Problem Solving

Guess and Check

100

Stacie counts 26 legs in a barnyard with horses and chickens. If there are 8 animals, how many are horses?

5

200

I wrote 5 different numbers on 5 cards. The sum of the numbers is 15. What numbers did I put on the cards?

1,2,3,4,5

300

You have 4 (four) pizzas that are divided into 12 pieces each. You have 23 kids that want pizza. How many pieces of pizza does each of the kids have?

2 pieces each with 2 left over

400

Ben knows 100 baseball players by name. Ten are Red Sox. The rest are Blue Jays and Diamondbacks. He knows the names of twice as many Blue Jays as Diamondbacks. How many Blue Jays does he know by name?

Blue Jays- 60 Diamondbacks-30

500

The hardware store sells red buckets, which hold 6 gallons of water, and blue buckets, which hold 1 gallon. Renee bought 6 buckets. Her buckets will hold 31 gallons in total. How many of each type of bucket did Renee buy?

5 red buckets, 1 blue bucket

Work Backwards

100

Rosa is 3 years older than Omar. Omar is 2 years older than Francesca. Francesca is 8 years younger than Roberto. If Roberto is 21 how old is Rosa?

18

200

Phil was given his allowance on Monday. On Tuesday he spent $1.50 at the fruit stand. On Wednesday, Jed paid Phil the $1.00 he owed him. If Phil now has $2.00, how much is his allowance?

Phil's allowance is $2.50.

300

Jacob, Jesse, and James uncovered a strongbox containing some gold nuggets. They buried half of the nuggets in the Grand Canyon and divided the remaining nuggets evenly among themselves. Jesse received 2,000 gold nuggets. How many nuggets were in the strongbox?

12,000 gold nuggets

400

Leon wanted to know the age of a black bear at the zoo. The zoo keeper told Leon that if he added 10 years to the age of the bear and then doubled it, the bear would be 90 years old. How old is the bear?

35 years old

500

I bought a bag of apples. I kept half of them for myself. I gave the rest to 3 friends. Each friend got 2 apples. How many apples did I buy?

12 apples

Estimating

100

A family is renting a cabin for 59.95 a day for 5 days. About how much will they pay for the cabin?

$300

200

Four friends split the cost of two pizzas. If the cost of the pizzas was $27.80, about how much will each friend have to pay?

$7

300

You need to fill a 46 gallon wine vat. You have a 3 gallon measure. How many times will you need to fill the measure in order to fill the vat?

15 or 16

400

A carpenter is going to replace a door that is 2 1/2 ft wide. The opening is 3 times as tall as it is wide. About how tall should he cut the door?

7 1/2feet or 90 inches

500

School Raffle tickets cost $4 each. Their goal is to raise at least $500. If 126 ticket were sold did they meet their goal?

yes

Place Value

100

The population of California in 2001 was one hundred thousand more than 34,401,130. What was the population of California?

34,501,130

200

Kathleen has recorded 0.4 of a book on to a CD. What fraction of the book has she recorded?

4/10

300

Two divers entered a competition. Their scores were 9.75 and 9.79. What scoew was better?

9.79

400

The area of Texas is 695,676 square miles. That is 525,368 more than Florida. What is the area of Florida?

170,308

500

Amusic store sells 60 Cds and 40 CD Players. If the Cds cost $10.25 and the Cd Players costs $32.80, how much did the store make?

$615 +$1312=$1927

Cheese

100

What is the most famous italian cheese that is sprinkled on pasta

Parmesan

200

What state is known as "The Cheese State"

Wisconsin

300

What type of cheese contains visible mold

Blue Cheese

400

What is cheese in Spanish and French?

Queso 

Fromage 

500

How many pounds of cheese does the average American Eat Per Year

23 Pounds