be sold, how much do you expect it would be sold for? (Think about it
BEFOREyouestimateaprice!)

3. © All rights reserved. Permission to copy these worksheets
STRICTLY reserved for subscribing teachers & schools only.
Mid‐Primary Worded Maths Worksheet
Fresh weekly each Saturday from EdShop.
A fresh worded Australian Maths worksheet released EVERY weekend during the school term. Australian Primary School levels
ANSWERS – EdShop Upper-Primary Worded Worksheet
1. 465/488
2. 30%
3. 3/4
4. 257,250extraadults
5. 39 candles were still alight
6. 12/17
7. 6,000 bees didn’t make it
8. Various answers. (Discuss the value of half a skeleton!)