Measuring Length
Multiplication/Division/Area
Time
Mixed Problem Solving
WILD!
100
Joshua measured a big paper clip with the inch side of his ruler. Then he measured his pencil in inches. The big paper clip was 2 inches and his pencil was 6 inches. The distance between the length of the big paper clip and the length of his pencil is THIS.
What is 4 inches? When measuring the distance between two objects, we are subtracting to figure out the difference. 6 - 2 = 4
100
Nathan used color tiles to create a rectangle. His rectangle had 3 rows with 5 squares in every row. The area of his rectangle was THIS many square tiles.
What is 15 square tiles? 5 + 5 + 5 = 15 total square tiles to create the rectangle. The area is the inside of the shape. We use square tiles to fill in the entire inside of the shape and count all the square tiles to determine the area.
100
Aidan had soccer practice after school on Thursday at 5:30 THIS. (a.m. or p.m.)
What is 5:30 p.m.? Aidan's practice was after school, so that would be 5:30 p.m. in the evening, not 5:30 a.m. At 5:30 a.m. Aidan would probably still be sleeping before school.
100
Nicholas was practicing shooting goals in soccer. He wanted to shoot 75 goals during practice. After half of the practice his coach told him that he had already made 47 goals. Nicholas still needs to make THIS many goals.
What is 28 goals? whole - part = part 75 - 47 = 28
100
Annie read 1,035 pages of her book in one month. The next next month she read 100 less pages. Annie read THIS many pages in the 2nd month.
What is 935? 1,035 - 100 = 935 1,000 is ten hundreds. Ten hundreds take away one hundred equals nine hundreds.
200
Kate used THIS customary tool to quickly measure the length of the back counter in Mrs. Gaddis' classroom in inches.
What is a yard stick? A ruler is only 12 inches, so it would have taken a longer time to measure the back counter. A yardstick is 36 inches, so that would have been quicker. Customary measure for length are inch (bend of your finger), foot (elbow to wrist), yard (adult leg), and mile (running 4 times around the track).
200
Mrs. Gaddis challenged Nadia to make rectangles using 12 square tiles. THESE are the rectangles Nadia made. (number of rows and how many in each row)
What are: 1 row with 12 square tiles in each row? 2 rows with 6 square tiles in each row? 3 rows with 4 square tiles in each row? 4 rows with 3 square tiles in each row? 6 rows with 2 square tiles in each row? 12 rows with 1 square tile in each row?
200
Natalie would most likely be doing THIS at 3:15 a.m.
What is sleeping? We sleep through the first few hours of a.m. The a.m. hours begin at 12:00 a.m., which is midnight.
200
Presley bought 35 stickers at the store and then she earned 29 more stickers at AlphaBest for being helpful. Her total amount of stickers is THIS type of number. (even or odd)
What is 64 stickers is an even number? 64 is even because odd (35) + odd (29) = even (64). 64 is even because 64 is made up of the doubles fact 32 + 32, so each number within 64 has a partner with none left. 64 is even because you look at the last digit and that determines even or odd; 4 is even. (0,2,4,6,8)
200
A trapezoid, a rhombus, and a parallelogram all have THESE same attributes.
What are 4 straight sides, 4 vertices, all are quadrilaterals, all are 2D shapes, and all are polygons? Vertices are corners. Quadrilaterals are shapes that have 4 straight sides and 4 vertices, including squares and rectangles. 2D shapes are flat shapes. Polygons are any 2D shapes with 3 or more straight sides, no curves, no openings (closed figure), and no lines that cross each other.
300
Tysen was trying to make Nate guess which unit of metric measure he was thinking of in his head. Tysen gave clues of different objects in the classroom that are about THIS length. Tysen said the big anchor chart paper, the window in the classroom, and the height of a short bookcase.
What is a meter? Metric measure are millimeter (pencil led), centimeter (width of your pinky fingernail), meter (turn your head and touch nose with one and and stick out your other arm - that whole distance), and kilometer (similar to a mile - running around the track many times). Think about the meter sticks we used in class.
300
Mrs. Rich bought 18 pencils. She gave 6 students an equal amount of pencils. Mrs. Rich gave THIS amount of pencils to each student.
What is 3 pencils? 18 pencils split evenly with 6 students equals 3 pencils per student. 18 / 6 = 3
300
Kella was trying to teach her little sister about an analog clock. Kella was describing how to tell the difference between the hour hand and the minute hand. When she said "long hand" she was referring to THIS.
