Word Problems
Fractions
Equivalent Fractions
Telling Time
Geometry and Measurement
100
Sam has three games and Jack has seven games. How many more games does Jack have?
What is 4
100
If a circle is divided into quarters. How many equal pieces should we cut it into?
4 equal pieces
100
Which fraction is equivalent to 3/6? a) 3/6 b) 1/2 c) 3.6 d) 1/4
b) 1/2
100
What time is shown on the clock (See the answer sheet for this question)
9:09
100
A rectangular sandbox has a length of 5 feet and a width of 7 feet. What is the perimeter of the sandbox? Draw a picture to help you solve the problem
24 feet (Don't forget to add the length + the width + the length + the width)
200
Steve and Sarah are looking at how many books they have read so far this year. Steve read 24, and Sarah read 67. How many more books has Sarah read than Steve?
43
200
Draw a triangle that is divided into 3 equal pieces
Check the answer sheet
200
What fraction is equivalent to 1/4 a) 3/8 b) 4/1 c) 2/8 d) 4
c) 2/8
200
What time is shown on the clock? Use the question/answer sheet to find this problem
3:53
200
A swimming pool has a length of 10 yards and a width of 28 yards. What is the total area of the pool?
280 square yards
300
Joan picked 120 apples and Sam picked 110 apples. Sally picked 123 pears. How many apples were picked in all ?
230
300
Draw a rectangle that is divided into quarters
See picture on answer sheet
300
Write >, <, or = in the spaces for this equation: 1/2 _____ 1/7
> 1/2 is greater than 1/7
300
A soccer game begins at 4:30 and ends at 6:00. How long did the soccer game last?
1 hour and 30 minutes or 90 Minutes
300
Joe's garden has a length of 5 feet and a width of 6 feet. Anne's garden has a length of 7 feet and a width of 10 feet. How much larger is Anne's garden than Joe's garden?
40 square feet bigger First find the area of Joe's garden ( 5 x 6 = 30) Then find the area of Anne's garden (7 x 10 = 70) To figure out how much bigger something is, we need to use subtraction. (70-30) And 70-30 = 40
400
Jane had 888 coins in her penny bank. She had 274 dimes and the rest were pennies. How many pennies did she have
614
400
An orange is cut into 10 equal pieces. James gave 4/10 of his orange to his friend. What fraction of his orange does he have left?
6/10
400
Write >, <, or = in the spaces for this equation: 3/6 ___ 1/2 ____ 9/10
=, < 3/6 = 1/2 < 9/10
400
At school, students get a quarter of an hour to eat lunch. Their lunch will end at 11:05. What time did their lunch start?
10:50 A quarter of an hour is equal to 15 minutes (A half hour is equal to 30 minutes)
400
Draw examples of an acute angle, an obtuse angle, a right angle and a straight angle, and label each one.
See answer sheet to check your answer
500
Aaron scored 391 points on his video game and Julie scored 1,103 points. How many more points did Julie score than Aaron?
712
500
We had some pizza left over from our party. One class had 2/8 left, one had 1/8 left and another had 3/8 left. What fraction of a whole pizza are left over after the party altogether?
6/8
500
A school has 20 students in a class. The class has an equal number of boys and girls in this class. What fraction of the class is girls.
10/20 or 1/2 There are 10 girl students in the class
500
A parade is going to begin at 11:45 A.M. and will go for 100 minutes. At what time will the parade end? a) 12:45 A.M. b) 1:00 P.M. c) 1:25 A.M. d) 1:25 P.M.
d) 1:25 P.M. 100 minutes is the same as 1 hour 40 minutes (since there are 60 minutes in an hour). 11:45 A.M + 1 hour = 12:45 P.M. 12:45 P.M. + 40 minutes = 1:25 P.M. Remember that A.M. starts in the morning and goes until midday. P.M. starts at midday and goes until midnight.
500
Draw examples of parallel lines, perpendicular lines, and intersecting lines, then label each one.
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