1.

Solution 
The time it takes Kim to walk 18 kilometers is equal to
18 / 4 = 4.5 hours = 4 hours + 0.5 × 60 minutes 
= 4 hours and 30 minutes.

2. Solution 
500 TV sets were produced in the third year than in the second year.
The number of sets produced in the third year is equal to 
4,500 + 500 = 5,000 
The number of TV sets produced in three years is equal to sum of the
number of TV sets produced in each year 
2,300 + 4,500 + 5,000 = 11,800
3. Solution 
Linda spent 
1.20 × 3 = $3.60 on notebooks 
The total amount of money that Linda spent is equal to 
3.60 + 1.50 + 1.70 = $6.80
4. Solution 
The number of chocolate bars is equal to 
18 × 25 = 450
5. Solution 
The time it takes John to get to work: time to walk to car park + time to
drive 
25 + 45 = 70 minutes = 1 hour and 10 minutes 
John needs to get out of the house 1 hour and 10 minutes before 9:00
am at 
9:00 - 1:10 = 7:50 a.m.
6. Solution 
If 5 toys are taken out of 49 toys and the remaining ones distributed to
Tom and Bob, they will both have equal numbers of toys 
49 - 5 = 44 for Tom and Bob 
If distributed equally, each one will have 
44 ÷ 2 = 22 toys 
Bob has 5 more toys than Tom, so Bob has 
22 + 5 = 27 toys 
Bob has 27 and Tom has 22 toys and it is easy to check that between
them they have 49 and the difference is 5.
 7. Solution 
2 possible solutions: 
1) There are 4 quarters of a pizza in one pizza and there 2 quarters of a
pizza in a half a pizza. So there is a total of 6 quarters in one pizza and
a half. If John eats a quarter in one minutes, he needs 6 minutes to eat
all 6 quarters. 
2) The above problem could also be solved by dividing the mixed
number 1 and 1/2 by 1/4 
1 (1/2) ÷ 1 / 4 = 3 / 2 × 4 / 1 = 6 minutes.
8. Solution 
In one pizza, there are 6 sixths and John will take . 
2 × 6 = 12 minutes to finish one pizza 
In one pizza, there are 4 quarters and Billy will take . 
3 × 4 = 12 minutes to finish one pizza. 
It takes each one of them 12 minutes and they will finish at the same
time.
9. Solution 
This problem can be solved using a table as shown below where Jim's
age is guessed then Carla's and Tomy's ages are calculated. The
calculations are stopped when the condition in the problem which is "the
sum of their three ages is 31 years" is reached. 
Jim's The sum of all
Carla's age Tomy's age
age ages
1 1+5=6 6 + 6 = 12 1 + 6 + 12 = 19
2 2 + 5 =7 7 + 6 = 13 2+ 7 + 13 = 22
3 3+5=8 8 + 6 = 14 3 + 8 + 14 = 25
4 4+5=9 9 + 6 = 15 4 + 9 + 15 = 28
5 5 + 5 = 10 10 + 6 = 16 5 + 10 + 16 = 31

The column on the right, where all ages are added, shows whether the main
condition ("The sum of their three ages is 31 years") is satisfied or not: last
row of the table shows: Jim 5 , Carla 10 and Tomy 16 satisfy the condition in
the problem.
10. Solution 
Mike read 5 hours. Sasha read twice as long as Mike. Hence Sasha
read: 
2 × 5 = 10 hours 
Tom read two-fifths of the time that Sasha read. Hence Tom read: 
(2 / 5) × 10 = 4 hours 
John read the quarter of the time that Tom read. Hence John read: 
(1 / 4) × 4 = 1 hour