Students can practice their problem-solving skills with this set of seven diverse math word problems.

Let's solve each of these word problems step by step and explain the reasoning behind each solution.

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1. Jade has 1281 baseball cards. Kyle has 1535. If Jade and Kyle combine their baseball cards, how many cards will there be? Estimate.

Solution:
To find the total number of baseball cards when combined:
- Add Jade’s cards and Kyle’s cards:
$ 1281 + 1535 = 2816 $

Estimate:
Round each number to the nearest hundred:
- 1281 ≈ 1300
- 1535 ≈ 1500
Then add: $ 1300 + 1500 = 2800 $

So, the exact answer is 2816, and the estimate is 2800.

✔ Answer: 2816 (exact), approximately 2800 (estimate)

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2. What will my garden look like if the shape is quadrilateral and has two pairs of matching parallel sides and no right angles?

Solution:
Let’s analyze the properties:
- Quadrilateral → 4 sides
- Two pairs of matching (equal) parallel sides → This means opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length.
- No right angles → So it's not a rectangle or square.

This describes a rhombus. A rhombus has:
- All four sides equal
- Opposite sides parallel
- Opposite angles equal
- No right angles (unless it's a square, but that would have right angles)

So the garden is shaped like a rhombus.

✔ Answer: The garden is a rhombus.

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3. At the bake sale you sold cookies for 5 cents each. You earned $4.50. How many cookies did you sell?

Solution:
Convert dollars to cents:
$4.50 = 450 cents

Each cookie sells for 5 cents.
Number of cookies sold = Total money ÷ Price per cookie
$ 450 ÷ 5 = 90 $

✔ Answer: 90 cookies

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4. You are planting 47 flowers but want them to go into 6 rows. How many flowers will be in each row?

Solution:
We divide 47 flowers into 6 rows:

$ 47 ÷ 6 = 7 $ with a remainder of $ 5 $

That means:
- 6 rows × 7 flowers = 42 flowers
- Remaining 5 flowers can't make a full row

So, some rows will have 7, and some will have 8.

But since we're dividing equally as much as possible:
- 5 rows will have 7 flowers
- 1 row will have 8 flowers (or vice versa)

But the question asks “how many flowers will be in each row?” — implying an average or distribution.

The most accurate answer is: 7 or 8 flowers per row, depending on distribution.

Alternatively, if we interpret it as "how many per row if evenly distributed?" then:
- It won’t be perfectly even.

But the best way to answer:
Most rows will have 7 flowers, and one row will have 8.

✔ Answer: 7 or 8 flowers per row (specifically, 5 rows of 7 and 1 row of 8, or similar)

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5. There are 369 families that donated $6.00 to the school fundraiser. How much money was donated?

Solution:
Multiply number of families by donation per family:
$ 369 × 6 = ? $

Break it down:
- $ 300 × 6 = 1800 $
- $ 60 × 6 = 360 $
- $ 9 × 6 = 54 $
Add: $ 1800 + 360 = 2160 $, $ 2160 + 54 = 2214 $

✔ Answer: $2,214

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6. The teacher baked a batch of muffins. There are 16 in a batch. She ate 1/4 of the batch. She baked two more batches. How many muffins does she have now?

Solution:
Start with 1 batch = 16 muffins

She ate $ \frac{1}{4} $ of the batch:
- $ \frac{1}{4} × 16 = 4 $ muffins eaten
- So remaining from first batch: $ 16 - 4 = 12 $

Then she baked two more batches:
- $ 2 × 16 = 32 $ muffins

Now total muffins:
- Remaining from first batch: 12
- Plus new batches: 32
- Total: $ 12 + 32 = 44 $

✔ Answer: 44 muffins

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7. My grandmother's age divided by 15 is 5. How old is my grandmother?

Solution:
Let her age be $ x $.
According to the problem:
$ \frac{x}{15} = 5 $

Multiply both sides by 15:
$ x = 5 × 15 = 75 $

✔ Answer: 75 years old

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✔ Final Answers Summary:

1. 2816 (exact), estimate 2800
2. Rhombus
3. 90 cookies
4. 7 or 8 flowers per row (5 rows of 7, 1 row of 8)
5. $2,214
6. 44 muffins
7. 75 years old

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