What is minute hand? The minute hand is the long hand and the hour hand is the short hand on an analog clock.
300
If you add two odd numbers together OR if you add two even numbers together, the sum will always be THIS. (even or odd)
What is even? For example, 3 + 5 = 8, that's odd + odd = even. 2 + 4 = 6, that's even + even = even. odd + even = odd (example: 3 + 4 = 7) even + odd = even (2 + 3 = 5)
300
Luka was searching for money to buy a snow cone from the Snow Cone Lady in Frisco. He found 1 quarter in his bedroom, 7 nickels under the couch cushions, 6 pennies in his sister's room, and 2 dimes in his mom's car. Luka found THIS much money.
What is 86 cents? $0.86
400
Madi measured the length of her desk with her ruler. When she used the centimeter side it measured about 60 cm, but when she used the inch side it measured about 24 in. Madi realized that it took more cenimeters to measure the desk than inches. She explained why by saying THIS.
What is cenimeters are smaller than inches, so it takes more centimeters than inches to measure the same object?
400
Mrs. Younts bought some new books for her classroom. She decided to put them on a bookshelf. The bookshelf had 4 shelves. She placed 8 books on every shelf. Mrs. Younts bought THIS many books.
What is 32 books? 4 shelves with 8 books per shelf equals 32 books total. 4 X 8 = 32 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 32
400
Chris looked at the clock and noticed that the hour hand was between the 4 and the 5. Then he saw that the minute hand was on the 10. He decided the time was THIS.
What is 4:50? We look to see where the hour hand is and we back up to the number before. (4) Then we count by 5s on the numbers to determine the minutes. (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50)
400
Zane generated this story problem after Miss Dunagin gave him an equation (number sentence). Gage went to the zoo and saw 734 animals. The zoo keeper came and released 378 animals back to their natural habitat. How many animals are still at the zoo? Miss Dunagin gave Zane THIS equation (number sentence) and Zane solved the equation. (Please solve the equation.)
What is 734 - 378 = 356? This is a subtraction problem because something went away. We knew the whole and one part, so whole - part = part.
400
Hanna made a cake and sliced it into 8 equal pieces. She frosted 3 pieces of the cake with vanilla frosting and 5 pieces of cake with chocolate frosting. She wrote THIS fraction for the amount of cake with vanilla frosting.
What is three-eighths? Hanna frosted three out of the eight pieces of cake with vanilla frosting.
500
When measuring the length of a fat glue stick with inch tiles, Nicole estimated that it would take 3 inch tiles. Then she actually measured her fat glue stick and noticed it was approximately THIS many inch tiles. (Use a glue stick and inch tiles to measure.)
What is approximately 4 inch tiles?
500
Emma gathered all her stuffed animals and sorted them into groups. She had 5 different types of stuffed animals and 6 of each type. Emma had THIS many stuffed animals.
What is 30 stuffed animals? 5 types of stuffed animals with 6 of each equals 30 stuffed animals in all. 5 X 6 = 30 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 30
500
Savannah got a new watch for her birthday. The watch was an analog clock. She looked down and saw that the hour hand was between the 8 and 9. Then she noticed the minute hand was two tick marks past the 3. Savannah decided it was THIS time.
What is 8:17? We look to see where the hour hand is and we back up to the number before. (8) Then we count by 5s on the numbers to start determining the minutes. (5, 10, 15) Finally we count on by 1s to determine the minutes. (start at 15, then 16, 17)
500
Owen had 225 golf balls to use during his golf lessons for a week. On Monday he hit 62 golf balls and then on Tuesday he hit 46 golf balls. His next lesson was Wednesday and he hit 39 golf balls. Owen has THIS amount of golf balls to use during the rest of his lessons for the week.
What is 78 golf balls? whole - part - part - part = remaining part 225 - 62 - 46 - 39 = 78 OR part + part + part = sum of parts 62 + 46 + 39 = 147 whole - sum of parts = remaining part 225 - 147 = 78
500
Mr. Leavitt purchased 978 markers for the art room. Then Drew donated 100 more markers to the art room. Mr. Leavitt has THIS many markers.
What is 1,078 markers? 978 + 100 = 1,078 Nine hundreds plus one hundred makes ten hundreds. Ten hundreds equals 1,000.
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