PROBLEM SOLVING

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The city of Laval has established its budget for the next year.
spend $2,521,325 for street repairs, $861,260 for the
youth house and $125,826 for park maintenance. What is the
budget amount?

There are 12,842 people at the Olympic Stadium for the opening match of
the season of the Expos. Of this number, 9,354 are male. How many
Are there girls?

3. The Saint-Jean School has 732 students. In the school board of

Laval has 125 times more students than at the Saint-Jean school. How many are there?
students in the Laval school board?

4. For the school's welcome party, the organizers distributed 1,736

drawing tickets among the 28 groups. How many tickets have been issued?
on average per group?

5. To print an exercise book, 55 sheets are needed. We buy 10.

packs of 1,000 sheets. If we want to print 200 notebooks, how many would we need?
What additional packages should be purchased?

Samantha has $128 in savings. She buys a camera worth $56.

and a handbag worth 39 $ less than the camera. How much is it?
Is there any money left after his purchases?

7. Four banknotes make a total of $35. One of the

possibilities are to have 1 x 20 $ + 3 x 5 $. Give the string that represents
the other possibility.

Last year, Jean-Pierre had 6 white rabbits and 8 black rabbits. This
This year, he multiplied his number of rabbits by 7. How many rabbits does Jean have?
Does Pierre have it now?
9. Marie-Josée participated in a marathon. Lydia had promised to give her
2 $ per kilometer for the first 5 kilometers and 3 $ per kilometer
for the following. Marie-Josée has traveled 8 kilometers. She is going
at Lydia to get paid. Lydia hands him a $20 bill. How much
How much money does Marie-Josée have to give him?

A French teacher deducts 2 points for each mistake in dictations.

graded out of 20. Stéphane did 2 dictations. He made 2 mistakes in the
first and 1 mistake in the second. Write and solve the chain
operations that represent the points Stéphane has accumulated in his
two first dictations.

11. To enter an amusement park, you have to pay $18 per adult and
11 $ per child. The family consists of 2 adults and 4 children and the father
give the cashier $120. Write and solve the chain of operations that
represents the money given back by the cashier.

12. A 128-page newspaper is printed on 32 rectangular sheets. A

The sheet weighs 28 grams and the print run is 580 copies. Write and
solve the chain of operations that represents the mass of paper of a
drawing day.

[Link] is made up of several gases including argon and neon.

the boiling point of argon is 60°C higher than that of neon, which is
-264°C. What is the boiling point of argon?

14. Antoine (born in 83 BC and died in 30 BC) marries

Cleopatra (born in 69 BC and died in 30 BC) queen
from Egypt. What was the age difference between Antony and Cleopatra?

15. A diver descends into the sea at a rate of 5 meters per minute. What
What depth will it reach after 32 minutes?

At the 'Souvenirs' shop, a 1/3 discount is offered on everything.

merchandise in store, while at the shop 'Gifts for Her and
For him, we offer a ¼ discount. Where is it most advantageous?
to buy?
17. Having had good academic results, Arthur will receive for the holidays
In summer, the magnificent bike he wanted. His mother pays for 2/3 of it.
father, the 1/5 and his older sister assumes the rest of the amount. What
What fraction of the price of the bicycle is covered by his older sister?

18. At the Deschênes', the use of the dishwasher and the dryer
represents together 1/8 of the total electricity costs. Knowing that
the dishwasher accounts for 1/12 of the total costs, what fraction
What percentage of electricity costs does the dryer represent?

In Canada, last year, one in four cars was a subcompact.

3 out of 10 were compacts. What fraction of all the vehicles?
represented these 2 types?

At the Jeux du Québec, in weightlifting, Igor lifted 40 ½ kg in the clean and jerk.
Knowing that its opposite, Petrouchka, lifted a weight of 1 ½ times more.
heavier than Igor's, what is this weight?

21. In a chess tournament, a merit scholarship is awarded as follows

next: ¾ of the prize goes to the winner and the rest to the player in
second position. At the end of the tournament, 2 players finish in second place.
position. What is each person's share of the stock? Give your answer in
fraction.

