Problem Solving

Read and understand each problem carefully, then answer the questions that follow. Label your answer.1. The Grade 1 pupils gathered 75 kilos of old news paper last month and 62 kilos of old newspaper this month. How many kilos of old news paper did they gather in all?

How many kilos of old newspaper were gathered last month?

How many kilos of old newspaper were gathered this month?

What operation can be used to find the total number of kilos of old newspaper gathered in two months?

What is the mathematical sentence? ____________________________________Solution:Answer: ______________________________2. In our school, there are two choral groups, namely Sigla with25 members and Siglo with31 members.

How many members are there in the two coral groups?

How many members are there in the Sigla?

How many members are there in the Siglo?

What operation can be used to find the total; members of the two choral groups?

What is the mathematical sentence? _____________________________________

Solution:

Answer: _______________________________3. There are 46 girls and 32 boys in Grade 1 who joined in the parade. How many Grade 1 pupils joined in the parade? How many girls joined the parade?

How many boys joined the parade?

What operation can be used to find the total number of pupils who joined in the parade?


Solution:Answer: _______________________________4. Mang Juan sells souvenir items at Rizal Park. He was able to sell 162 on Saturday and 236 on Sunday. How many souvenir items did he sell in two days?

How many souvenir items were sold on Saturday?

How many souvenir items were sold on Sunday?

What operation can be used to find out the total number of souvenir items sold in two days?


Solution:

Answer: _______________________________

5. Johanna received 356 pesos from her mother. Her father gave her 223 pesos. How much money did Johanna have in all?

How much did Johanna receive from her mother?

How much did she receive from her father? What operation can be used to find the total amount she received?


Solution:

Answer: _______________________________6. Mother bought two volumes of Science encyclopedia. One volume has 2 328 pages and the other volume has 1 451 pages.

How many pages do the two volumes have?

How many pages does one volume have?

How many pages does the other volume have?

What operation can be used to find out the total pages of the two volumes of encyclopedia?

What is the mathematical sentence? _______________________________________

Solution:

Answer: _______________________________7. Mang Karding and his relatives harvested 348 kilos of peanuts from the larger piece of lot and 245 kilos of peanuts from the smaller piece of lot. How many kilos of peanuts were harvested in all? How many kilos of peanuts were harvested from the bigger lot?

How many kilos of peanuts were harvested from the smaller lot?

What operation can be used to find the total number of kilos of harvested peanuts?

What is the mathematical sentence?

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Solution:Answer: _______________________________

8. Last month there were 3 457 families affected by the strong typhoon in one province and 2 398 families from another province. How many families were affected by the typhoon from the two provinces?

How many families were affected by the typhoon in one province?

What operation can be used to find the total number of families affected?


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Solution:

Answer: _______________________________

9. The grade school pupils donated 5 638 kilos of rice while the high school students donated 6 543 kilos of rice for the typhoon victims. How many kilos of rice were donated for the typhoon victims?

How many kilos of rice were donated by the grade school pupils?

How many kilos of rice were donated by the high school students?

What operation can be used to find the total number of kilos of rice donated? What is the mathematical sentence?

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Solution:

Answer: _______________________________

10. A concert for the typhoon victims was sponsored by a non-government organization. It was attended by 3 578 people on the first night and 4 892 people on the second night. How many people watched the concert in two nights? How many people watched the concert on the first night?

How many people the concerts on the second night/

What operation can be used to find the total number of people who watched in two nights?


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Solution:

Answer: _______________________________

11. Two barangays are flooded due to heavy rains. 3 456 sardines are to be distributed to the affected people. One barangay received 1 231 sardines. How many sardines were left for the people in the other barangay? How many sardines are to be distributed?

How many sardines were given to one barangay?

What operation can be used to find the number of sardines left for the other barangay?


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Solution:

Answer: _______________________________12. Mang Kaloy planted 482 ipil-ipil seedlings to replace uprooted trees, but 179 seedlings died. How many seedlings grew?

How many seedlings did Mang Kaloy plant?

How many seedlings died?

What operation can be used to find the number of seedlings that grew?


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Solution:

Answer: _______________________________

13. There are 8 900 people affected by the strong typhoon. Of these, 5 832 are children. How many are adults?

How many people are affected by the strong typhoon?

How many children are affected by the strong typhoon?

What operation can be used to find the number of adults affected by the typhoon?


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Solution:

Answer: _______________________________

14. Juliet bought a doll for 345 pesos. She gave the cashier a 500-peso bill. How much change did he receive?

How much did Juliet pay for the doll?

How much did she give the cashier?

What operation can be used to solve for the change she received?


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Solution:

Answer: _______________________________

15. The sum of the two numbers is 235. One number is 118. What is the other number?

What is the sum of the two numbers?

What is one number?

What operation can be used to find the other number?


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Solution:

Answer: _______________________________

16. Rowena had 250 pesos. She bought 2 pencils for 9 pesos each and a box of crayons for 25 pesos. How much money was left?

How much money did Rowena have?

How many pencils did she buy for 9 pesos each?

How much did she spend for a box of crayons? What operation can be used to solve for the amount of money left?


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Solution:Answer: _______________________________

17. Carla bought a pair of pants for 256 pesos and a shirt for 138 pesos.

How much change did she receive if she gave a 1 000-peso bill?

How much did Carla pay for the pair of pants?

How much did she pay for the shirt?

How much money did she give to the cashier?

What operation can be used to solve for the change?


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Solution:

Answer: _______________________________

18. Jean brought 50 US stamps and 54 Philippine stamps. She shared 48 stamps to her brother. How many stamps were left to Jean?

How many US stamps did Jean bring?

How many Philippine stamps did she bring?

How many stamps did she share to her brother?

What operation can be used to find the number of stamps left?


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Solution:

Answer: _______________________________

19. I am thinking of a number. If I add 24 to it then subtract 16 from it, the result is 10. What number is it?20. What is the result if 28 is subtracted from the difference between 320 and 119?

21. What is the result if 29 is addend to the sum of 67 and 28?

22. What number should I add to 456 make the answer equal to 236 plus 326?

23. Andrei has 48 marbles. Jessica has 25 more than Andrei. Together, how many marbles do the two girls have?24. What could be the largest sum if you put digits 3, 6, 4, 5, 9 and 8 each in the box?

+

= ______________

25. Find two numbers so that when you add them, the sum is 16 and when you subtract them, the difference is 2.26. October is the month of the Holy Rosary. Grade 1 Faith is assigned to lead the rosary. The adviser has grouped the class of 35 into 5 to lead each mystery? How many pupils belong to each group? How many pupils are there in the class?

Into how many groups are the pupils divided?


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Solution:

Answer: _______________________________27. Mrs. Valenzuela asked 6 pupils from the grade 1 class to carry books to the classroom. There were 24 books and each pupil carried the same number of books. How many books did each pupil carry?

How many books were there? How many pupils were asked to carry the books?


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Solution:

Answer: _______________________________28. There were 39 pupils in the playground. The teacher grouped them into 6s. How many pupils did not belong to any group?

How many pupils were in the playground? How many groups were there?


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Solution:

Answer: _______________________________29. Three dozens of children are divided into groups of 6 for a class activity. How many groups of 6 are there?

How many dozens of children are there?

How many are there in a group?


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Solution:Answer: _______________________________30. If I have 3 20-peso bills, how much money do I have?

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31. Lita has 5 10-centavo coins. How much money does Lita have?

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32. A kilogram of lanzones costs P 40.00. If mother buys 2 kilograms of lanzones, how much does she pay in all?

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33. Darci Roy has 2 50-peso bills. How much money does he have?

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34. She bought 2 kilograms of fish at P80.00 per kilogram. How much did she pay in all?_________________

35. My sister Sonia bought 2 meters of ribbon at P 30.00 a meter. How much change did she get from her P 100?

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36. Pete bought 5 apples for P 15.00 each and 1 kilogram of grapes for P120.00. If he had P200.00, how much was left to him after paying the fruits?_________________

37. If I will buy five chicos for P25.00 and 3 kilograms of guavas for P75.00, how much will I pay in all?

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38. Darci Roye woke up at 8:00 on Sunday. He took one hour to eat his breakfast. What time did he finish his breakfast? _____________39. Mr. Rolly Campinpin exercises everyday starting at 6:00 A.M. He comes back at 7:30 A.M. How long does he exercise everyday?

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40. Alyssa went to sleep at 8:00 P.M. She woke up at 6:00 A.M. how many hours did she spend sleeping? ________________41. Hedrix left home and walked to school at 7:30 A.M. he arrived to school at 8:00 A.M. How long did he walk to reach the school?______________

42. To thank mother for her love and guidance, Merly bought a hanky for her. The hankerchief measured 15 cm on each side. What was the perimeter of the hanky?43. Find the perimeter of a square yard which is 16 meters on each

side?

44. The perimeter of a square is 48 cm. what is the length of the one side?

45. Piolo cleaned the kitchen square table which was 96 cm on each side. He planned to put a cover on it. What was the total length of the sides of the cover?

46. Rose, a grade 1 pupil, made a thank-you card for her teacher. The card was rectangular in shape. The length was 6 cm and the width was 3 cm. what was the perimeter of the card?

Interpret the Graph

Weights of the Members of the Lapuz Family90 kg.80 kg.

70 kg.

60 kg.

50 kg.

40 kg.

30 kg.

20 kg.

10 kg.

0 kg.

JeznerJeffreyNita

Ding

1. What is the title of the bar graph? ____________________2. How many kg does Jezner weight? ___________________

3. Who weighs 60 kg? _______________

4. When you combine the weights of Jezner and Jeffrey, what is their total weight? ________________5. Who has the most number of kilograms? ________________

6. What is the total weigh of all the members of the family?

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