Adding Fun in Routine
and Non-Routine
Problems
Enhanced
Mathematics 3
OBJECTIVE:
• Solve routine and non-
routine problems involving
addition of whole numbers
with sums up to 10 000
including money using
appropriate problem
solving strategies and
tools
Practice
[Link] is the sum of 450 and
681?
[Link] is the sum of 2 130 and
6 150?
[Link] the value of 715 added to
596.
[Link] 2 100 and 3 500.
Steps:
1. 2. 3.
Read the Write a number
problem. Circle sentence or draw Solve and label
the numbers, a picture to help your answer.
underline the you solve the
question and box problem.
any key words.
Example 1:
Josephine sold 50
pieces of rice cake.
Letecia sold 65
pieces of rice cake.
How many pieces of
rice cake were sold?
The table below provides a systematic way of
Example 1:
A rectangular table can seat
6 persons. If two tables are
placed side by side, it can
seat 10. If three tables are
placed side by side, it can
seat 14. How many persons
can be accommodated if
there are 5 rectangular tables
Solving the problem
using illustrations.
Solving the problem
using illustrations.
Answer: Five tables can
seat 22 persons.
1. Understand the
problem.
•What is asked?
• What are the
given facts?
2. Make a plan.
• What operation are you
going to use?
• What strategy are you
going to apply?
3. Carry out the plan.
• Write the number sentence
then solve for the answer.
• If the plan did not work, try
another strategy.
3. Check and look back.
• You need to check if your
answer is correct that
satisfies the condition of the
problem.
Practice
Read and understand the problem. Use
the list of food in the canteen in solving
the problem.
1. Rhean has Php 50.00
for her meal allowance
in school. What can
she buy with this
amount? Compute the
total amount of each
set of food ordered.
SOLUTION:
2. Fred was given 35
yellow marbles and 18
green marbles. How
many marbles does
Fred have in all?
Answer:
35 + 18 = 53 marbles
3. In a farm, there are
twice as many
chickens as cows. If
there are 104 legs
altogether, find the
number of chickens in
the farm.
solution:
🧠 Let’s Think Step by Step:
• Each chicken has 2 legs 🐔
• Each cow has 4 legs 🐄
• Let’s say the number of
cows = 13
• Then the number of
solution:
Let’s Check with Math:
• 13 cows × 4 legs
= 52 legs
• 26 chickens × 2
legs = 52 legs
• 52 + 52 = 104
answer:
🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄
(13 cows) → 13 × 4 = 52 legs
🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔
(26 chickens) → 26 × 2 = 52 legs
TOTAL = 52 + 52 = 104 legs ✔️
4. Jerry has 128 pieces of
cubes. Sonnie has 176
pieces of cones. How
many objects do they
have in all?
Answer:
128 + 176 = 304
objects
Nanay Malou’s birthday
5. gifts to Rona are
notebook and colored
pencil. The notebook
costs Php 178.00 while
the colored pencil costs
Php 10.00 more than the
notebook. How much is
the total amount of
Nanay Malou’s gift?
solution:
Notebook - Php 178
Colored Pencil - Php 10 more
than the notebook
Colored Pencil = Php 178 +
Php 10 = Php 188
Answer:
Php 178 + Php 188 =
Php 366
activity
Neil wants to buy three
1. books from the
bookstore. How much
money does he need if
the prices of the books
are listed as follows:
• Book A Php 450.00
• Book B Php 620.00
• Book C Php 560.00
During a garage sale,
3. Maylene bought the
following items:
• T-Shirt Php70.00
• Jeans Php150.00
• Shoes Php 200.00
How much did it cost her
to buy all three items?
A mango, an apple, and
3. an orange together cost
Php 73. An apple costs
Php 5 more than an
orange, while a mango
costs Php 3 more than an
apple. How much is the
cost of a mango?
assessme
1. Merly picked 14 red
roses and 16 white
roses in her flower
garden. How many
roses were picked in
all?
Nurse Joan worked
2. at Davao Provincial
Hospital for 180
hours last month
and the same
number of hours this
month. How many
hours would that be
in all?
Gary and Lery
3. worked during the
summer vacation.
Gary earned Php 2
800.00 while Lery
earned twice that
amount. How much
did Lery earn?
Gary and Lery
3. worked during the
summer vacation.
Gary earned Php 2
800.00 while Lery
earned twice that
amount. How much
did Lery earn?
Jar A contains 60
4. pieces of marbles.
Jar B contains twice
the number of
marbles in Jar A.
How many pieces of
marbles are there
altogether?
In a parking lot,
5. there are thrice as
many motorcycles
as cars. If there are
120 wheels
altogether, find the
number of
motorcycles.
HOMEWO
HOMEWORK: Perform as indicated.
[Link] is a fruit vendor at Mati Market.
She sold 90 pomelos, 786 oranges, and
158 apples during the holiday season.
What was the total number of fruits
she sold?
[Link] a four-digit number such that the
sum of its digits is 23. The sum of the