Name
Pet Problems
The owner of the Paragon Pet Shop made these lists. Solve the
problems below by using the lists, other information on this page,
and strategies you know.
Gage Size
Animal Number in Cage
lizards
l.
3 in each cage
Animals We Have This Week
11 brown hamsters 9 gerbils
7 white hamsters 4 gecko lizards
B blue parakeets 2 iguana lizards
5 green parakeets
How many hamster cages does the pet shop need for its hamsters?
2. The store owner keeps blue parakeets, green parakeets, and canaries together
in
the bird cages. Suppose he wants to put no more than 2 canaries in any 1 bird cage.
How many cages are needed for all the birds? How might the owner arrange the
parakeets in the cages? fiint: /ou may want to draw a diagram.)
3. During the weeK 4 brown hamsters, 1 white hamster, and 6 black
hamsters were sold. Now how many hamster cages are needed?
4. The store owner never keeps two different kinds of lizards in the
same cage. How many cages are needed for the lizards?
5. Another pet store has 21 birds. The owner has parrots, canaries, and parakeets.
She has a different number of each kind of bird. She has 2 more canaries than
parrots and 2 more parakeets than canaries. How many of each bird does she have?
6.
Hamster food comes in cases containing 8 boxes. The owner of the pet shop
ordered 3 cases of hamster food. He put 6 boxes each in 3 rows on
the shelf. How many boxes of hamster food are still left to be shelved?
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