Word Problems
Allen completed 357 crossword puzzles one year. The next year he completed 438 crossword puzzles. How many crossword puzzles did Allen complete over the two years?
795
Round to the nearest hundred.
176 + 294=
500
Brad is making a rectangular fort out of cardboard boxes. He measured two sides of the floor of his fort. What is the area of the floor if the length is 6 feet and the width is 4 feet?
24 Square feet
Compare the fractions
1/2 O 2/4
they are equal
350 − 218 =
132
Al is making paper snowflakes to decorate the windows in his house. He made 54 snowflakes. There are 6 windows to decorate. He puts the same number of snowflakes in each window. How manysnowflakes go in each window?
9
Round to the nearest ten. Then solve.
152 + 7
150 + 10= 160
Give the dimensions of 3 possible rectangles that have an area of 36 feet
6x6
12x3
3x 12
1x 36
36x1
Sue ran 2/6 mile on Monday and 3/6 mile on Tuesday. Which day did she run farther?
Tuesday
Use the distributive property to solve
23 x 4=
Teacher will check answer
The football team has washed 218 cars and wants to reach a total of 350. The baseball team has washed 379 cars and wants to reach a total of 500. Which team has fewer cars left to wash to reach its goal?
The baseball team
350 − 218 =132
500 − 379 =121;
Round 532 to the nearest ten and then to the nearest hundred.
530; 500
Carlos is making a square picture frame. The length of one side is 8 inches. What is the area of the picture frame?
64 square inches
Roger has sunflower seeds in 3/4 of his bird feeders and berries in 6/8 of his birdfeeders. All of his bird feeders are the same type. Roger says 3/4 and 6/8 are equivalent fractions. Is he correct?
yes
Use the Associative Property of Multiplication to show two different ways to find 2 × 3 × 3
(2 × 3) × 3 = 6 × 3 =18
and
2 ×(3 × 3) =2 × 9 =18
Heidi earns $4 for every basket of apples she picks. Sienna earns $8 per hour babysitting. How many baskets of apples does Heidi need to pick to earn the same amount that Sienna earns for 3 hours of babysitting?
6
Marcia and Jenna need $900 for a trip they want to take. Marcia has saved$438 and Jenna has saved $474. Have they saved enough for their trip yet? Estimate to solve.
Yes
Round to the nearest ten: $440 + $470 =$910. $910 is greater than $900
A swim meet started at 10:30 a.m. It ended at 4:45 p.m. How long did the swim meet last
6 hours 15 minutes
There are 13 students in a class. Six of the students have red shirts on. Five of the students have blue shirts on. The rest of the students are wearing gray or white shirts. The same number of students are wearing gray as white. What fraction of students are wearing gray shirts?
1/13
Give an equation that uses the Commutative Property of Multiplication.
5 × 7 = 7 × 5
Natalie served 272 burgers in June. In July, she served 39 more burgers than she did in June. In August, Natalie served 129 burgers less than she did in June. How many burgers did Natalie serve over the summer?
726 burgers
Round 999 to the nearest ten and nearest hundred.
1000
Chad and Amanda went shopping for their birthdays. They spent 33 minutes in the toy store and 47 minutes in the clothing store. How long did Chad and Amanda spend shopping?
80 minutes, or 1 hour and 20 minutes
List 3 fractions that are equivalent to 4/8
Sample answers:
1/2
2/4
3/6
861-384=
477