22. A container holds 12 liters of juice. We want to pour the contents into
bottles with a capacity equal to ¾ of a liter. How many bottles
Will we have to use?

Julie borrowed a 732-page book from her school library.

relating the lives of scientists of the twentieth century. The 1/12 of this book is
dedicated to Einstein. How many pages does that amount to?

24. A truck is carrying 4 boxes weighing respectively 246.9 kg,

615.85 kg, 493.7 kg, and 306 kg. What is the total mass of this
charge?
25. The cost of electrical installations at James Bay is estimated at 15.9
billions of dollars. In the Bay of Fundy, the cost was 1.95 billion.
What is the difference between these costs?

[Link] Schefferville, the average temperature in September is 5.67°C and

The temperature in July is 12.83°C. What is the temperature difference between these?
two months?

27. What is the cost of 15 liters of gasoline if the liter costs $1.04?

Marc earns 1.07 times the salary of Luc, who receives $99.10 per day.
What is Marc's daily salary?

29. Nadia has accumulated 83.48 points in 9 competitions. What is her average?
by competition?

30. Nina jogs every day of the week. The following table
give the distance traveled each day by Nina. Give the distance
total distance covered by Nina and round the answer to the nearest kilometer.

DAY DISTANCE
(km)
Monday 4.8
Tuesday 5.3
Wednesday 6.4
Thursday 5.4
Friday 7.2
Saturday 8.1
Sunday 7.9

31. Julien buys a calculator for $32.67 and a notebook for $3.19. He pays
These purchases with two $20 bills. How much change will he receive?

32. A cross-country ski center offers its enthusiasts five marked trails.
distances des parcours sont de 16,5 km, 8,3 km, 9,7 km, 3,8 km et
35.9 km. What is the total distance represented by these five tracks?
33. On the occasion of the Holidays, Sarah makes Christmas cards that she
draws, colors, and sells them for $1.50 each. One third of
his class of 36 students bought him some. What is the total amount?
income?

34. Barbara would really like to buy herself a mountain bike. This bike costs
$369.95 plus $57.56 in taxes. To be able to afford it, she works.
as a packer in a grocery store and earns $7.65 an hour. How much
How many hours of work will be necessary to raise the required amount?

In a group of 100 tourists, 55 have visited Quebec, 24 have visited

Ontario and the others visited Nova Scotia. What is the number?
decimal that represents the tourists who visited Nova Scotia?

Among all the students of a school, 40% take the school bus,
25% use public transport and 15% go by bicycle. What
What is the fraction of students who use another means of transport?

37. Pierre goes to the restaurant with his parents. The total of the bill is
56.78 $
to the waitress if they received good service and they give a tip of
15%.

In a group of 50 students, 4% of the students are girls who wear

glasses, 56% of the students are girls who do not wear
glasses and 28% of the students are boys who do not wear
glasses. How many students wear glasses?

39. In a group of tourists, there are 10 people speaking

only English, 11 speaking only French, 14 speaking English and
French, 5 do not speak either of the 2 languages. What is the percentage?
Are tourists speaking English and/or French?

40. We offer a discount of 33.33% on a dress priced at $89.95. What is the

value of this discount?
41. How much will Alexandre pay for the purchase of four tires sold at $112.95 each?
each if they benefit from a 20% discount. You must also add the
15% tax.

42.A computer company made $2,456,000 in profit in 2005. If

It predicts that in 2006 its profit will increase by 150%, how many
What profit will this company make in 2006?

43. Roméo has plowed 4/7 of his field. What fraction does he have left?
to do?

44. A number increased by 1 2/3 is equal to 8 5/6. What is this number?

We mixed ¾ of a liter of white paint with 2/5 of a liter of

black paint. What quantity of gray paint was obtained?

46. Marielle, Jacques, Jean-Philippe and Nicolas each ate 1/6 of a

pie. What portion of the pie is left for Julie?

47. Alain goes to the butcher. He buys 2 ¼ kg of ground beef, ½ kg of

ham and 3 ¾ kg of lamb. What is the total amount of meat?
purchased?

