Grade 4 - Progress in Mathematics

Problem-Solving Applications:Mixed Review

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Solve each problem and explain the method you used.

1. Oscar’s Orchard has 28 McIntosh apple
   trees. A tree produces about 115 pounds of
   fruit each year. About how many pounds
   of apples do the trees produce each year?


2. The orchard has 17 rows of peach trees.
   There are 16 trees in each row. Does the
   orchard have more than 300 peach trees?


3. Sonal works for 5 hours every day
   during harvest. How many hours does
   she work in thirty days?


4. A fence around the orchard is 894 feet long.
   Every foot of fencing has three posts. How
   many posts are in the fence?


5. Customers can pick raspberries for $ 1.75
   per quart. How much would one dozen quarts
   of berries cost?


6. The pick-your-own price at Oscar’s
   Orchard is $ 3.25 per bushel of apples.
   Mr. Ennis picked 8 bushels. How much
   did he spend?


7. Mr. Ennis uses 3 pounds of apples to
   make 1 pint of apple butter. How many
   pounds of apples does he need to make
   14 pints of apple butter?


8. Each pot of strawberry plants produces about
   8 dozen berries. There are 58 pots of plants. About
   how many strawberries do 58 pots of plants produce?

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