Mathematics Problem
SolvingMathematics Problem
Solving
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1. Paula Pumpkin is heavier than Peter Pumpkin. Patrick Pumpkin weighs less than Peter Pumpkin. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a. Paula Pumpkin weighs more than
Patrick Pumpkin.
b. Peter Pumpkin weighs less than Paula
Pumpkin.
c. Patrick Pumpkin weighs more than Paula
Pumpkin.
2. Pretty Pammy Perry prepared twenty
perfect pumpkin
pies. She placed one half of them in a package and put the rest of them
in her car. She drove the pies in her car to Pittsburgh. She sold half
of those pies and ate the rest of them. How many pumpkin pies did
pretty Pammy Perry eat?
3. Ryan had 74 pumpkin seeds. He put as
many seeds as
possible into eight bags, being careful to make sure that each bag had
the same number of seeds. He could not put _______ seeds into the bags.
4. There are 5,097 pumpkins in
Gwen’s pumpkin
patch. There are 7,000 pumpkins in Andy’s pumpkin patch. How
can
we figure out how many more pumpkins are in Andy’s pumpkin
patch
than in Gwen’s?
a. It’s impossible to
calculate from the given information.
b. Add 5,097 and 7,000.
c. Multiply 5,097 by 7,000.
d. Subtract 5,097 from 7,000.
