Vocabulary
Problem Solving
Number Patterns
Problem Solving 2
Estimation
100
In this number sentence, which numbers are the addends? 17 + 15 = 32
17 and 15
100
Rosa bought 12 pounds of strawberries at the farmer's market. She gave 3 pounds to her grandmother. How many pounds of strawberries does Rosa have left?
9 pounds of strawberries
100
What number is missing in the pattern? 15, 17, ___, 21, 23
19
100
18 dogs are at the dog park. 11 of them are on leashes. How many dogs are not on leashes?
7
100
Jane looked at her garden and estimated that she had about 10 tomatoes. After she picked the tomatoes she discovered that she had 17 tomatoes. Was her estimation good? Why or why not?
No, 17 is closer to 20 than 10.
200
In this number sentence, which number is the sum? 17 + 15 = 32
32
200
Trace mowed the yard 16 times last year. This year he has mowed 8 times. How many times has he mowed in the two years together?
24 times
200
What would be next in the pattern? 15, 20, 25, 30, ____
35
200
Chris has a cooler containing 20 water bottles. Jim has a cooler containing 24 water bottles. How many more water bottles does Jim have than Chris?
4
200
Round 56 to the nearest multiple of ten.
60
300
When you see the words "how many more", what operation will you use? addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division
subtraction
300
Brad has 3 pet cages in his pet store. In each cage, there are 2 puppies. How many puppies does Brad have in all his cages?
6 puppies
300
Which are multiples of 2? A. 6, 9, 12, 15 B. 2, 5, 8, 11 C. 8, 10, 12, 14 D. 2, 7, 12, 17
C. 8, 10, 12, 14
300
Jim hands out water bottles to his friends. If he starts with 20 and gives each friend 4 bottles, how many friends does he give bottles to?
5 friends
300
Round 26 to the nearest multiple of ten.
30
400
What operation would you use in this story problem? Ben has 3 bags of apples. There are 5 apples in each bag. How many apples does Ben have?
multiplication 3 X 5 = 15 apples
400
Brad has 15 kittens for sale. The kittens are split into 5 equal groups. How many kittens are in each group?
3 kittens
400
Jill is counting in multiples of 5. Which of these shows only numbers she will say? A. 10, 15, 20, 25 B. 5, 7, 9, 11 C. 10, 12, 14, 16 D. 5, 8, 11, 14
A. 10, 15, 20, 25
400
Henry has 5 small bags of dog food. If each bag weighs 5 pounds, how many pounds of dog food does he have in all?
25 pounds
400
What is the best estimation of this addition problem? 17 + 19 + 12 = ______ A. 40 B. 50 C. 60 D. 70
B. 50
500
What is the product in this equation? 6 X 2 = 12
12
500
There are 5 pencils in a pack. Jill bought 2 packs of pencils. Then she gave 3 pencils to her sister. How many pencils does Jill have left?
7 pencils
500
What is missing? 88, 90, ____, 94, 96
92
500
Jackie has 12 pencils. Shaun has 16 more pencils than Jackie. Carrie has 2 less pencils than the person with the most pencils. How many pencils does Carrie have?
26
500
Paul has 17 apples and 21 oranges. What is the best estimation for the number of fruit he has? A. 10 pieces of fruit B. 20 pieces of fruit C. 30 pieces of fruit D. 40 pieces of fruit
D. 40 pieces of fruit
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