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Mathematics
Quarter 1 – Module 6:
Solve Routine and Non-Routine
Problems Involving Addition of
Whole Numbers
Mathematics – Grade 3
Quarter 1 – Module 6: Solve Routine and Non-Routine Problems Involving Addition
of Whole Numbers
First Edition, 2021

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Mathematics
Quarter 1 – Module 6:
Solve Routine and Non-Routine
Problems Involving Addition of
Whole Numbers
Introductory Message

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 Lesson Solve Routine and Non-

1 Routine Problems Involving

Addition of Whole Numbers
Let Us Learn!
Hello! How are you? I hope you are well as we study our
new lesson.
Every day you need to solve problems involving addition of
whole numbers. You may not pay attention, but your daily
activities require you to do the math on certain problems, no
matter how simple it may be.
In playing, you count the toys that you have or the number
of friends who wants to join the game. If you want to buy
something, you count your money to know if it is enough to buy
the things that you intend to buy.
Hence, you apply your problem-solving skills every day. The
problems that you encounter can be routine or non-routine
problems.

This module has 1 lesson:

Lesson 1. Solve Routine and Non-Routine Problems Involving

Addition of Whole Numbers

After going through this lesson, you are expected to:

• solve routine and non-routine problems involving
addition of whole numbers with sums up to 10 including
money using appropriate problem-solving strategies and
tools. (M3NS-If-29.3)

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 Let Us Try!
Read and answer the routine and non-routine problems in
each box. Answer the following questions in each item.
Choose the letter of your correct answer.

Ben, a banana cue vendor, sold 4,895 pieces

of banana cue last month. He sold 5,292 pieces of
banana cue this month. How many pieces of
banana cues did he sell in 2 months?

1. What is asked?
a. The number of pies sold by Ben.
b. The number of banana cues sold in 1 month.
c. The number of banana cues sold by Ben in 2 months.

2. What is the number sentence?

a. 4,895 – 5, 292 = N
b. 4,895 + 5, 292 = N
c. 5,895 – 4, 292 = N

3. How many pieces of banana cues did he sell in 2 months?

a. 10, 187 banana cues
b. 10, 178 banana cues
c. 10,778 banana cues

A chocolate and two biscuits cost P 84. The

chocolate costs Php 12 more than the cost of the two
biscuits. Find the cost of the chocolate.

4. What is asked?
a. The cost of the biscuits.
b. The cost of the chocolate.
c. The sum of the cost of the chocolate and the biscuit.

5. How much is the chocolate?

a. P 84 b. P 36 c. P 48

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 Let Us Study

Study carefully the examples below. Take note how answers

are obtained. Remember that the process of obtaining the
answer is as important as the answer itself.

Example 1:

Edna and John are cousins. During summer, they save

money to buy for school supplies for the coming opening of
classes. This vacation, Edna earned 150 pesos from selling boxes
of cookies. John earned 115 pesos from selling hot pandesal.
How much did Edna and John earn all together?

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 Observe the table below. This provides a systematic way of
analyzing the problem.

WHAT YOU HAVE WHAT YOU WANT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO

TO FIND OUT

1. Edna earned The total amount Add to get the total

150 pesos from earned by Edna amount earned by Edna
selling boxes of and John and John together.
cookies. together.
150
+ 115
2. John earned
265
115 pesos from
selling hot Therefore, the total
pandesal. amount earned by Edna
and John is 265 pesos.

The table above shows a systematic way of answering the

problem. You identified what you have, what you want to find
out, and what you need to do. You used addition to get the total
amount earned by Edna and John together.

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 Example 2: A rectangular table can seat 6 persons. If two
tables are placed side by side, it can seat 10. If three tables are
placed side by side, it can seat 14. How many persons can be
accommodated if there are 4 rectangular tables placed side by
side?

Solving the problem using illustrations.

One table can seat 6 persons

Two tables can seat 10 persons

Three tables can seat

14 persons

Answer: Four tables can seat 18 persons.

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 To help us analyze and solve our routine and non-routine
problems, we can also use Polya’s 4-step Procedure:

Polya’s 4-step Procedure

1. Understand the problem.

• What are given? / What do we already know?

• What is being asked?

2. Plan. Determine the process to be used to solve the

problem.

• What operation is needed to solve the problem?

• What equation will solve the problem?

3. Solve. Carry out the plan.

4. Check. Look back.

• Did you use the correct operation?

• Does the answer make sense?
• Did you label the answer correctly?

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 Example 3:
Maria collected 1,401 books while Grace collected 328
more books than Maria. How many books did Grace collect?
Step 1. Understand
• What are given? / What do we already know?
Number of books Maria collected - 1,401
Number of books Grace collected – Maria’s + 589 =?
• What is being asked?
The number of books that Grace collected.
Step 2. Plan
• What operation isa needed to solve the problem?
Addition
• What equation will solve the problem?
1401 + 589 = ?
Step 3.Solve
1401
+ 589
1990 – number of books Grace collected
Step 4.Check.
• Did you use the correct operation?

• Does the answer make sense?

• Did you label the answer correctly?

