Word Problem (1)( Week 6 Practice) 1. 6 boxes of oranges and 2 boxes of apples weigh as much as 3 boxes of pears. One box of pears weigh as much as 1 box of oranges plus 1 box of apples. How many boxes of oranges weigh the same as 1 box of apples? 2. There are four boxes each contains a certain number of cards. The first and second boxes contain a total of 41 cards, the second and third contain a total of 63 cards and the third and fourth contain a total of 79 cards. What is the sum of cards in the first and fourth boxes? 3. Tom and Laura are both walking north on a street. Tom walks 3 blocks in 3 minutes and Laura walks 3 blocks in 2 minutes. At 10:00 A.M., Tom is 8 blocks ahead of Laura. How many minutes later will Laura catch up with Tom? 4. A package of tennis balls sells for $4, while a box of 6 packages will sell for $21. Larry, Smith, and Jackson each want to buy 2 packages of the tennis balls. How much (in dollars) will they save in total if they buy together instead of separately? 5. In a list of 33 different numbers, 19 of the numbers are less than 9, and 16 of the numbers are greater than 4. How many of these numbers are both greater than 4 and less than 9? |