1. Hector skip-counted by threes, beginning at 72. Could he have said the number 83?

Hector m cch qung 3, bt u t s 72. Hi liu anh ta c th m vo s 83?

Beginning at 72 and skip-counting by threes, Hector would have said the following numbers:
72s
72 + 3 = 75
75 + 3 = 78
78 + 3 = 81
81 + 3 = 84
83 falls between 81 and 84; therefore it is clear that Hector could not have said the number 83.
2. What number has 8 tens and 37 ones?
Hi s no c 8 chc v khng n v?
8 tens is equivalent to 8 10 = 80 ones.
Since the number has 8 tens and 37 ones, or 80 ones and 37 ones, it has: 80 + 37 = 117 ones.
Thus, the number is 117.
3. Find the number that has 5 tens and 3 fewer ones than tens?
Tm s c 5 chc v s n v t hn s chc l 3?
5 tens is equivalent to 5 10 = 50 ones.
The number of ones is 3 fewer than that of tens, hence there are 5 3 = 2 ones.
The number has 5 tens and 2 ones, or 50 ones and 2 ones. Therefore it has: 50 + 2 = 52 ones.
We conclude that the required number is 52.
4. Which number is missing from this sequence?
__, 40, 47, 54, 61, 68, 75
Hi s no b thiu trong dy s?
__,

40,

47,

54,

61,

68,

75

Tracing from right to left, consider the differences between consecutive terms of the sequence:
75 68 = 7
68 61 = 7
61 54 = 7
54 47 = 7
47 40 = 7
It is easy to see that the missing number is: 40 7 = 33.
5. Determine the missing number from the following sequence:
11, 16, 21, __, 31, 36
Xc nh s cn thiu trong dy s sau:
11, 16, 21, __, 31, 36
Note the differences between consecutive terms of the sequence:
16 11 = 5
21 16 = 5
31 36 = 5
Therefore, we have either __ 21 = 5 or 31 __ = 5. It follows that __ = 26.
6. A transportation company tracked the number of train tickets sold in the past 4 days.
Train tickets sold
Day

Number of tickets

Monday

392

Tuesday

328

Wednesday

398

Thursday

339

On which day were the most train tickets sold?

Mt cng ty vn ti ghi li s v tu ha bn trong 4 ngy mi y.
S v tu bn

Ngy

S v bn c

Th Hai

392

Th Ba

328

Th T

398

Th Nm

339

Hi ngy no c s v tu bn c nhiu nht?

To find the day on which the most train tickets were sold, we simply need to find the greatest
number among 392, 328, 398, and 339.
It is clear that 398 is the greatest. This points to Wednesday as the day on which the company
sold the most tickets.
7. Tara skip-counted, beginning at 45, until she got to 59. Could she be counting by threes?
8. What number has 1 ten and 1 more one than tens?
9. What number has 5 hundreds, 1 more ten than hundreds, and 2 fewer ones than tens?
10. A bookstore employee looked up how many books were sold each month.
Number of books sold
Month Number of books
March

889

April

848

May

898

June

849

In which month did the bookstore sell the most books?

11. A car dealership tracked the number of cars sold each month.

Cars sold
Month

Number of cars

June

426

July

442

August

424

September

462

In which month did the dealership sell the most cars?

12. The staff of a newspaper examined the number of copies sold over the past 4 days.
Newspapers sold
Day

Number of newspapers

Friday

998

Saturday

918

Sunday

919

Monday

981

On which day were the fewest copies sold?