Red Herring - Pentagon

Math

Name: ____________________

Pentagon

Date: _____________________ Red Herring Story Problems

Jonnie likes to collect antique toy cars. She has 254 in her collection. Recently she showed her collection at school. Her best friend loved her collection so much that she decided to loan her 156 of the cars to take home. He next day her friend was very sad. She sat for 2 hours and just looked at the ground. Jonnie asked what was wrong at 10:30. Her friend said that she had lost 3 of the cars. Jonnie was sad too. Her aunt had just given her 25 new cars that would have displayed nicely with the lost cars. She told her friend it was OK. Her friend said she would pay for the cars. Next week, Jonnie plans to display all her cars for the county fair. How many will she display? ______ cars Sinyun has twelve good friends at school. Each one of his friends loves to walk. Last week they had a walking contest. They all tried to outwalk each other. Three of his friends walked three miles a day. Six of his friends walked two miles a day. One of his friends walked five each day and two of his friends walked 1 and ½ miles each day. Sinyun walked 21 miles during the week. The contest ran for a full week. At the end of the week each boy felt that they had improved their walking by a half-mile. How many miles had they walked in total that week? ______ miles. What was the average amount of miles walked per day? _____ miles Boy Ben had a rock and roll group. The group earned $487 for one show. During the show they drank four cokes and three sprites. They took one intermission for thirty minutes. How much money did the five band members each get if they shared the money evenly? $ _______