7.6 Extra or Missing Information

The school's hayride starts 6 P.M. There are 4 wagons that can hold 9 children each. Half of children going are girls. What is the total of children that can ride on the wagons?

• 36 children

• There is not enough information.

An animal shelter has 23 cats and 14 dogs. How much would it cost to adopt 1 cat and 1 dog?

• $75

• There is not enough information.

Determine if there is extra or missing information to solve each problem. Then solve if possible.

Mrs. Friedman had 2 boxes of chalk. She bought 4 more boxes with 10 pieces each. She paid $2 per box. How much did she spend on the 4 boxes of chalk?

• $8

• There is not enough information.

Determine if there is extra or missing information to solve each problem. Then solve if possible.

Bert bought 4 of each of the items shown. How much change will he get back?

• $6

• There is not enough information.

Determine if there is extra or missing information to solve each problem. Then solve if possible.

Alejandra is 58 inches tall. Her sister is in the first grade and is 10 inches shorter than Alejandra. What known fact when doubled, is equal to the height of Alejandra's sister?

• 6x4=24 or 4x6=24

• 3x8=24 or 8x3=24

• 48 inches

• There is not enough information to solve.

Determine if there is extra or missing information to solve each problem. Then solve if possible.

Ten of Eduardo's baseball cards are All Star cards. His friend has four times as many All Star cards. How many All Star baseball cards does his friend have?

• 40 baseball cards

• There is not enough information to solve.

Determine if there is extra or missing information to solve each problem. Then solve if possible.

The third grade class had four chicks hatch every day for 5 days. Nine of the chicks were yellow, and the rest were brown. How many chicks hatched in all?

• 20 chicks

• There is not enough information.

Determine if there is extra or missing information to solve each problem. Then solve if possible.

Four friends bought a total of 24 computer games. Each friend bought the same number of games. How many games did each friend buy?

• 6 games

• There is not enough information.

There are 4 sheets of stickers. Each sheet has 7 stickers. Kyla gives 1 sheet of sticker to her friend. How many stickers does Kyla have left?

• 21 stickers

• There is not enough information.

Arthur will cut a 12-foot board into 4 equal parts. If it takes him 10 minutes to cut the board, how long will each piece be?

• 3 feet

• There is not enough information.