NBT.5
NBT.6
Problem Solving
OA.4
Surprise Questions
100
Create a multiplication sentence that has a product between 300 and 400.
Answers may vary.
100
Graham is planning a picnic. Four people can sit on one picnic blanket. Twenty-six people are coming to the picnic. How many picnic blankets will Graham need?
What is 7 blankets?
100
Rhodes was conducting a science experiment. She stood outside of Harris Teeter and counted the number of people that came in each hour. Each hour she counted 23 people, and the pattern continued for 6 hours. How many people went into Harris Teeter in six hours?
What is 138 people?
100
Find the least common multiple of 12 and 5
What is 60?
100
Jazmin created a fraction like the one pictured below. Find two fractions that are equivalent to her fraction.
Answers depend on teacher drawing.
200
AJ and Mason each brought in boxes of cookies. Each box contained 35 cookies. Together they brought in 21 boxes. Using an area model, how many total cookies did they bring in?
Teacher will draw an area model for the problem
200
There are a total of 412 students at Bradley Creek Elementary School. If there is an equal amount of girls and boys, how many girls are at the school?
What is 206 girls?
200
Ezequiel wanted to prove that he knew how to multiply. He showed two different ways to multiply 42 and 61. Demonstrate 2 different ways that Ezequiel may have used.
Answers may vary.
200
Students selected a new classroom number by putting their hands into a bucket and pulling out a number from 1 to 30. All students who had a prime number received a homework pass. Find 3 numbers that would result in a homework pass.
What is 2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29?
200
Anthony and Violet each created fractions. If Anthony's picture showed 2/5 and Violet's picture showed 5/10, using the signs <,>,or =, compare these two fractions.
What is 2/5 < 5/10?
300
Maria and Ana were helping Miss Scordino sort markers into boxes. If there were fourteen boxes and they placed thirty-one markers into each box, how many markers does Miss Scordino have?
What is 434 markers?
300
Izzy is saving up for a new MacBook at home. The new MacBook costs $1320. If she plans on doing chores to save up for the computer for the next six months, how much money would she need to save each month?
What is $220?
300
For Paul's birthday, he bought 234 pieces of candy to give out to his friends at his laser tag birthday party. If Paul planned on having 8 friends attend, how many pieces of candy will each friend get?
What is 29 pieces?
300
Miss Scordino is creating a new seating chart for students. She has 36 students in her class. What are all the possible factor pairs she could use to help her make her seating chart?
What is 1x36, 2x16, 3x12, 4x9, 6x6?
300
Leilany and Vanesa were throwing a birthday party together. They bought 6 boxes of cupcakes with a dozen cupcakes in each box. The line plot below shows the fraction of left over cupcakes in each box. Based on the line plot, what is the total of boxes left over after the party?
Answer depends on teacher's line plot.
400
The fourth grade class was conducting a can food drive to help people in need. They collected cans and placed them into boxes with 64 cans in each box. If the students collected 28 full boxes, and had one can left over, how many cans did the fourth graders collect?
What is 1,793 cans?
400
For our field trip to Raleigh, students were divided into vans. Each of the 3 classes in the fourth grade has 25 students in it. If each van can hold 9 students, how many vans would the classes need for their field trip.
What is 9 vans?
400
Ms. Lineberry is putting students into teams for a basketball contest. Each team needs 7 players and a student coach. How many students would not have a team if all 76 4th graders were placed on a team?
What is 4 students?
400
Kirby created a math game for his classmates. He said some, but not all of the factors for my number are 1,3,4,8,12. What could his number be?
What is 24, 48, 72, etc.?
400
Emma was selling girl scout cookies at the mall. Every time she sold 10 boxes, she got to keep two boxes for herself. If she sold 75 boxes, how many free boxes would Emma receive?
What is 14 boxes?
500
Spencer showed her work for the problem 4 x 273 below. (4 x 200) + (4 x 30) + (4 x 7) = 948. Is her work correct? Explain your answer in words to receive full credit.
What is no? The answers will vary for explanations.
500
Bentley had saved up four hundred eighteen quarters and decided to spend them on sodas. If it costs seven quarters for each soda from a soda machine, how many more quarters would she need to buy the final soda?
What is 2 more quarters?
500
Alex and Syeni were teaching students how to make fortune tellers in class. Each student received a square paper, with one side being 12 inches. The students folded the paper twice to make 4 equal squares. What was the perimeter of one of these smaller squares?
What is 24 inches?
500
Cole created a challenge question for his classmates. He told the class the following 3 things about his number: 1) The GCF of his numbers is 1. The LCM of his numbers is 72. Both of his numbers are less than 20. What two numbers is he thinking of?
What is 8 and 9?
500
Jackson, Ryan, Rashaun, and Ezequiel were having a jelly bean eating competition. Each student started with 100 jelly beans. Jackson ate 17/20 of his jelly beans. Ryan ate 9/10 of his jelly beans. Rashaun ate 1/2 of his jelly beans. Ezequiel ate 4/5 of his jelly beans. Who ate the most jelly beans? As a bonus for 300 points, tell how many jelly beans that person ate.
What is Ryan? Ryan ate 90 jelly beans.
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