Lesson 22: Solving Routine or Non-routine Problems Involving

Multiplication Without or With

 Addition or Subtraction of Fractions and Whole Numbers
Using Appropriate Problem Solving Strategies or Tools.

Explore and Discover!

Problem 1: Lucy’s mother worked in her boutique for 2 ½ hours each day for 2 weeks.
How many hours did she work in all?

You can solve the problem using the steps below:

 Understand
Know what is asked: No. of hours she worked in all.
Know the given facts: 2 ½ hours and 14 days = 2 weeks
 Plan
Determine the operation to be used: Multiplication
Write the number sentence: 2 ½ × 14 = N
 Solve: Show your solution:
2 ½ × 14 = N
2 ½ × 14/1 = N
5/2 × 14/1 = N
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5/1 × 7/1 = 35/1 or 35 hours
Lucy’s mother worked 35 hours in 2 weeks or 14 days.
 Check and look back: Did I do the operation correctly?
Is my answer reasonable? Did I write my answer in a complete sentence?

Problem 2: Jose harvested 15 kilograms of guavas from the orchard. He gave 2/5 of them to
his neighbors. How many kilograms of guavas did he share to his neighbors?

 Understand
Know what is asked: No. of kilograms he shared to his neighbors.
Know the given facts: 15 kilograms of guava and 2/5 part shared to his
neighbors
 Plan: Make a diagram or drawing.
 Draw 15 kilograms of guavas

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o o o o o o o
 Divide 15 kilograms of guavas into group of 5.
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1kilo 1kilo 1kilo 1kilo
o
3 kilo o o 3 kilo o
o o 3 kilo o o

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o o
3 kilo
3 kilo 3 kilo

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There will be 3 kilograms per group.

Circle 2 parts of it to show 2/5.

Each group shows 1/5 or 3 kilograms of guavas. There are 2 groups of 1/5 and
this shows 2/5.
So, 2 × 3 = 6 kilograms of guavas he shared to his neighbors.
 Look back: To check 15 × 2/5 = 6 kilograms.

15 × 2/5 = 3 15 × 2 =6 or 6 kilograms of guavas

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Answer: He shared 6 kilograms of guavas to his neighbors.

Can you try solving the following problems?

Do this with your partner.
1. One – fourth meter of the cloth was left from Evelyn’s uniform. Her friend asked
3/5 of it to her Science project. What part of the cloth did her friend get?
2. Mrs. Albano gathered 50 eggs from her poultry. She gave 4/8 of these to her co-
teachers. How many eggs were given to her co-teachers?

Get Moving!
Solve the following problems.

1. A recipe for doughnuts needs 1 ¼ cups of flour. Mother will prepare 1 1/3 times the
recipe. How much flour will she need?
2. On Jenny’s birthday, her mother prepared 48 cupcakes. If ¾ of the cupcakes were
served, how many cupcakes were served?
 3. Nelson had 3 ½ liters of paint. He used 2/3 of it to paint their fence. What part of the
paint did he used?
4. Remy had ¾ meter long of lace. She gave 1/3 of it to her classmate to decorate her
Science project. What part of the lace was given to her classmate?
5. Everyday Alvin spends 3 ½ hours reading books. How many hours does he spend in a
week reading books?

Keep Moving!

Solve the following problems. Write your solutions and answers in your notebook.
1. Anselmo spent 6/8 of his time in morning studying Math and Science. He spent ¼ of this
time studying Science. What fraction of the total time did he spend studying Science?
2. What is the area of a rectangle whose length is 8/10 m and width is 2/3 m?
3. Aling Aning planted vegetables on 4/7 of her vacant lot. Two thirds of it was planted with
pechay. What fraction of the vacant lot had pechay?
4. Lorna had 2 ½ liters of beef broth. She used 3/5 of it to make soup. How much beef
broth did she use to make soup?
5. A recipe calls for 1 1/3 litres of milk. How many litres of milk do you need to make 2
recipes?

Apply Your Skills!

Try solving more problems!

1. Joanne signed up for 24 dancing lessons. She took ¾ of them by April. How many
dancing lessons did she take by April?
2. Father’s monthly salary amounts to ₱20,500. Every time he receives his salary, he
deposits 1/5 of it. How much is father’s monthly savings? How much is his annual
savings?
3. How far can father go in 8 ½ hours if he travels at an average speed of 15 kilometers an
hour?
4. Six pitchers each filled with ¾ liter of juice were served to Luisa’s visitors. Find the total
amount of juice served.
5. The school Home Economics Club had a buko pie sale. The member sold 2/3 of their
pies in the morning and 1/6 of their pies in the afternoon. If 150 pies were left, how many
pies had been sold?