Aaron and Benga | June 2, 2014

Aaron and Benga have a total of 976 trading cards. Benga has 7 times as many cards as Aaron. How many cards should Benga give Aaron so that Aaron will have 3 times as many cards as Benga?

Solve this problem using a bar model. Take a picture of your solution and mail it to michelle.valdez@kentwoodps.org. Thanks!

Micah and Luis | May 27, 2014

Micah is 32 years old and Luis is 6 years old. How many years will it take until Micah is only 3 times as old as Luis?

Alex and Jim | May 19, 2014

Alex and Jim have equal amounts of money. Each day, Alex spends $5 and Jim spends $3. When Alex has $8 left, Jim has 4 times as much money left as Alex. How much money does each boy have at first?

Books for the Library | May 12, 2014

Ali, Clara, and Shan raised money for new books for the school library. Ali raised 20% more than Clara and $58 more than Shan. Clara raised 1/4 times more than Shan.

a) How much money did they raise altogether?

b) What percent of the total amount of money did Clara raise?

Instruments in the Band Room | May 5, 2014

Part A:

In a music room, the ratio of the number of clarinets to the number of flutes was 3 : 4. After the school bought another 24 flutes, the ratio became 3 : 8. How many clarinets were there in the music room?

Part B:

In a music room, the ratio of trombones to trumpets is 5 : 4. The ratio of trumpets to tubas is 6 : 1. There are 29 of these brass instruments in all. How many trumpets are there?

Here are a couple of the solutions I received:

Keith's Savings | April 28, 2014

One year, Keith's savings was $200. Andrew's savings was 4/5 of Keith's savings. The next year, Andrew increased his savings by 20%. Find the increase in Andrew's savings.

Passengers on the Bus | April 14, 2014

A bus left the bus station with 90% of the seats full. After six stops, a total of 26 passengers got off the bus and 4 passengers boarded the bus. Now, 35% of the seats are full. How many seats are there on the bus?

Driving to Florida | March 31, 2014

Mary is driving to Florida for spring break. On the way, she passes four consecutive mile markers and finds their sum to be 518. Which mile markers does she include in her sum?

  

Pens in the Box | March 24, 2014

Of the pens in a box, 2/7 of them are red. Of the remaining pens, 1/5 are blue and the rest are black. There are 270 more black pens than blue pens. How many red pens are in the box?

Thank you to Mr. Closson's 5th grade class for sharing your solutions!

 Thank you to the teachers who sent in their solutions, too! :)

Patty's Shamrocks | March 17, 2014

Patty the Leprechaun has some shamrocks. The ratio of 3-leaf to 4-leaf shamrocks is 7 to 2. Of all of the leaves, 56 leaves are on 4-leaf shamrocks. How many 3-leaf shamrocks does Patty have?

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Fruit Basket | March 10, 2014

In a basket of apples and oranges, 3/5 of the fruits are apples. After 4/9 of the apples are used to make apple jam, there are 20 apples left. Find the number of oranges in the basket.

Here are some of the solutions sent to me. Thanks!

Rectangle Ratio | March 3, 2014

The ratio of the length of a rectangle to its width is 5 : 3. The width is 16 inches shorter than the length. Find the area of the rectangle.

Here are some of the solutions that were sent in: