Transcript Problem Solving Squares

Problem Solving Steps
Understand- Underline important
information/take notes
10 seconds
Plan- Choose a strategy
5 seconds
Solve
- Use the strategy
30 seconds
Look Back
- Does your answer make sense?
15 seconds
Problem Solving Strategies
Draw a Picture
Work Backwards
Guess and Check
Choose a Calculation
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Sir Godfrey has been collecting gemstones for 3
years. His favorite gems are rubies. Out of his 233
gems, 75 are rubies. How many gems does he have
that are not rubies, if there are 3 other types of
gemstones?
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Lord Drumcastle has a collection of rare silver
coins. He has made a list of 7 more coins that he
wants in addition to the 13 he already has. How
many can he buy if they cost 17 crowns each and
he has 65 crowns?
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Princess Caroline and her ladies-in-waiting play chess
against the ladies of 7 other castles. She has won 10
times this year. Her ladies-in-waiting have won 25
times. She would like to know how many times she and
her ladies-in-waiting have won this season.
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35 wins
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A craftsman makes mail and armor for the army. An
Italian battle suit takes 6 days to make. A regular
suit of knight armor takes 9 days. If the army
wanted 10 suits of knight armor and 4 Italian suits,
how long would it take for both?
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114
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Sir Gawain plans to go from Wibbleton to Wobbleton and
back, stopping for 4 hours for sightseeing. The distance
between the 2 towns is 15 miles. He will travel on horseback.
His horse can go only 5 miles per hour for the first 7 miles of
the trip due to the rocky road. For the rest of the trip, his
horse can go 8 miles per hour. How long will the trip take?
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8.8 hours
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"Four more laps", Prince Carl thought as he was
rowing in his boat. He stroked the oars 50 times
per minute. "There are 6 rowers to pass and it
takes me 5 minutes to row each lap." How many
more times will Prince Carl stroke the oars before
the end of the race?
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1,000
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"This 15 page treaty will be easier to write if I break
it into smaller pieces and just do a little each day,"
Sir John realized.
"If I do 1/6 of it today, 1/4 tomorrow, and 1/3 the
third day, what fraction will I have completed?“
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The Queen of England asked herself how many
pounds of gold she had set aside to pay her
children's allowance. She had a bag that weighed
3/4 lb and another that weighed 2/3 lb. She had a
third bag that weighed 5/6 lb.
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2 ¼ lbs
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The peasants had to dig a trench 3 feet side to side
and 10 times as long. It took them 4 days to dig it.
There were 7 of them digging. How long was the
trench?
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30
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