48. Add 1 3/5, 5/6, and 1 1/10. What number needs to be added to this
sum to get 20?

49. The sum of three numbers is 18. The first is 6 3/8 and the third,
3 ¼. What is the second number?

50. Sophie does not like driving a car. She decides for her trip to
do 1 1/12 of the journey by bus, 2/3 by train and the rest by
automobile. What portion of the journey will Sophie travel by car?
51. Philippe wants to go to Montreal to see an exhibition. He is leaving from
Quebec at quarter past three. He stops for an hour and a half longer.
Late in Drummondville. He takes three quarters of an hour to eat, then
resume the road. What time will he arrive in Montreal if he takes
usually an hour and a quarter to cover the distance
Drummondville-Montreal?

52. Dominic and Sophie are developing a plan for the spring seeds.
1/5 of their land is designated for barley cultivation; 3/8 for cultivation.
wheat; 1/20 for rye cultivation; 3/10 for oat cultivation. The
the rest is intended for vegetable cultivation. What fraction of their land
Are Dominic and Sophie reserving vegetables?

53. How much lemonade do you get if you mix a quarter of a liter of
grapefruit juice with 2/3 of a liter of orange juice?

54. Add 2/3, 3/8 and 5/6. What number should be added to the sum for
obtain 3?

What fraction must be added to 3/7 to obtain 2 whole numbers?

What must be subtracted from 10 to obtain 6 ¼?

57. A number increased by 5/6 is equal to 2 1/6. What is this number?

The fuel tank of a car can hold 56 liters of gasoline. If

the needle showing the remaining fuel quantity points to ¼ , what
What fraction of fuel has this car consumed?

59. The sum of three numbers is 25 ½. The first is 3 ¼ and the second,
15 1/6. Find the third number.

60. What number must be added to 2 1/3 to obtain 5?

61. Lise, Hélène, and Sylvie ate 3/8 of a cake. What fraction of
Is there any cake left?
62. The sum of three numbers is 30. The first is 5 ½ and the second,
8 ¾. What is the third number?

63. To get to the "Bon repos" campsite, Benoît and Johanne set off to
six fifteen. Four thirty later, they stopped.
for an hour and a quarter and resumed the road. Three hours and three
Quarts later, they finally arrived at their destination. What time are they...?
Did they arrive at the campsite?

The carat is a unit of mass for gemstones.

corresponds to 0.2 grams. What is the mass, in grams, of a diamond?
of 20 carats?

The human brain weighs about 0.015 times the mass of the body. What is
the mass of the brain of a man weighing 72.5 kg?

What is the cost of 50 liters of gasoline if the liter costs $1.04?

67. How far does a car travel in 3 hours if it drives at a

average speed of 62.75 km/h?

68. Knowing that a breaststroke moves a good swimmer forward by 1.825

meters, how many fathoms does he need to cover 730 meters?

[Link] swimmer is the fastest?

Swimmer A: 500 meters in 362.4 minutes
Swimmer B: 400 meters in 324.4 minutes
Swimmer C: 550 meters in 343.6 minutes
600 meters in 402.9 minutes
450 meters in 336.8 minutes

70. Leda's age represents ¾ of David's age. If David is 8 years old, what
What is Leda's age?

71. In a 20 cm long banana, there are 378 kilojoules. How much does Marielle
Will she absorb kilojoules if she eats 2/3 of the banana?
72. To go fishing, Bruno and Denise have a distance of 250 km to cover.
traveling. One-tenth of this route consists of a very narrow road
in the woods. How many kilometers will they have to travel in the woods?

In a class of 30 students, 1/3 of the class plays softball.

How many students practice this sport?

A bag contains 60 marbles. 1/5 of the marbles are black and 2/3 are
red. How many red marbles and black marbles are there?

75. To make a blouse, Marco uses 1 1/8 meters of cotton.

How much fabric will he use if he wants to make 5 blouses?

[Link] many days are left in the month of April if 2/3 of

How many months have passed?

77. How much did Marie pay for an electric saw priced at $81 if she got
a discount of 1/3 on the price of the saw?

78. France is 15 years old. How old is Gino if he is 2/3 of France's age?

79. Annie works 36 ½ hours per week. Last week, she

worked only 4/5 of his usual time. How many hours did he...
Did she work last week?