1990 – number of books Grace collected

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 Let Us Practice
Solve the following routine and non-routine problems.
Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. When the “Clean and Green Campaign was launched in Tagum

City, 3,425 boys and 8,306 girls from different schools joined the
parade. How many pupils joined the parade?
a. 11,731 pupils joined the parade
b. 1,731 pupils joined the parade
c. 12,031 pupils joined the parade

2. A banana plantation yielded 2,463 kilos of bananas last year

and 4,104 kilos of bananas this year. How many kilos of bananas
did the banana plantation yield in two years?
a. 2,463 kilos of bananas
b. 4,104 kilos of bananas
c. 6,567 kilos of bananas

3. What three consecutive 1-digit numbers that is greater than 5

but less than 9 that have a sum of 21?
a. 6, 7 and 8 b. 5, 7 and 9 c. 7, 8, and 9

4. Last April, Riri deposited Php7,500 in his savings account. This

month, he added in his deposit Php2,800. How much money
does he have in his savings account?
a. 10,000 savings
b. 10,300 savings
c. 13,000 savings

5. What three consecutive 2-digit odd numbers that is greater than

50 but less than 65 that have a sum of 171?
a. 56, 57 and 58
b. 55, 57 and 59
c. 59, 61, and 63
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 Let Us Practice More
Choose from the given numbers in the box and arrange them
into the triangles to form an addition sentence correctly. Use
the sum as your guide.
1.) 4 2 5
2 6 5
+______________________________
7 8 9
a. 524 b. 542 c. 425
2.)
4 0 1
7 5 8
+____________________________
8 9 8
a. 401 b. 140 c. 014
3.)
7 1 4
2 3 5
+________________________________
9 4 9
a. 741 b. 417 c. 714
4.)
1 0 6 7
6 3 1 0
+________________________________
7 9 1 7
a. 1607 b. 1067 c. 7601
5.)
4 0 5 2

3 3 6 2
+____________________________________
7 8 6 4
a. 5052 b. 4502 c. 2054

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 Let Us Remember

In solving routine and non-routine problems, remember to

use Polya’s 4-Step Procedure.

Polya’s 4-step Procedure

Let Us Assess
1. UNDERSTAND: Understand the problem.
Replace this with your directions. This serves as the
evaluation. This
• What aremay include
given? an activity
/ What that shallknow?
do we already transfer
the skills/knowledge
• What isgained
being or learned into real life
asked?
concerns/situations. Use local
• What word setting.
clue/s tell what operation to be used?

2.1. PLAN: Make a plan. Determine the process to be

2. used to solve the problem.
3.
4. • What operation is needed to solve the problem?
5. • What equation will solve the problem?

3. SOLVE: Carry out the plan.

• Strategies can be:

a. Using table, manipulatives, cut-outs
b. Drawing/ Illustrations
c. Direct solving

4. CHECK: Look back.

• Did you use the correct operation?

• Does the answer make sense?
• Did you label the answer correctly?

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 Let Us Assess
Solve the following routine and non-routine problems.
Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Angel used 8 notebooks last year. She now has another set of
8 notebooks for the new school year. How many notebooks
does she have in all?
a. 8 notebooks
b. 18 notebooks
c. 16 notebooks

2. What two consecutive 2-digit numbers that is greater than 15

but less than 20 that have a sum of 37?
a. 18 and 18
b. 17and 19
c. 18 and 19

3. Every month I buy 3 books to add to my collection. How

many books do I have in 3 months?
a. 1 book b. 9 books c. 3 books

4. May helps her mother sell fruits online. She sold 110
watermelons, 876 oranges, and 562 apples during the
holiday season. What was the total number of fruits she sold?
a. 1,584 fruits
b. 1,548 fruits
c. 1,084 fruits

5. Mary and Jery worked during the summer vacation. Mary

earned Php 2 800.00 while Jery earned twice that amount.
How much didJery earn?
a. 2,800 pesos
b. 5,600 pesos
c. 7,600 pesos

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 Let Us Enhance
Solve the following routine and non-routine problems.
Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Berto collected 301 pieces of empty bottles. Lena collected

423 pieces of empty bottles. Sherry collected 292 pieces of
empty bottles. How many empty bottles did the three kids
collect all together?
a. 1,006 empty bottles
b. 1,600 empty bottles
c. 1,016 empty bottles
2. There are 36 vehicles parked outside the mall. Out of which
are16 cars while the number of motorcycles is 4 more than
the number of cars. Find the number of motorcycles parked
outside the mall.
a. 20 motorcycles
b. 16 motorcycles
c. 24 motorcycles
3. Every birthday, my mother puts peso coins in a jar
representing my age. She now has 36-peso coins in the jar.
How old am I?
a. 5 years old b. 8 years old c. 36 years old
4. Mr. Fajardo attended 35 virtual meetings last month. This
month he has attended 43 virtual meetings. How many
virtual meetings did he attend in 2 months?
a. 87 virtual meetings
b. 57 virtual meetings
c. 78 virtual meetings
5. Ms. Alvarez bought 5 jars of cookies worth P1,950.00 and 5
boxes of apples worth P5,600.00. She will give these to the
orphanage. How much did she spend in all?
a. 7,550 savings
b. 5,750 savings
c. 7,700 savings

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 Let Us Reflect

It is important to study mathematics because we need to

solve problems involving numbers in our day to day living.
From simple problems as to how many toys you and your
playmates have to more complicated problems as to how much
money you need to buy the foods you want to eat. We need to
be certain in solving them correctly.

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Let Us Enhance! Let Us Assess!
1. C 1. C
2. A 2. C
3. B 3. B
4. C 4. B
5. A 5. B
Let Us Practice Let Us Practice! Let Us Try!
More!
1. A 1. C
1. A 2. C 2. B
2. B 3. A 3. A
3. C 4. B 4. B
4. A 5. B 5. C
5. B
6.
Answer key to Activities
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