Week 9: Problem 33

Chez Moi Math Problem Solving 9.33

You are looking for a box to store odds and ends in your store room. You find a box that held packages of crackers. Its length is 46.5 inches, its width is 30.2 inches, and it measures 20 inches high.

What is the volume of this box, in cubic inches?

Common Core Standards for this Problem:  5.NBT.7, 5.MD.5b

Week 9: Problem 34

The college down the street is hosting a  Sidewalk Math Contest. The prize is $500 in cash, so you enter the contest. The last question asks you to solve this problem:  43(60 – n) = 2107
What is the value of n?


Common Core Standards for this Problem:  5.OA.1

Chez Moi Math Problem 9.34

Chez Moi Math Problem 9.35

Week 9: Problem 35

Just for fun, your waiters decide to have a cheese-grating contest on a day when you are preparing several pasta dishes.  Each waiter is timed to see how much cheese can be grated in one minute.

Keelan grates ¾ of a cup in one minute
Matthew grates 5/8 of a cup in one minute
Ali grates 2/5 of a cup in one minute

What is the total amount of cheese all three of them grated for this contest, in cups?
Hint: You may round to the closest logical number to arrive at a more reasonable fraction than the most precise answer


Common Core Standards for this Problem:  5.NF.2

Week 9: Problem 36

Every five days, you order more dairy products for your café, including milk and eggs. Every six days, you order more baking goods, including sugar and flour.  Every seven days, you order paper products, including napkins. 

If you order dairy products, baking goods, and paper products on Day 1, what is the next day you will order baking goods and paper products on the same day?


Common Core Standards for this Problem:  4.OA.4

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