Serenity EA/AA Term 4 Week 4 Problem Solving

1. Sam was planting fruit trees in his garden. He had 12 trees. How many did he put in each ¼ of the garden?

= 3 because 3 times 4 = 1

2. There were 63 cars in the carpark then 8 had to leave. How many were left?

63 - 8 = 55 because   

63 - 3 = 60 60 - 5 = 55

3.  Tara has cooked up 25 roast potatoes. How many does she put on each of the 5 plates?

= 5 because 5 times 5 = 25  

25 divided by 5 = 5

4. There is a boxing match tonight. Boxer A is more experienced than Boxer B. Bower A has had 469 matches whereas Boxer B has only had 243. How many more matches has Boxer A had than Boxer B?

243 + __ = 469     243 + 57 = 300 + 169 = 469    57 + 169 = 226

226+ 243 = 469

5. At Rina’s school a school hat cost $7. Yesterday the school office had $84 of school hat sales. How many hats did they sell?

84 divided by 7 = 12

which means 7 times 12 = 84

they had sold 12

6. The red soccer team has scored 56 goals over the season so far. The is 7 times more than what the blue has scored. How many goals has the blue team scored in the season so far?

7 times 56 = 380    7 times 50 = 350    

7 times 6 = 30   30 + 350 = 380

7. There are  7 boxes. Each box has 24 tennis balls in it. How many tennis balls are there altogether?

518 because you  24 times divided by 7 =

                                             

8. There are 32 animals at the vet. five-eighths of them are cats. How many is this?

⅝ of 32  8 times 4 = 32 so you put 4 in each of 8 boxes which adds up to 32