Word Problem (1)( Week 6 Practice) 1. 9 boxes of oranges and 5 boxes of apples weigh as much as 7 boxes of pears. One box of pears weigh as much as 1 box of oranges plus 1 box of apples. How many boxes of oranges weigh the same as 1 box of apples? 2. There are four boxes each contains a certain number of cards. The first and second boxes contain a total of 37 cards, the second and third contain a total of 55 cards and the third and fourth contain a total of 68 cards. What is the sum of cards in the first and fourth boxes? 3. David and Alice are both walking north on a street. David walks 3 blocks in 3 minutes and Alice walks 6 blocks in 4 minutes. At 10:00 A.M., David is 7 blocks ahead of Alice. How many minutes later will Alice catch up with David? 4. A package of tennis balls sells for $5, while a box of 5 packages will sell for $24. Andy, Larry, and Smith each want to buy 2 packages of the tennis balls. How much (in dollars) will they save in total if they buy together instead of separately? 5. In a list of 30 different numbers, 23 of the numbers are less than 9, and 18 of the numbers are greater than 4. How many of these numbers are both greater than 4 and less than 9? |