Problem Solving- Chapter 3

Kayla was collecting book orders. The cost of each book order is $3. There were 7 orders on Wednesday, 5 orders on Thursday, and more orders on Friday and Monday. How many book orders were collected altogether?

• 12 book orders

• 15 book orders

• I cannot solve. There is missing information.

• $36

Rick is slicing a loaf of Italian bread for dinner. The bread costs $4. He cuts the loaf into slices that are 1 inch thick. If the loaf is 18 inches long, how many pieces of bread did he cut?

• 18 pieces

• I can not solve. There is missing information.

• $72

• 19 pieces

Mrs. Blackwell gives each of her students two pencils. How many pencils did she hand out?

• 40 pencils

• 2 pencils

• 20 pencils

• I can not solve. There is missing information.

Anna collected 50 cans for a food drive. She collected 10 cans each day of the drive, mostly green beans. How many days did she collect cans?

• 5 days

• 10 days

• 40 days

• I can not solve. There is not enough information.

If David plays 3 tennis matches every week for 9 weeks, how many matches will he play altogether?

• 3 matches

• 12 matches

• 27 matches

• I can not solve. There is not enough information.

The Smith family bought a car for $2,000. They made a down payment of $500. If they want to pay the balance in 5 equal payments, how much will each of these payments be?

• $300

• $400

• $100

• I can not solve. There is missing information.

Marco does 14 extra math problems each school night. How many extra problems does he do each week? There are 5 nights each week.

• 19 problems

• 9 problems

• 70 problems

• I can not solve. There is missing information.