6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

Visualize yourself in the problem

above as you reread it. List the

facts and the question.

Facts: 450.75 acres for corn

remaining acres for potatoes

Question:How many acres are used for potatoes?

Use the information to write a number sentence.

Acres used 
 Acres used  total acres on

for corn for potatoes the farm

450.74 
 p  825

To find how many acres are used for potatoes, subtract:

825  450.75p

Write an equation to solve each problem.

0 1. Burrows farm uses 450.75 acres for corn. The remaining

acres are used for potatoes. If the farm has 825 acres,

how many acres are used for potatoes?

0 2. Bernice has a collection of 90 stamps from Europe and

Africa. Sixty stamps are from Europe. How many stamps

does she have from Africa?

0 3. On Monday, Ginger packed 426 boxes, Tuesday 573, and

Wednesday 685. How many boxes did she pack in 3 days?

0 4. Frank paid $40 for a pair of shoes, $78 for a jacket, and

$6.75 for a pair of socks. He chose not to buy a $32.95 shirt.

After purchasing these articles he had $20.50 left.

How much money did Frank have at first?

0 5. Carol read 120 pages of a book on Saturday. She read 45

pages on Sunday. On Monday she read the same number

of pages that she read on Sunday and finished the book.

How many pages does the book contain?

0 6. Marco earned $240 baby-sitting and put the money into

his savings account. He now has $1041.17 in his account.

How much was in his account to begin with?

Burrows Farm

Corn

450.75 acres

Potatoes

?

825 acres

number of acres for potatoes

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