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Kerstin has a square tile. The
perimeter of the tile is 32 inches.
What is the length of each side of
the tile?
32 divided by 4 = 8inches
100
What is the perimeter of this shape?
5+5+8+8=26cm
100
What is the area of a square that has a side length of 6inches?
6x6=36 sq. inches
100
If Spencer has 12 cookies and wants to split them evenly between himself and his 5 friends, how many cookies would they each get?
12 divided by 6 = 2
2 cookies each
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Round the following number to the nearest hundreds: 32,574
32,600
200
Davia draws a shape with 5 sides.
Two sides are each 5 inches long.
Two other sides are each 4 inches
long. The perimeter of the shape is
27 inches. What is the length of the
fifth side?
2x5=10 inches
2x4=8 inches
10+8=18
27-18= 9 inches
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What is the perimeter of the following shape?
6+6+2=2= 16cm
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What is the area of a rectangle that has a width of 4cm and a length of 7cm?
4x7=28 sq. cm
200
Mr. Cranston is buying books of
stamps. There are 20 stamps in each
book of stamps. How many books of
stamps will Mr. Cranston need to buy
to send 38 letters?
1 book = 20 stamps
2 books = 40 stamps
He needs at least 38, so he needs 2 books
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What is the value of the 3 in the following number: 143,685
3,000
300
Marco is making a frame for a picture.
The picture frame will be 8 inches
long and 10 inches wide. What is the
perimeter of the picture frame?
8+8+10+10=
36 inches
300
Evan has a square sticker that
measures 5 inches on each side.
What is the perimeter of the sticker?
4 x 5 inches or 5+5+5+5 =
20 inches
300
Tara’s and Genesis’s bedrooms are
shaped like rectangles. Tara’s bedroom
is 9 feet long and 8 feet wide. Genesis’s
bedroom is 7 feet long and 10 feet
wide. Whose bedroom has the greater
area? Explain.
Tara's is 72 sq. ft and Genesis's is 70 sq. ft
Tara's room is bigger
300
Bob bought 3 packs of model cars.
He gave 4 cars to Ann. Bob has
11 cars left. How many model cars
were in each pack?
11+4=15
15 divided by 3 = 5
5 model cars
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What number is in the ten thousands place in the following number: 187,954
8
400
The width of the Ochoa Community
Pool is 6 yards. The length is 12 yards.
What is the perimeter of the pool?
6+6+12+12=36 yards
400
Robert wants to put lights around
the front of his house. The house is
12 yards long and 7 yards high. How
many yards of lights does he need?
12+12+7+7=38 yards
400
One planter is 2 feet wide and 3 feet
long. A second planter is 3 feet wide
and 4 feet long. What is the difference
in areas?
Planter 1 is 6 sq. feet
Planter 2 is 12 sq. feet
The difference is 6 sq feet
400
Tamera has 6 packs of pens. Each
pack contains the same number of
pens. She gives 10 pens to her aunt.
Then, she has 14 pens left. How many
pens were in each pack?
10+14=24 pens
24pens divided by 6packs = 4 pens each pack
400
What is half of 116?
58
500
Troy is making a flag shaped like a
square. Each side measures 12 inches.
He wants to add ribbon along the
edges. He has 36 inches of ribbon.
Does he have enough ribbon?
12+12+12+12 or 12x4 = 48
No, he does not have enough ribbon
500
Erin is putting a fence around
a square garden. Each side of the garden is
3 meters long. The fence costs $5 for each
meter. How much will the fence cost?
3x4=12 meters
12m x $5 = $60
500
Darren built one garden that is 2 feet
wide and 8 feet long. He also built a
garden that is 4 feet wide and 5 feet
long. What is the total area of the
combined gardens?
2x8=16 sq. ft
4x5=20 sq. ft
16+20=36 sq. ft
500
Four friends want to share 3 sets of
scented markers equally. Each set
has 12 markers. How many scented
markers will each friend get?
3x12=36 markers
36markers divided by 4 friends = 9markers each
500
There are 39 marbles in a bag. 7 of the marbles are red, 12 of the marbles are green, and 8 of the marbles are blue. The rest of the marbles are yellow. How many marbles are yellow?
12 marbles