1. Problem Solving Examples Let’s solve them!

2. Sally is putting a fence around her garden. Her garden is rectangular and has a side length of 6 meters and a width of 4 meters. How much fencing will Sally need to fence in her entire garden?

3. Gary found 18 seashells at the beach. He wanted to give each of his 6 friends the same amount of seashells. How many seashells did he give each of his friends?

4. Francine went to the store. She bought her mom 3 packages of muffins. There were 9 muffins in each package. How many muffins did Francine buy in all?

5. Cynthia read 3 pages of her book on Monday, 6 pages on Tuesday, 9 pages on Wednesday. If this pattern continues, how many pages will Cynthia read on Saturday?

6. Geovani has 42 wooden sticks. He wants to make as many hexagons as possible using his sticks. How many hexagons can Geovani make?

7. On Friday night, there were 56 people at the restaurant. On Saturday night, there were 98 people at the restaurant. About how many people came to the restaurant over the weekend?

8. Manuel has 7 blue tiles, 10 yellow tiles, 2 red tiles, and 1 orange tile. What is the chance that Manuel will pull a red tile out of the bag. Other… * What is the probability of picking each color? * What fraction of Manuel’s tiles are blue?

9. Leon found 567 pieces of litter when he went to pick up trash. Harry found 234 pieces of trash. How many more pieces of trash did Leon find than Harry?

10. Mrs. Thorton has 81 crayons to put on the classroom tables. There are 9 tables in the class, so how many crayons will Mrs. Thorton put on each table?

11. Finny rode his bicycle 3 miles in a week. Gordan rode his bicycle 5 miles in a week. Lola rode her bicycle 12 miles in a week. If Lola and Finny rode their bicycles this same amount for 3 weeks straight, how many miles would they have ridden altogether in 3 weeks?