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The document contains a series of independent and chain word problems involving basic arithmetic operations, focusing on real-world scenarios such as factory production, shopping expenses, and organizing groups for activities. It includes calculations for quantities, costs, and distributions, providing a variety of mathematical challenges. The problems are designed for practice in applying mathematical concepts to everyday situations.

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The document contains a series of independent and chain word problems involving basic arithmetic operations, focusing on real-world scenarios such as factory production, shopping expenses, and organizing groups for activities. It includes calculations for quantities, costs, and distributions, providing a variety of mathematical challenges. The problems are designed for practice in applying mathematical concepts to everyday situations.

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INDEPENDENT WORD PROBLEMS

1. A factory makes 2,275 watches in a week. How many watches does it make in
3 days?

2. A shirt costs $253 and a tie costs $78. David bought 4 shirts and 3 ties. How
much did he spend altogether?

3. A purse costs 4 times as much as a dress. If the purse costs $276, how much
does Anna spend on the purse and 3 dresses?
CHAIN WORD PROBLEMS

Olivia’s Orchards grows two types of apples. One type is red and the other is
green. The trees that grow red apples are planted in 34 rows with 68 trees in each
row. The trees that grow green apples are planted in 26 rows with 47 trees in
each row.

Know-Identify-Solve

1. How many of the trees in the orchard grow red apples?

2. What is the total number of trees in the orchard that grow green apples?

3. The orchard decides to rope off three rows of red apple trees for a school group
to go apple picking. How many red apple trees are not roped off?

4. Next season, the orchard will add 3 more green apple trees to each row of
green apple trees. How many total of green apple trees will there be next season?
Meiko researches the buildings in her city. The tallest building has 43 floors
and219 windows on each floor. Meiko’s father, Mr. Arimoto, works in the building
across the street. His building has 27 floors and 128 windows on each floor

1. How many windows does the tallest building have?

2. How many windows does Meiko’s father workplace have?

3. Window washers washed all the windows on total 8 floors in Mr.Arimoto’s


workplace. How many windows are left for them to clean?

4. At night, the tallest building usually keeps the lights on in 107 of its windows on
each floor. How many total windows in the building do not keep the lights on?

Solution
no 1&2 just multiply

No3

LONG Step 1 You already know the total windows 3456 windows
WAY from no 2
Step 2 Count the total of washed windows 1024 windows
8 floor x 128 windows
Step 3 Subtract the total windows – washed 2432 windows
windows
SHORT Step 1 Count the total of unwashed floors 19 floors
WAY 27 floors – 8 floors
Step 2 Multiply the unwashed floors with 2432 windows
the number 19 x 128
Michael coaches a tennis program at a summer camp. He divides the campers
into

2 groups, beginners and advanced. He has 54 tennis balls to use with the
beginner group and 48 balls to use with the advanced group. He always divides
the tennis balls evenly between each group he puts together.

1. Michael divides the beginners into 6 groups for a practice drill. How many
tennis balls does each group get?

2. Michael divides the advanced players into 6 groups to practice serving. How
many tennis balls does each group get?

3. The beginners lost 5 tennis balls. Michael divides the players into 7 groups for
the next activity. How many tennis balls will each group get in the next activity?

4. The advanced players also lost some tennis balls. For their final activity,
Michael gives each group 6 tennis balls. If each group gets 7 tennis balls, how
many tennis balls did the advanced players lost on the earlier practice?
Catherine is a head counselor at Camp Cardinal. She is in charge of the camp field
trip. There are 212 campers. The campers will take buses to a nearby lake. Once
they arrive at the lake, the campers will be divided evenly into 2 groups. One
group will go hiking and the other will go canoeing.

1. The camp has 4 buses to take all the campers to the lake. Catherine divides the
students evenly between the buses. How many students are on each bus?

2. Catherine divides the campers into 2 equal groups when they get to the lake.
One group will canoe, while the other group hikes. How many students are in each
group?

3. Catherine organizes the canoeing group into canoes. Each canoe can hold 3
campers. How many canoes will Catherine need to take all the campers? Explain
your answer
The fourth graders are having a trip to the safari park. There are 18 students in
the fourth grade. They have to bring at least one parent to accompany them to
the trip. Mrs. Robinson, the homeroom teacher, will also join the trip.

1. What is the maximum number of people to join the trip?

2. What is the minimum number of people to join the trip?

3. If each student’s ticket is $2 and each adult’s ticket is $3, how much is the
minimum total of money they have to pay? And how much is for the maximum?

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