Who weighs what?
A family, a dog and a cat, and a chain of facts where each one leans on the last — the kind of word problem that has to be read in order.
One fact at a time, in order.
A multi-step word problem generator, printable as a PDF. Two problems a page, each about one family — three or four people, a dog and a cat. The first fact gives one person's weight or age; every next fact ties someone new to someone already known: 12 pounds less, 4 times as old, one third as much, as much as Mom and Jack together. Fill in the table. Names change every sheet; the numbers always stay real — a cat never weighs 90 pounds and Grandpa is always older than Mom. Easy uses more and less only; medium adds times and fractions; hard adds sums.
1 token a sheet, fewer in batches.
US Letter PDF — prints on any home printer.
Start
Write the number you are given in the table.
Next
Each fact uses someone you already know. Work it out and write it in.
Check
Read the facts again with your numbers. Do they all fit?
The problem is about
Difficulty
The whole family; also times as much and half as much.
Your worksheet lands here — download, print, or email it.