Whole Numbers
Common factor of 39 and 54 that is greater than 1
3
Joe has $960. If Rick had another $240, he would have twice as much money as Joe. How much less money does Joe have than Rick?
Joe has $720 less than Rick
2072 - 998 - 997
77
Mrs. Jees ordered a cake for her family. She ate 1/8 of it and her two sons ate 1/4 of it. What fraction of the cake was left?
5/8 of the cake was left
Find 3 different whole numbers which add and multiply each other to the same resulting number.
Ex: 5x4x7 = 140 , 5+4+7 = 16, however make it so the sum and product are equal so a*b*c = a+b+c
1,2, and 3
What is the difference between the sum of the first 2 multiples of 9 and the 3rd multiple of 6.
9
I am thinking of two numbers. Their sum is 1,544 and difference is 152. What are the two numbers?
Smaller number is 696
Larger number is 848
563 + 456 - 99 - 256
664
Melvin gave 7/12 of his stamps to his cousin. He gave 1/3 fewer stamps to his neighbor. What fraction of his stamps did Melvin give away?
Melvin gave 5/6 of his stamps away.
What single digit appears most frequently between and including the numbers one and a thousand? Hint: Look for a pattern!
The number 1
What is the smallest whole number that is divisible by 4, 8, and 11
88
Bob, Jean, and Paul have a total of 5,590 stickers. Paul has twice as many stickers as Bob. Bob has 3 times as many stickers as Jean. How many stickers does each one have?
Jean has 559 stickers.
Bob has 1,677 stickers.
Paul has 3,354 stickers.
47 x 299
14,053
James ate 2/5 of a cake and Lisa ate 1/10 more cake than he did. What fraction of the cake remained?
1/10 of the cake remained.
I add six to eleven, and get five. Why is this correct?
When it is 11:00 AM, add 6 hours and you get 5:00 PM
P is a number. After multiplying it by 7 and adding 4 to the answer, the result is the 13th multiple of 3. What is P?
P = 5
Phil had 3 times as much money as Anne. After Phil gave $285 to Anne, he had twice as much money as she did. How much money did Phil have at first?
Phil had $2,565 at first.
45 x 36 + 55 x 36
1,200
A fruit seller sold 1/7 of his fruits to a hotel owner. He sold 1/3 of the remaining fruits to a grocer. He donated the rest of the fruits to a children's home.
*ANSWER BOTH PARTS FOR FULL CREDIT*
a) What fraction of the fruits were sold to the grocer?
b) What fraction of the fruits were donated to the children's home?
a) 2/7 of the fruits were sold to the grocer.
b) 4/7 of the fruits were donated to the children's home
One brother says of his younger brother: “Two years ago, I was three times as old as my brother was. In three years time, I will be twice as old as my brother.” How old are they each now?
They will be 20 and 10.
I am thinking of a remainder from 40 to 60. When it is divided by 5, it leaves a remainder of 3. When it is divided by 4, it leaves a remainder of 1. What number am I thinking of?
53
There were twice as many women as men in the hall. After 350 women left and 450 men entered, there were 3 times as many men as women. If 1,000 adults remained, how many adults were there in the hall at first?
25 x 32 x 125
100,000
A rich man gives 3/10 of his wealth to his wife. He gives 3/7 of his remaining wealth to his children and donates the rest to charity.
*ANSWER BOTH QUESTIONS FOR FULL CREDIT*
a) What fraction of his wealth does he give to his children?
b) What fraction of his wealth does he donate to charity?
a) he gives 3/10 of his wealth to his children
b) he donates 2/5 of his wealth to charity
Using only addition, add eight 8s to get the number 1,000.
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000