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More Problems about Oranges

Solve each story problem below. Show your solutions. You may also show your solutions with arrays or pictures of groups.

• 1 Annie has filled her delivery truck with 70 boxes of oranges. Each box contains 50 oranges. When she gets to the supermarket, the grocer wants only 68 boxes. She decides to take the extra boxes to the food bank.

  • a. How many oranges did Annie start with on the truck?

  • b. How many oranges does the grocer want?

  • c. How many oranges will Annie give the food bank?

• 2 Jim is packing oranges into boxes that are meant to hold 50 oranges. But the oranges are too big! He can only fit 49 oranges into each box. He has 36 boxes to fill. How many oranges will he need?

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