80. A restaurant uses 11 1/3 dozen eggs per day. How many does it use?
Dozens of eggs for 6 days?

In the small town of Kino, 4/7 of the workers go to

bicycle to their work. If there are 6776 workers, how many will go
working by bicycle?

82. Monique has 800 flower plants to transplant. Nicolas has transplanted ¼ of them and
Josée 3/5. How many plants will Monique have to transplant?

What fraction of an apple represents half of half of an apple?

apple?
84. To walk to the shopping mall, Annie takes half an hour. In
bus, it takes her a third of that time. What fraction of an hour does Annie
Does she take the bus when she goes to the mall?

A recipe requires ¾ of a liter of milk. One third of this amount

must be used at the end of the preparation. What fraction of a liter of
What milk should we save to finish the recipe?

[Link] an outdoor activity, 3/5 of the class decided to go

Ski. 1/3 of the students do alpine skiing; the others do cross-country skiing.
What portion of the class does alpine skiing? If there are 30 students in the
class, how many students do cross-country skiing?

A car consumes 9 ½ liters of gasoline per hour when it is driving at

100 km/h. How much fuel will it use if it drives for 3 ¼ hours?
hours at 100 km/h?

88. Renée types 6 ¾ pages in one hour. How many can she
types pages if she works 5 ½ hours?

89. Luc takes 2 1/3 hours to paint a part of the fence. How much
Will it take time to paint the 15 parts of the fence?

90. Michèle uses 1 ½ meters of fabric to make a dress for Marie-Pierre.

How much will she need to use to make a dress identical to
Catherine and another to Caroline?

In a factory, William checks 2 ½ boxes of goods per

hour. How many boxes can he check if he works 7 ¾ hours?

A container holds 6 liters of maple syrup. We want to pour the

Contents in bottles that can hold 2/3 of a liter. How many?
Should we use bottles?

93. Alain jogs to stay fit. He runs on a track of a

half a kilometer. How many laps does he need to make to cover five?
kilometers?
A gardener uses 2 1/3 packets of seeds for a row of his
vegetable garden. If he has ten packets of seeds, how many rows will he be able to plant?

to do?

95. Three workers take 4 ½ days to complete a job. How long will it take
one worker to perform the same task?

To cover 10 kilometers in cross-country skiing, Christian takes 1 ¼ hours.

How long will it take to cover 1 kilometer?

97. Lucie has run three times 3/5 of a track that is 0.45 km long. How much
how many kilometers has she traveled?

98. Éric has $140 in the bank. He spends 3/7 of it. What fraction can he?
still spend so that he has half of what he owned?

[Link] the occasion of a campaign aimed at raising funds for the

Disabled individuals, a parish has set a goal of $8,400. Over the course of the
In the first three weeks, we collected half of this amount; afterward,
we have collected 2/3 of this amount. Finally, the latecomers have
provided ¼ of the fixed amount. By how many dollars did we exceed?
What is the objective aimed at?

100. Andrée bought herself a beautiful rush chest worth

210 $. At the time of purchase, she was able to take advantage of a 33 1/3% discount.
How much did she pay for this chest?

At Émile-Nelligan high school, 3/5 of the students are girls.

Give the percentage of boys in this school. How many are there of
girls, if there are a total of 2560 students in the school?

102. A container holds 12 liters of maple syrup. Robert wants to pour

this content in bottles that can hold ¾ of a liter. How many
Will he have to use bottles and at what price should he sell them to
raise a total amount of $100
103. Catherine had a hearty meal at the restaurant. The bill amounts to
at $31.80. Since she wants to give about 15% tip to the waiter,
What total amount will she have to leave him?

104. The fuel tank of a car can hold 60 liters. The gauge
of brand 1/8. If François fills up with gas, how much
How many litres can he add?

105. After distributing 5/12 of a box of candies, there are 35 left.

How many candies did this box contain?

106. Upon opening a box of oranges, a grocer realizes that 48 fruits

are rotten. If there are 12 dozen oranges in the box, what
What percentage of oranges can it sell?

107. Laure bought three nightgowns at $17.95 each. What is the

total price of her purchase if she has to pay 8% tax?

