Work Backward - Math Worksheet With Answers

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Date

Work Backward

Work backward to solve each problem. Show your work.

Kareem bought some bottles of water. He drank 3 of the bottles. Then he

bought 5 more bottles and drank 2 of those. He has 4 bottles left. How many

bottles did he have at the start?

Katy weighed a bag of grapes. She added 2 pounds of grapes to the bag. After

she took out 3 pounds of grapes the bag weighed 4 pounds. How much did

the bag of grapes weigh at the start?

Amy spent $6 for a sailboat kit and $4 for markers at a craft store. Her dad

gave her $5. Then Amy had $7. How much money did Amy have when she

arrived at the craft store?

At 7

. there are 11 boats in the harbor, 5 more than there were at 5

At 3

. there were half as many boats as there were at 5

. How many boats

were there at 3

Make Up Your Own Write your own word problem that can be solved by

working backward and then solve it.

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