Problem

Problem solving
solving Holiday budget

Make a budget for the Floogles, a family of 2 adults and 2 children. Plan lots of activities
and fun for them for a 5 night/4 day stay.
1 What will it cost them? All food is free.

Accommodation Car Hire Entertainment

2 Which item will cost the most on the holiday? ________________________________________________

12 ACMNA123 Number and place value • Select and apply efficient mental and written strategies and appropriate digital technologies to solve problems involving
all four operations with whole numbers.
 Averages
Averages Mixed x & ÷

1 The Hotel Sunset Beach advertises that the average temperature Average
of their pool is 25º. In the first week of July, the temperatures is the sum of
the scores
were: Monday 26º, Tuesday 26º, Wednesday 24º, ÷ by the num
ber of scores.
Thursday 23º, Friday 25º, Saturday 27º, Sunday 24º. eg Average of
6, 7, 2 is 6 +
a Average temperature = _______________ 7 + 2 = 15
15 ÷ 3 = 5
b Is the advertisement correct? _______________

2 Menu a What is the average cost of
Pi zz as
$8.50 Spicy $8.00 the pizzas on the menu?
Plain
n $10.00
Vegetarian $8.25 Praw _______________
e $9 .2 5
Ham and Pineappl b What is the average cost of
Drinks the drinks on the menu?
n $2 .7 0 Or an ge $2.70
Lemo
ple $2.80 _______________
Pineapple $3.00 Ap
Working

3 What is the average distance that these rockets

have travelled? 640 km
850 km


480 km
1 130 km

Work backwards Adventure Wonder Fun Park tallies the number of people
who attend. When asked the attendances for the last week, the fun loving CEO answered in
a puzzle. The newspaper reporter had to go away and work it out.
ATTENDANCE AT THE ADVENTURE WONDER FUN PARK HITS NEW HIGH
Monday – 125 more than !2 of Wednesday.
Tuesday – 160 less than Wednesday.
Friday – four times Monday.
Sunday – three hundred less than Saturday.
Wednesday – 50 more than a thousand.
Saturday – 200 more than Thursday.
Thursday – 800 less than Friday.
Total ___________________________

ACMNA123 Number and place value • Select and apply efficient mental and written strategies and appropriate digital technologies to solve problems involving all four
operations with whole numbers. ACMNA129 Fractions and decimals • Multiply decimals by whole numbers and perform divisions by non-zero whole numbers, where 13
the results are terminating decimals, with and without digital technologies.
 Multiplication
Multiplication by
by 2-digit
2-digit numbers
numbers 3-digit
algorithms

1 Estimate the following multiples before working. 475 π 80

Estimate  50
a 315 est. ________ b 184 est. ________ c 562 est. ________ 0 π 8 tens
4000 tens = 4
______
π1 40 ______
π1 60 ______
π1 40 0 000
Actual  475
______ ______ ______ π 80 =
38 000 Close!
2 Estimate first.

278 a 268 est. _________ b 714 est. _________ c 952 est. _________

π 27 ________
π1 27 ________
π1 35 ________
π1 49
π 7) ________ ________ ________
1946 (278
π 20 )
5560 (278 ________ ________ ________
( to ta l)
7506 ________ ________ ________
d $6.92 est. _________ e $4.80 est. _________ f $5.08 est. _________
________
π1 52 ________
π1 73 ________
π1 86
________ ________ ________
________ ________ ________
________ ________ ________
3 Rewrite the ingredients for the extra people.

MAGIC MUESLI MUNCH MAGIC MUESLI MUNCH MAGIC MUESLI MUNCH

Ingredients for 2 Ingredients for 8 Ingredients for 12
60 g puffed wheat
70 g rolled oats
50 g pecan nuts
40 g flaked coconut
15 g sunflower seeds
45 g dried apples
100 g dried apricots
50 mL maple syrup

Challenge! Find a recipe and copy it. Rewrite it for:

a 3 people. b 8 people.

ACMNA123 Number and place value • Select and apply efficient mental and written strategies and appropriate digital technologies to solve problems involving
14 all four operations with whole numbers. ACMNA129 Fractions and decimals • Multiply decimals by whole numbers and perform divisions by non-zero whole
numbers, where the results are terminating decimals, with and without digital technologies.
 Mixed
Mixed operations
operations Mixed x & ÷

1 Skydive through the clouds! Carry out the calculations to receive your ‘High Flyer’ Award!
Record remainders as fractions.

a 370 b 590 c 604 d 732

÷8

2 Calculate the profits earned by the U-Get-Em Motor Dealer.

a Bought for b Bought for c Bought for

$25 530 $18 750 $34 800
Spent $2380 more Spent $3560 more Spent $4525 more
Sold for $29 995 Sold for $24 975 Sold for $44 495
Profit = ____________ Profit = ____________ Profit = ____________
Working

3 Do the following with three different numbers.

Multiply by 9, add 16, subtract 10, add 5, subtract 16, add 5, divide by 9.
What were your answers? ___________________________ Why? _____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 Circle the answer closest to 400.

a 75 π 5 + 25 b 800 – 58 π 6 c 65 π 6 + 80

5 Circle the answer closest to 500.

a 120 + (92 π 4) b 18 + (5 π 78) + 25 c 85 π 4 + 72

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