Problems

1. One year Maria and Sonia send greeting cards. Altogether they send 56 cards. Maria sends 14 more cards than Sonia. How many cards does each girl send? Explain your reasoning.

2. A rectangular table for a party is made by putting square tables together that seat one person on a side. There are two rows of square tables used. This table seats 38 persons. How many square tables were used?

3. Three people are sharing a pizza. Sara wants 1/4 of it and Pat wants 1/3 of it. What fraction of the pizza is left for Wan? Who gets the most pizza? Why?

4. There are horses and chickens in the barn yard. When I look into the yard, I see 52 legs and 18 heads. How many horses and chickens are in the yard?

5. Shelley has two dogs, Ollie and Sandy. When she brought them home as puppies, Ollie weighed 4 pounds and Sandy weighed 7 pounds. Now Ollie weighs 8 pounds and Sandy weighs 11 pounds. Did Ollie or Sandy grow more? 6. Two camps of Scouts are having pizza parties. The Bear Camp ordered enough so that every 3 campers will have 2 pizzas. The leaders of the Raccoons ordered enough so that there would be 3 pizzas for every 5 campers. Did the Bear campers or the Raccoon campers have more pizza to eat?