Gabby and Nathan  started out to visit Grandma. They drove for 50 miles and stopped to rest before driving for 30 more miles. They decided to go back 10 miles to a restaurant they had seen. After leaving the restaurant, they drove 80 more miles to Grandma’s house. How many miles did the girls drive on the way to Grandma’s house?

Make a drawing, and this will be easier to solve!

Gabby and Nathan spent $8 for gasoline, $15.65 for their lunch, and $5 apiece for gifts for Grandma. Grandma gave each of them $10. If the girls left home with a total of $50, how much do they have for the return trip?

Remember –  you must find other answers before you can find the final answer in the problem.

Jake learned that on Friday, 1,250 people visited the zoo. He learned that three times as many people visited on Saturday than on Friday. How many people visited the zoo on Friday and Saturday together? 

The store sells flour in 1-lb, 5-lb, and 10-lb bags. What is the fewest number of bags to buy to get 25 lb of flour? 

Remember what fewest means.  Drawing a picture or using counters might help make this problem easier to solve.