108. Karine walked for one sixth of an hour and she ran for a quarter of an hour.
How many minutes did this activity last?

109. During an outdoor day, 360 students participated in different

activities.
-62.5% of students have participated in alpine skiing;
-12.5% of the students have done cross-country skiing;
-5% of the students have done snowshoeing;
-20% of the students skated.
Alpine skiers had to pay $6.75 each, cross-country skiers and
the players had to pay $1 for transportation and it cost
1.35 $ for skating. What is the total amount spent by the students?
for this outdoor day?

A civil servant receives a gross salary of $1619.37 every two weeks.

weeks. The deductions noted on his check are as follows:
$228.58
285.62 $
 contribution to the scheme
Quebec pensions: $27.95
contribution to the scheme
unemployment insurance: $12.52
116.66$
What is their gross annual salary?
What is his/her net annual salary?

111. Multiply 12.08 by 6.2. What will the product be?

increased if we increase the multiplier by 1.006?

112. The distance between Quebec and Rimouski is 305.5 km. On the three
fifths of this distance, a driver must refuel. What
How much distance does he have left to cover to reach his destination?

113. A worker earns $285.30 per week. Two thirds of his salary.
is used to pay the rent and food. The fifth is used for
pay for clothing and other expenses. How much does he save per
year?

A carpenter earns $118.40 for 8 hours of work. How much does he earn per hour?
in 15.5 hours?

An airplane flies at a speed of 520.8 km/h. How far will it go?

traveled after 2 hours and 30 minutes of flight?

116. On Mars, the length of a day is 24.6 Earth hours. How much
How many hours are equivalent to 15 days of March?

117. The diameter of the Sun is 108.1 times larger than that of the Earth which
is 12,732 km. What is the diameter of the Sun?

A merchant paid $1251.25 for 7 pieces of fabric totaling 55 meters.

each. He resold the fabric for $4.75 per meter. How much did he earn?
A satellite orbits the Earth in 95.55 minutes.

A)- How many minutes does it take him to complete 8.6 laps?
B) How many minutes does it take him to complete 10 laps?
C) How many minutes does it take him to make 25 laps?
D) How many minutes does it take him to make 45.8 laps?

120. On Mars, an object weighs 0.4 of its weight on Earth. What is the
weight of the following objects on Mars?

A child weighing 18 kg?

B) a package of 2.5 kg?
C) a dog weighing 9.6 kg?
D) a car weighing 115.20 kg?

121. To pay a bill of $23.36, Sonia gave the cashier three

5 dollar bills and a 10 dollar bill. What amount will the cashier need to give?
to give it back to him?

122. Calculate the total amount of this invoice:

-2 ring binders at $2.35 each;

-3 rules at $0.37 each;
-4 crayons at $0.55 each;
-1 eraser at $0.25;
-3 packs of sheets at $1.20 each.

123. At the school cafeteria, 15 dozen apples are sold every day.
0.15 $ per unit. If these apples were purchased at 0.084 $ per unit, what is the profit?
What do we do?

124. Émilie saves $1.65 per week. How much will she have saved?
after 39 weeks?

125. A bookseller buys 10 dozen volumes at $4.65 each. What will be

his profit if he resells each volume for $6.75.
126. Maxime buys a used car. The odometer of this car
indicates 18,998.2 km. If Maxime travels an average of 20,630 km per
year, what will the mileage of his car be in three years?

127. A factory employs 175 workers who work 40 hours a week at

$6.75 per hour. This week 32 workers worked 6 hours.
supplements that will be paid to them in double. What will be the amount
paid in salary at the end of the week?

128. What is the total cost of 5 pairs of shoes at $74.95 per pair and
2 pairs of boots at $129.88 per pair?

129. Camille collects macarons. She has 2437 of them. If these

macarons were all attached together, what would be the length of
this chain if each macaron measures on average 4.3 cm in diameter?

130. A local manufacturer sold 78 chairs last week.

offices at $119.89 each. The manufacture of these chairs led to the
the following costs: the salaries of 9 employees who earn $265.68 each
week, $963.78 of materials and $365 of other expenses (machinery,
maintenance, electricity, etc.). What profit has the factory made?