Draw a picture
Find a Pattern
Make a table
make a number sentence
Guess and Check
100
There were 5 cars in a race. The blue car was in front of the green car. The yellow car was behind the green car. The red car was between the blue and green cars. The orange car was in front of the blue car. What was the order of the cars from first to last?
What is End Yellow Green Red Blue Orange First
100
What comes next? 1) AA, AB, AC, AD, AE, _______
What is AF
100
Juanita checked a book out of the library, and it is now 7 days overdue. If a book is 1 day overdue, the fine is 10¢, 2 days overdue, 20¢, 3 days overdue, 30¢, and so on. How much is her fine?
What is 70 cents
100
There are 36 pictures on a roll of film. Bill bought 18 rolls of film. How many pictures can he take?
What is 648
100
There are more than 10 children in the class. What is the smallest number of children in the class when grouping the children by 4s leaves 2 extra, grouping the children by 5s leaves 1 extra?
What is 26 students
200
Wendy used a 36 inch piece of yarn to make a bracelet. First she cut the yarn in half. Then she cut each half into two equal pieces. How long is each piece now?
What is 9 inches
200
The numbers in the pattern decrease by the same amount each time. What are the next three numbers in the pattern? 37, 32, 27, 22, , , A. 18, 14, 10 B. 18, 13, 8 C. 17, 13, 8 D. 17, 12, 7
What is D, 17, 12, 7
200
Karen is making a design on top of her desk with her penny collection. She puts 5 pennies in the first row, 8 pennies in the second row, 11 pennies in the third row, and 14 pennies in the fourth row. If she continues the pattern, how many pennies will she put in the sixth row?
What is 20 pennies
200
Jose earned $14 for giving a car wash. He washed 28 cars each week for 4 weeks. What is the total amount of money he earned in 4 weeks?
What is $1568
200
Harry bought a book with 42 pages at the garage sale. He took 3 days to read the book. Each day, he read 5 pages more than the day before. How many pages did he read on the third day?
What is 19 books 9+5=14+5=19 9+14+19=42
300
There is a fence around the garden at a local school. The fence is a rectangle that is 12 yards long and 6 yards wide. There are posts every 3 yards along the fence and at every corner. How many posts are there?
What is 12 fence posts
300
Extend the pattern by 4 terms Rule: subtract 111 Pattern: 2,043,____ ,____ ,____ ,____
What is 1,932, 1,821, 1,710, 1,599
300
Maria’s class collected money for the Pet Society. Each week they collected $75. How much did they collect over 6 weeks?
What is $450
300
You borrow $100 from your parents. You have already paid back $25. How many weeks will it take to repay the loan if you pay $5 per week?
What is 15 weeks
300
Janet's first purchase on her trip to the beach was 2 glasses of lemonade and a popsicle. She paid 80 cents for them. Later the same day she bought 3 glasses of lemonade and 2 popsicles for $1.30. How much does 1 glass of lemonade cost?
What is 30 cents for each glass of lemonade. 20 cents for each popsicle
400
A store sells pencils in packages of 8 pencils per pack. If Mrs. Hermida needs 56 pencils, how many packs must she buy?
What is 7 pencils
400
Amelia baked 12 cupcakes on Wednesday, 24 cupcakes on Thursday, and 36 cupcakes on Friday. If the pattern continues, how many cupcakes will Amelia bake on Saturday?  
What is 48 cupcakes
400
How many hours will a car traveling at 65 miles per hour take to catch up with a car traveling at 55 miles per hour if the slower car starts one hour before the faster car?
What is 6 hours Hour 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Slower Car 55 110 165 220 275 330 385 Faster Car 0 65 130 195 260 325 390
400
Judy has 240 stamps in her collection. She sells 4 stamps each month. How many years will it take her to sell all the stamps?
What is 5 years
400
John is twice as old as Bill. In 5 years the sum of their ages will be 34. Find their present ages.
What is Bill = 8 years John = 16 year
500
Tina arranged her beads by color. One third of the beads are red, 5 divided by 12 of the beads are green, and 9 of the beads are yellow. How many beads does Tina have?
What is 36 beads
500
Chandler’s mother is shopping for new pillows. At the first store, they cost $19 each. The second store has a sale, 2 pillows for $30. How much will she save by buying 4 pillows at the second store?
What is $16
500
Detta is packing lunches for the hiking club. She puts 2 sandwiches and 3 carrot sticks in each bag. There are 8 people going on the hike. How many sandwiches and carrot sticks does she need?
What is Detta needs 16 sandwiches and 24 carrot sticks.
500
Each week, Mary practices violin 9 hours. Her older brother Michael practices 12 hours a week. How many weeks will it take Mary to practice the same number of hours Michael will practice in 6 weeks?
What is 8 weeks
500
The perimeter of a rectangle is 54 centimeters. The length is 9 centimeters more than the width. Find the length and the width of the rectangle.
What is Length = 18 centimeters. Width = 9 centimeters
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