Fractions
Which fraction is greater? 2/3 or 2/5? Show how you know.
2/3
Tim starts playing a video game at 3:15. If he finishes at 3:51, how long was he playing the game?
36 minutes
136 boys and 143 girls signed up for summer camp. How many kids are going to camp all together?
279 kids
What are the attributes of triangles?
3 straight sides, 3 angles, 3 vertices
A rectangle has a length of 9 inches and a width of 6 inches. What is the area?
54 square inches
List 3 fractions equal to one whole.
1/1, 2/2, 3/3, etc.
Any fraction with the same numerator and denominator is equal to one whole.
What time is it if it is a quarter before 3?
2:45
There are 954 students at Smith Elementary. All 246 third graders left for a field trip. How many students are still at the school?
708 students
What are the attributes of quadrilaterals?
4 straight sides, 4 angles, 4 vertices
A triangle has a side that is 12 inches, a side that is 15 inches, and a side that is 9 inches. What is the perimeter of the triangle?
36 inches
Find a fraction that is equivalent to 1/3. Show your work.
2/6
It took Jessie 23 minutes to walk to school this morning. If she got there at 8:42, what time did she leave her house?
8:19
There are 3 groups of students working together on math problems. If there are 7 students in each group, how many students are there in all?
21 students
Draw a square and list all its attributes.
attributes: 4 equal sides, 4 right angles, 2 pairs of parallel sides
What do you do to find the perimeter of a shape? What do you do to find the area of a shape?
To find perimeter, you add up ALL the sides. To find area, you multiply the length times the width.
Partition a number line into eights. Label 7/8.
Look at student responses
Sammy got home from school at 3:05. He has baseball practice at 3:50. How much time does he have to do his homework before his practice starts?
45 minutes
Rachel has 56 crayons and 7 boxes. How many crayons can fit in each box if she wants the same number of crayons in each box?
8 crayons in each box
I am a shape with 4 sides, 1 pair of parallel sides, and 1 pair of sides with equal lengths. What shape am I?
Trapezoid
A rectangle has a length of 7 inches. If the area of the rectangle is 42 square inches, what is the width?
6 inches
List three fractions equal to 3 wholes.
6/2 9/3 12/4 15/5
A baker is making cake pops for a birthday party. The baker needs to freeze the pops for 35 minutes before putting the icing on them. If he puts them in the freezer at 2:16, what time will he need to take them out?
2:51
The cafeteria sold 482 cartons of milk today. If they sold 134 cartons of chocolate milk and 239 cartons of white milk, how many cartons of strawberry did they sell?
109 cartons of strawberry milk.
Draw a rhombus and list all its attributes.
Attributes: 4 sides of equal length, 2 pairs of parallel sides
A triangle has a perimeter of 63 cm. One side is 25 cm and one side is 11 cm. What is the length of the third side?
27 cm