Arithmetic
You have 58 pillars for the new bridge you are about to make. You give 19 of those pillars to your friend. How many pillars do you have left?
39 pillars
Doctors measure this in inches/feet to know how tall you are.
Height
If a pizza is cut into 4 equal slices and you eat one, how much of the pizza is leftover in fraction form?
The fraction of the pizza left is 3/4.
If you earn $13 for correctly solving a math problem and you spend $5 of it at the candy store, how much money do you have left?
You have $8 left
How many minutes are in a half-hour?
30 minutes
Find the next two numbers in this pattern: 7, 14, 21, 28
35, 42
In cooking, you might need to estimate this to decide how long something needs to bake.
Estimating time / how long something needs to bake / estimation and measurement of time
A recipe calls for 1/2 cup of sugar. But, you only have a 1/4 measuring cup at your house!! You use the 1/4 measuring cup once. How much more sugar (in cups) do you need to complete the recipe in fraction form?
You need 1/4 more cup of sugar.
A cashier gives you change after you buy something. What math skill will help you figure out how much money you have left?
Subtraction
If school starts at 8:00 and ends at 3:00, how many hours have passed?
7 hours have passed between the start and end of the school day.
A math teacher cuts 9 strips of paper, each 3 inches long. How many inches of paper did she use altogether?
27 inches
What part of math do you use when comparing how far one place is from another (like home to school)?
Measurement of distance
A hospitality manager (like someone running a restaurant or catering service) often uses algebra or basic math to...
A) Create music playlists for guests
B) Calculate ingredient costs & set menu prices
C) Paint specific murals on the walls for the guests
B) Calculate ingredient costs & set menu prices
Layla earns $24 from chores, $5 from babysitting, and $7 from mowing the lawn. She then spends $5 on a new math textbook. How much money does Layla have in total?
Layla has $31 in total.
A car trip takes 90 minutes. How many hours and minutes is that?
1 hour and 30 minutes or 1.5 hours
Which of these careers most often uses basic arithmetic (like adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing money and quantities) every day?
A) Accountant
B) Pilot
C) Chef
D) Truck driver
C) Chef - chefs often use arithmetic for measuring ingredients and adjusting recipes, and many jobs like cash handling and budgeting use basic numeracy skills daily.
If you use a ruler to see whether a bookshelf will fit on your wall, what are you measuring / what math skill are you using?
Measurement of length/height - measuring length helps you know how big or small something is
If you buy a 1-pound bag of grapes and you share it equally with 1 friend, what fraction of a pound does each person get?
1/2 pound of grapes
A new pair of socks costs $8. Sarah earns $54 at work. How many pairs of socks can Sarah buy?
Sarah can buy 6 pairs of socks.
A family drives for 1 hour and 15 minutes to the park, then 35 more minutes to the zoo. How long was the whole trip.
1 hour and 50 minutes
An engineer has 60 screws. She uses 8 screws to build each box and makes as many boxes as possible. How many screws are left over?
4 screws
When you fill a glass with water and want it to hold exactly 8 ounces, what math concept are you using? (think measurement)
Measurement of volume/capacity/how much the cup can hold - this tells you how much space a liquid takes up
A recipe doubles 3/4 cup of flour. How many cups do you use after the recipe is doubled?
6/4 cups or 1 1/2 cups of flour.
Kendra is saving up to buy a new pack of pencils for school that cost $25. On day 1, Kendra earns $30 at work. On day 2, Kendra spends $13 on a new t-shirt. On day 3, Kendra earns $6 at work. After the 3 days, does Kendra have enough money to buy a new pack of pencils?
No, Kendra has $23, but the pencils cost $25. She needs $2 more to buy the pack of pencils.
You begin your trip at 9:20am and the first ride takes 1 hour and 20 minutes. The second ride was 15 minutes. What time will you arrive?
You will arrive at 10:55am.