Assignment: Math 76 OL Chapter 1 part 1.

8 HW
The land has two times as many oak trees as birches, three times as many maples as oaks, and four times as many pine trees as maples. If there are
19 birches on the land, how many of each of the other trees are there? How many trees are there in all?
To solve the problem, use the Mathematics Blueprint.
What Am I
How Do I
Asked to
Proceed?
Do?
Find the (a) Multiply 19 by 2 to get the number of
There are two times
as many oak trees as number
oaks. Multiply the number of oaks by
birches, three times as of each
3 to get the number of maples. Multiply
many maples as oaks, type of
the number of maples by 4 to get the
tree. Find number of pine trees.
and four times as
the total
many pine trees as
(b) Find the sum of the numbers of all
number
maples. There are
of trees. four types of trees.
19 birches.
Gather the Facts

Key
Points to
Remember
There are
four
different
types of
trees.

(a) Multiply 19 by 2 to obtain the number of oaks.

19
2
38
Multiply the number of oaks by 3 to obtain the number of maples.
38
3
114
Multiply the number of maples by 4 to obtain the number of pine trees.
114
4
456
(b) Add the numbers of each of the trees to obtain the total number of trees on the land.
19
38
114
+ 456
627
Therefore, there are 19 birches, 38 oaks, 114 maples and 456 pine trees. There are 627 trees in all.