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Connie Has 15 Red Marbles and 28 Blue Marbles

The document outlines steps for solving number story problems: 1) read the problem, 2) identify what is being asked, such as the total number of items. It provides an example of Connie having 15 red and 28 blue marbles, asking how many total marbles she has. A second example calculates the number of boxes of mangoes that could be filled given the number delivered and some being rotten.

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Connie Has 15 Red Marbles and 28 Blue Marbles

The document outlines steps for solving number story problems: 1) read the problem, 2) identify what is being asked, such as the total number of items. It provides an example of Connie having 15 red and 28 blue marbles, asking how many total marbles she has. A second example calculates the number of boxes of mangoes that could be filled given the number delivered and some being rotten.

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Steps to solve Number Stories:

1. Read it
2. Think about it
 What’s this problem asking? Total marbles

Connie has 15 red marbles and 28 blue marbles. How many marbles
does she have?

WHOLE
PART PART

WHOLE=?
(RED) (Blue)
WHOLE = PART + PART
Total Marbles = =
There were 42 mangoes in each crate. 12 such crates of mangoes were
delivered to a factory. 4 mangoes were rotten and had to be thrown away.
The remaining mangoes were packed into boxes of 10 mangoes each. How
many boxes of mangoes were there?

Solution:

Step 1: Find the total number of mangoes delivered.

12 × 42 = 504

The total number of mangoes delivered was 504.

Step 2: Find the number of remaining mangoes.

504 – 4 = 500

Step 3: Find the number of boxes of mangoes.

500 ÷ 10 = 50 There were 50 boxes of mangoes.

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