Patterns
40 , 20 , 10 , 5
Divide 2
Peter made 3 different stacks of wooden blocks. The first stack was 7 blocks high, the second stack was 7 block higher than the first, and the final stack was 7 block higher than the second. In total, how many blocks did Peter use for all 3 stacks?
42 blocks
3/7 of 35
15
Bonnie sells honey in 6-ounce containers. After harvest, she fills as many containers possible to sell at the market and keeps the remaining honey for herself. If Bonnie’s bees produced 95 ounces of pure delicious natural honey, how much would she keep for herself?
95 div 6 = 15 R5
5 ounces
Batteries come in packs of 6. If Mitchell needs to put batteries in 20 batteries to power 10 TV remotes, how many packs of batteries does Mitchell need to buy?
20 div 6 = 3 R2
4 packs
7 , 13 , 19 , 25 , 31
Add 6
Before getting to school, Nancy has a few errands to run. Nancy has to walk 6 blocks to the store, and 4 blocks to the library, before walking the final 11 blocks to arrive at school. If Nancy has already walked 9 blocks, how many more blocks must she walk before arriving at school?
12 blocks
4/5 of 30
24
At the park, George saw a salesman selling ice cream cones. If the cones cost $4 each and George has $10, how many ice cream cones can he buy?
10 div 4 = 2 R2
2 ice cream cones
Mom baked a batch of 12 cookies. The dog ate 2 leaving 10 on the tray. If four kids were to split the remaining cookies equally (leaving the tray clean), how many cookies would each child get?
10 div 4 = 2 R2
2 1/2 cookies
20 , 18 , 16 , 14 , 12 , 10
Subtract 2
At an amusement park, Jess wants to ride a rollercoaster that costs 29 tickets, a bumper car that costs 28 tickets, and a merry-go-round that costs 24 tickets. Jess had 27 tickets, but lost 5 of them on a ride. How many more tickets does she need?
59 tickets
Sally and Newton go fishing and catch 12 fish. Sally caught 3/4 of the fish and then let 1/3 of those go. How many fish did Sally take home?
6 fish
John was asked to stock the store shelves with boxes of cereal. There were 12 empty shelves that could hold 8 boxes of cereal each. If there were 85 boxes of cereal in the back of the store, how many shelves could John completely fill with cereal boxes?
85 div 8 = 10 R5
10 shelves
One file folder can hold 5 small reports. If Mark has to file 66 smalls reports, how many file folders will be needed to make sure that all the reports get filed?
66 div 5 = 13 R1
14 folders
Start at 7 and create a pattern with the rule add 10. Give the first three terms.
7, 17, 27
John had 215 wolf stickers. John gave 51 stickers to Jason, 76 stickers to his sister and an additional 33 stickers to Fred. How many stickers does John still have?
55 stickers
Trinity High School printed 45 tickets for the school play in Spring. If 3/5 of the tickets were sold by January, how many tickets are left?
18 tickets
Ki'ara and Luke make 48 brownies for 9 of their friends to share equally. How many brownies will each friend get?
48 div 9 = 5 R3
5 1/3 brownies
(5 3/9)
A business market analysis report requires 30 sheets of paper to be considered complete. If the copy machine has 359 sheets of paper left in the tray, how many sheets of paper will remain after printing out as many copies of the report as possible?
359 div 30 = 11 R29
29 sheets of paper
Start at 56 and create a pattern with the rule subtract 4. Give the first six terms.
56, 52, 48, 44, 40, 36
Benny wanted to save money to buy a new outfit. Benny saved $27.80 in March, $26.70 in April and $27.20 in May. However, he also had to spend $22.10 on school supplies and $42.00 on his dog. If the outfit costs $174.50, how much money does Benny still need to save?
$156.90
There is a group of 25 puffins on an island. 1/5 of the group are adults and the rest are pufflings. How many adults are on the island?
Tyler carves 22 small wooded animals to sell at the craft fair. He displays them in rows with 4 animals in a row. How many animals will not be in equal rows?
22 div 4 = 5 R2
2 animals
A bag of M&M's had 125 candies in it. If Jennifer needs 10 M&M's to fill a treat bag, how many complete treat bags can she make?
125 div 10 = 12 R5
12 treat bags