Word Problems
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What I am trying to find out
What information is important
Write a fraction that is the same as 1 whole.
Possible Answers:
3/3
4/4
6/6
Show me what 7x6 is using repeated addition.
7+7+7+7+7+7=42
Mrs. Knighton had 18 feet of string. She gave the string to 9 students to share equally. How many feet of string did each student get?
2 feet
Kiaura hiked for 45 minutes. She finished hiking at 6:50pm. What time did she start?
6:05pm
There are 7 parking spaces in each row of a parking lot. There are 8 rows. A total of 39 parking spaces are full. How many parking spaces are empty?
17 are empty
3 students completed in a race until the time ran out. Peyton ran 1/2 of the race. Matthew ran 2/4. Kenneth ran 3/4. Draw a number line and label where each student stopped.
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Show me how to solve 56/8 using repeated subtraction.
56-8=48
48-8=40
40-8=32
32-8=24
24-8=16
16-8=8
8-8=0
There are 7 rows of seats in the theater. Each row has 5 seats. How many seats are in the theater?
35 seats
Describe a quadrilateral's traits and draw a picture.
4 sides, 4 angles, 4 vertices
There are 32 students sitting at tables in the lunchroom. There are 2 tables that have 10 students each. The other students are sitting at an extra table. Which equation can be used to find the number of students, s, sitting at the extra table?
2 x 10 + s = 32
What fraction is equivalent to 3/4? Draw proof.
6/8
A plane flew 336 miles on Monday and 476 miles on Tuesday. Approximately how many miles did the plane fly, rounded to the nearest hundred?
800 miles
Nelli and 5 friends have 36 pencils. If they share them equally, how many will each friend get?
6 pencils each
Kaelob has trouble remembering the product of 6x9. Which is another way for Kaelob to solve this equation?
Break apart method
Possible answers:
6x4+6x5
3x9+3x9
Kalani has 49 cards and Nolan has 28 cards. How many more cards are needed for them to have 111 cards altogether?
34 cards
Draw and label the fraction 2/8.
Now draw and label a fraction LESS THAN 2/8
1/8
The fourth- and fifth-grade classes at an elementary school made $674 altogether at a school yard sale. The fifth-grade classes made $391. How much money did the fourth-grade classes make?
$283
What value for p makes this equation correct?
56 = 8 x p
p=7
A rectangular bedroom is 12 feet long and 10 feet wide. What is the perimeter of the bedroom?
44 feet
RaeLynn is trying to finish reading the Wild Robot. There are 277 pages total. If she reads 121 pages on Monday and 57 pages on Tuesday, how many more pages will she need to read to finish?
99 pages
Draw your equivalent fractions cheat sheets!
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Irving drove on a road trip:
198 miles on the first day, and
134 miles on the second day.
How many miles did Irving drive over both days, rounded to the nearest ten?
330 miles
A pentagon has sides with equal lengths. The perimeter of the pentagon is 35 units. How long is each side?
35/5=7
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