Grade 4 - Progress in Mathematics

Plan the steps to follow.

Step 1: Multiply to find the cost of 4 paint tubes.

Step 2: Multiply to find the cost of 3 brushes.

Step 3: Add to find the total cost.

Step 4: Subtract $ 30.75 from the total cost

to find how much more money Mary needs.

Use more than one step to solve

each problem.

1. Mary wants 4 tubes of oil paint at $ 4.59
   each and 3 brushes at $ 4.19 each. If she
   has saved $ 30.75, how much more money
   does she need?


2. Mr. Ortiz collects 7.5 lb of honey in one bucket and 5.5 lb
   in another. He gives 1.2 lb of honey to a neighbor and
   2.1 lb each to two workers. How much honey is left?


3. A shelf is 104.5 cm long. A set of
   encyclopedias uses 64.6 cm of space,
   and two books use 2.5 cm each. Is there
   more than 30 cm of space left? how much
   more or less?


4. It takes Lyn 58.34 s to swim a lap doing the backstroke
   and 42.15 s to swim a lap doing the crawl. She does
   2 laps using the backstroke and 1 using the crawl.
   How much less than 3 minutes does she swim?

4 paint tubes at $ 4.59 a tube

3 brushes at $ 4.19 a brush

Mary has saved $ 30.75.

Create a mental picture of the problem.

Facts:

Question: How much more money does

Mary need to buy the items?

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