Daily Problem Solving Week 19

Name:______________ #_____ Date____________

Monday1.Three girls are collecting pennies. Beth has 401
pennies in her coin collection, and Jackie has 321 her
coin collection. Ryan has 249 less pennies than Beth.
How many pennies do the girls have altogether in their
coin collection? Justify your thoughts.

2.Troy throws the football about 245 times each week,

Joe throws the football 192 times each week, and
Timothy throws the football 301 times each week. How
many more times a week does Timothy throw the
football than Joe? Explain your thinking.

Tuesday3.Maggie works at Campisis on the weekends. Last

Saturday, they had a big birthday party, and the
restaurant was very crowded. The birthday party sat at
two tables that each had 19 people. If each large pizza
served 5 people, how many large pizzas did they need
to order to have enough for everyone at the party?
Justify your thinking.

4.Stephanie watched six TV shows every night last week.

Her sister watched 7 TV shows last week, but only on
five nights. How many shows did they watch in all?
Prove your answer with a written explanation.

Wednesday-

5.Allison wants to buy a new bike, so she started helping

the Kincaids by babysitting Baby Mason. The bike she
wants to buy costs a total of $405. Over the past
month, she babysat Baby Mason 3 times and made $42
each time she babysat. How much more money does
Allison need to buy the new bike? Explain your
thinking.

6.Jake is very busy during the summer! He earned $45

tutoring students for 5 hours and $72 for giving
swimming lessons for 9 hours. For which job did he
earn more money per each hour? Explain how you
found your answer.

Thursday-

7.Rebecca has two large kitchen tables. She placed 21

paper plates on the first table and 24 plates on the
second table. Then she placed 7 skittles on top of each
paper plate. How many total skittles did Rebecca have
on the 2 large kitchen tables? Justify your thoughts.

8.Lauren earned $10.00 doing chores over the weekend

so she decided to do some shopping. She bought a
candy bar for $0.55 and an apple for $0.80. How much
money does Lauren have left?