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Problem Solving

 Image: create a mental picture.
Name: list the facts and the questions.
Think: choose and outline a plan.
Compute: work the plan.
Check: test that the solution is reasonable.

Answer the following questions dealing with daily life.

1. Courtney's dad bakes 4 dozen cookies. 1 dozen of the cookies are chocolate chip.  Choose the fraction that shows the number of cookies in the batch which are chocolate chip.

4/12          12/48          12/36        1/12
2. Nicole cut out the 26 letters of the alphabet to decorate the classroom.  She cut 13 letters from red paper. Choose the fraction that shows the red letters.

13/26          1/13          13/100        1/26
3. There were 90 fourth graders in Fitzhugh Park School.  Of these, 40 were boys. Choose the fractional part of the fourth graders who were girls.

50/90         40/90          35/90        45/90
4. Steve's parents looked at his notebook. Ten of the 50 pages were filled with science problems. Choose the fraction that shows the pages that were filled.

1/10         1/50          1/5        1/2
5. Philip lives 3/4 mi from school. Nicole lives 1/2 mi from school. Stephen lives 1/4 mi from school, and Courtney lives 5/8 mi from school.  Who lives closest to school?

Philip         Nicole          Stephen        Courtney

 
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