Word Problem (1)( Week 6 Practice) 1. 5 boxes of oranges and 1 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 33 cards, the second and third contain a total of 52 cards and the third and fourth contain a total of 75 cards. What is the sum of cards in the first and fourth boxes? 3. Curtis and Mary are both walking north on a street. Curtis walks 3 blocks in 3 minutes and Mary walks 3 blocks in 2 minutes. At 10:00 A.M., Curtis is 4 blocks ahead of Mary. How many minutes later will Mary catch up with Curtis? 4. A package of tennis balls sells for $4, while a box of 5 packages will sell for $19. Andy, Larry, and Smith each want to buy 4 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, 20 of the numbers are less than 10, and 16 of the numbers are greater than 4. How many of these numbers are both greater than 4 and less than 10? |