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100

A rectangle has a side that is 3 units long and 7 units wide. What is the area of this shape?

21 units sq.

21 units squared.

21 units2.

100

Mrs. Miller drives to school and home each day, driving 6 miles. How many miles does she drive in 5 days?

6 miles and 5 days driving.

5x6=30

30 Miles a week.

100

A mouse has 32 chocolate bars. She eats 12 today and 10 yesterday. How many chocolate bars does she have left?

32-12 = 20

20-10=10

10 chocolate bars left

100

Each Tree counts for 8 trees.

Tom has 3 trees.

Ada has 5 trees.

Jean has 2 trees.

Draw a picture graph with this data correctly.

Will vary.

100

A fashion model had too many shirts and got rid of his 63 shirts by giving them all to his 7 friends equally. Each of his friends went shopping and multiplied those shirts by 9. How many shirts do the friends have in all now?

63÷7=9,

9x7=63,

63+63+63+63+63+63+63+63+63=441

or

63x7=441

200

A square has an area of 16 inand one side measures 4 in. What is the length of the missing side?

4 in

Area = L x W

4x4, All sides are equal.

200

A student answers 7 problems on Reflex Math everyday for a week. How many problems does the student solve at the end of the week?

7 * 7 days in a week.

7*7 = 49 problems

200

Bob collects Pokemon cards and has 239 in her collection. If she buys 123 more today and 31 tomorrow, How many total cards will she have then?

239 + 123 = 362

Then,

362+31=393

393

200

Each smiley counts for 3 votes. How many votes are there in all? Draw and solve.

Gabe has 4 smilies.

Jack has 5 smilies.

Tom has 2 smilies.

Bob has 7 smilies

12+15+6+21=54

+ the graph

200

A person wants to buy 150 plants, but the plants only come in packages of 20. How many packages does the person need to at least get the 150 they need?

8 because 8 x 20 would give them 160 although they would have 10 left over.

300

What is the area of a square if one side is 6 in?

36 Square in.

36 in2.

300

A student has 54 valentines cards to pass out to his 9 classmates. How many cards does each student receive?

54 ÷ 9 = 6

6 cards each

300

Bob is not collecting Pokemon cards anymore she wants to do something with her 393 cards. She sells 125 to Susan. She then gives 268 to Susan. How many cards does Bob have now?

393-125=268

Then,

268-268=0

300

Students vote for their favorite animal in third grade. How many more students chose dogs over pigs? Draw and solve.
Each stick person counts for 7 students.

Pig - 4
Cow - 5
Dog - 7
Cat - 7

Dog 7x7 = 49

Pig 4x7= 28

49-28=

21

300

A square has an area of 32. Find the dimensions (measurements) of a rectangle with the same area.

Area = L x W

4x8 8x4

16x2 2x16

32 and 1, 1 and 32

400

A rectangle has an area of 24. What could be the measurements of each side?

8 and 3, 3 and 8

4 and 6, 6 and 4

12 and 2, 2 and 12

24 and 1, 1 and 24

400

A teacher has to make 100 total copies for 4 classes. If each class needs the same number of copies...

How many copies does each class get?

100 (total) ÷ 4

25 each

400

Gage wants to give away his lunch money. He has $100 for lunch. He gives $30 to Mrs. Miller for coffee. Then he gives the rest to his 7 friends equally. How much money did he give each friend?

100-30 = 70

70 ÷  7 for each friend

70 ÷ 7 = 10

Each friend gets $10

400

Students voted for their favorite season.
How many more students chose fall and winter than chose summer?

Each hand counts for 5 students.

Spring - 5
Summer - 7
Fall - 3
Winter - 6

(3x5)+(6x5)=45 Fall and Winter

7x5=35

45-35=

10

400

A rectangle has a perimeter of 60. Find the measurements of a square that would have the same perimeter.

A square has 4 equal sides so divide 60 by 4.

60÷4=15

15 each

500

A square has an area of 144 cm2. What are each of the side's measurements?

12 cm each.

A square has 4 equal sides.

500

A man has 18 children and wants to give them each 2 Popsicles. How many popsicles does he need?

18 x 2 = 36

36 Popsicles

500

Mr. Striebel has 8 pets on Prodigy. This week he multiplied his pets by 8. Then he caught another 15 yesterday. How many pets does Mr. Striebel have now?

8*8= 64

64+15=79

79 Prodigy Pets

500

Make a picture graph and make a factual statement about the graph you make

Will vary.

500

A man bought 250 old pirate coins. Each coin cost 4 dollars. He decided to pay this amount over 10 months. How much does he pay each month?

250 x 4, 250+250+250+250 = 1000

1000÷10 = 100

100 dollars a month

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