{"id":54,"date":"2023-01-18T13:39:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T18:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/math023\/chapter\/mixed-problems\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T00:06:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T04:06:06","slug":"mixed-problems","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/math023\/chapter\/mixed-problems\/","title":{"raw":"Topic G: Mixed Problems","rendered":"Topic G: Mixed Problems"},"content":{"raw":"Carefully read again the Problem Solving Steps <\/strong>in Adult Literacy Fundamentals Mathematics: Book Two<\/a>, Topic F or ask your instructor for a copy of those pages. Read the problems to help you get a feel <\/em>for the wording and problem situations you can expect for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems. Ask your instructor for a list of key words that will point to the operation you should choose.\r\n
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Exercise 1<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

\r\n\r\nSolve these problems using the five problem solving steps. Show your estimation and actual work. Write a sentence answer remembering to use the units<\/strong>. Check your work using the answer key at the end of the exercise.\r\n
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  1. Saika gave her students cinnamon hearts on Valentine\u2019s Day. She bought a box of 1120<\/span> cinnamon hearts and gave each student 35 candies, using up the whole box. How many students does she have?<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Each stamp cost 57 cents. Dolores bought 100 stamps. How much money did she spend on stamps (before taxes)?<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Etienne planted 30 tomato plants in rows of 5 plants.\u00a0 How many rows did he plant?<\/li>\r\n \t
  4. There are 8 servings per large economy-size can of fruit. The restaurant ordered 5 cases with 24 cans per case. How many servings of fruit can the restaurant get from this order? (This is a two step problem \u2013 first find the total number of cans. Then find the number of servings.)<\/li>\r\n \t
  5. A train traveled 2250<\/span> km at a speed of 75 km per hour. How many hours did the trip take?<\/li>\r\n \t
  6. The regular mountain bike costs $499 and the fancy model is $675. How much more do you pay for the fancy mountain bike?<\/li>\r\n \t
  7. The members of the Shiny Wheels Bicycle Club ride at an average speed of 16 km\/h. On their weekend trip they rode 2 hours Friday night, 7 hours on Saturday, spent two hours soaking their aching bones at the Hot Springs, and then rode a final five hours on Sunday.\u00a0 How many kilometres did they ride on this weekend trip?\u00a0 (2 steps)<\/li>\r\n \t
  8. Last week Mrs. Sanderson drove 29 km on Monday, 42 km on Tuesday, 5 km on Wednesday, and 21 km on Friday.\u00a0 How far did she drive last week?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nAnswers to Exercise 1<\/strong>\r\n
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    1. 32 students<\/li>\r\n \t
    2. $57.00<\/li>\r\n \t
    3. 6 rows<\/li>\r\n \t
    4. 960 servings<\/li>\r\n \t
    5. 30 hours<\/li>\r\n \t
    6. $176 more<\/li>\r\n \t
    7. 224 km<\/li>\r\n \t
    8. 97 km<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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      1. <\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","rendered":"

        Carefully read again the Problem Solving Steps <\/strong>in Adult Literacy Fundamentals Mathematics: Book Two<\/a>, Topic F or ask your instructor for a copy of those pages. Read the problems to help you get a feel <\/em>for the wording and problem situations you can expect for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems. Ask your instructor for a list of key words that will point to the operation you should choose.<\/p>\n

        \n
        \n

        Exercise 1<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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        Solve these problems using the five problem solving steps. Show your estimation and actual work. Write a sentence answer remembering to use the units<\/strong>. Check your work using the answer key at the end of the exercise.<\/p>\n

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        1. Saika gave her students cinnamon hearts on Valentine\u2019s Day. She bought a box of 1120<\/span> cinnamon hearts and gave each student 35 candies, using up the whole box. How many students does she have?<\/li>\n
        2. Each stamp cost 57 cents. Dolores bought 100 stamps. How much money did she spend on stamps (before taxes)?<\/li>\n
        3. Etienne planted 30 tomato plants in rows of 5 plants.\u00a0 How many rows did he plant?<\/li>\n
        4. There are 8 servings per large economy-size can of fruit. The restaurant ordered 5 cases with 24 cans per case. How many servings of fruit can the restaurant get from this order? (This is a two step problem \u2013 first find the total number of cans. Then find the number of servings.)<\/li>\n
        5. A train traveled 2250<\/span> km at a speed of 75 km per hour. How many hours did the trip take?<\/li>\n
        6. The regular mountain bike costs $499 and the fancy model is $675. How much more do you pay for the fancy mountain bike?<\/li>\n
        7. The members of the Shiny Wheels Bicycle Club ride at an average speed of 16 km\/h. On their weekend trip they rode 2 hours Friday night, 7 hours on Saturday, spent two hours soaking their aching bones at the Hot Springs, and then rode a final five hours on Sunday.\u00a0 How many kilometres did they ride on this weekend trip?\u00a0 (2 steps)<\/li>\n
        8. Last week Mrs. Sanderson drove 29 km on Monday, 42 km on Tuesday, 5 km on Wednesday, and 21 km on Friday.\u00a0 How far did she drive last week?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Answers to Exercise 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          1. 32 students<\/li>\n
          2. $57.00<\/li>\n
          3. 6 rows<\/li>\n
          4. 960 servings<\/li>\n
          5. 30 hours<\/li>\n
          6. $176 more<\/li>\n
          7. 224 km<\/li>\n
          8. 97 km<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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