PROBLEM 1 A large box contains 18 small boxes and each small box contains 25 chocolate bars.

How many chocolate bars are in the large box? Solution : The number of chocolate bars is equal to 18 25 = 450

PROBLEM 2 It takes John 25 minutes to walk to the car park and 45 to drive to work. At what time should he get out of the house in order to get to work at 9:00 a.m.? Solution : The time it takes John to get to work: time to walk to car park + time to drive 25 + 45 = 70 minutes = 1 hour and 10 minutes John needs to get out of the house 1 hour and 10 minutes before 9:00 am at 9:00 - 1:10 = 7:50 a.m.

PROBLEM 3 A factory produced 2300 TV sets in its first year of production. 4500 sets were produced in its second year and 500 more sets were produced in its third year than in its second year. How many TV sets were produced in three years? Solution : 500 TV sets were produced in the third year than in the second year. The number of sets produced in the third year is equal to 4,500 + 500 = 5,000

The number of TV sets produced in three years is equal to sum of the number of TV sets produced in each year 2,300 + 4,500 + 5,000 = 11,800

PROBLEM 4 John can eat a quarter of a pizza in one minute. How long does it take John to eat one pizza and a half? 2 possible solutions : 1) There are 4 quarters of a pizza in one pizza and there 2 quarters of a pizza in a half a pizza. So there is a total of 6 quarters in one pizza and a half. If John eats a quarter in one minutes, he needs 6 minutes to eat all 6 quarters. 2) The above problem could also be solved by dividing the mixed number 1 and 1/2 by 1/4 1 (1/2) 1 / 4 = 3 / 2 4 / 1 = 6 minutes.

PROBLEM 5 Tom and Bob have a total of 49 toys. If Bob has 5 more toys than Tom, how many toys does each one have? Solution : If 5 toys are taken out of 49 toys and the remaining ones distributed to Tom and Bob, they will both have equal numbers of toys 49 - 5 = 44 for Tom and Bob

If distributed equally, each one will have 44 2 = 22 toys Bob has 5 more toys than Tom, so Bob has 22 + 5 = 27 toys Bob has 27 and Tom has 22 toys and it is easy to check that between them they have 49 and the difference is 5.

PROBLEM 6 Add fractions mixed numbers. 2 Add the mixed numbers 3

5 + 2
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Solution : Step 1: Add the whole numbers 3 + 2 = 5 Step 2: Find the LCD, equivalent fractions with common denominator and add the fractions. 2
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5 +
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14
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15
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29
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21

21

21

Step 3: Reduce and write the fraction as a mixed number if possible. 29

8
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21

21

Step 4: Add the whole number obtained in step 1 and the mixed number obtained in step 3 8 5
+

8 = 6
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21

21

PROBLEM 7 Find the LCM of two Numbers Solution : Method 1: Find the LCM of 6 and 4 listing the multiples. Find the first few multiples of the two numbers as follows: 6: 6 , 12 , 18 , 24 , 30 ,... 4: 4 , 8 , 12 , 32 , 40 ,... The lowest multiple that is common to 6 and 4 is 12. So the LCM of 6 and 4 is 12. (The above method works well for small numbers only.) Method 2: Find the LCM of 6 and 4 using prime factorization. 6=2x3 4=2x2 A common multiple may be found by multiplying the two numbers 6 and 4. However it may not be the lowest. Let us multiply the two numbers in factored form : (2 x 3) x (2 x 2). One factor 2 is counted twice and therefore has to be taken out of one term of the product if we want our common multiple to be the lowest. The LCM of 4 and 6 = 3 x (2 x 2) = 12.

PROBLEM 8 The rectangle on the left and the square on the right have the same perimeter. What is the length of one side of the square?

Solution : The perimeter P of the rectangle is equal to P = 15 + 25 + 15 + 25 = 80 The perimeter of the square is equal to the perimeter of the rectangle and is then equal to 80. The square has 4 sides of equal lengths. Since 80 = 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 then the length of a side is equal to 20.

PROBLEM 9 123 school girls are to be transported in small vans. Each van can carry 8 girls only. What is the smallest possible number of vans that are needed to transport all 123 school girls? Solution : To find the number of vans, we divide 123 by 8.

123 8 = 15 and remainder = 3 So 15 vans are needed to transport 15 8 = 120 girls, and 1 van is needed to transport the 3 remaining girls. A total of 16 vans are needed.

PROBLEM 10 Billy read 2 books. He read the first one in one week with 25 pages everyday. He read the second book in 12 days with 23 pages everyday. What is the total number of pages that Billy read? Solution : Pages read in the first book in one week which is 7 days with 25 pages everyday. 25 7 = 175 pages Pages read in the second book in 12 days with 23 pages everyday. 23 12 = 276 pages

Total number of pages read 175 + 276 = 451 pages

Assignment in MATH
Submitted By: Daniel Van D. Abaygar