Problem-Based Inquiry Approach

Money Spending

100

• Little Brian has $20 to spend on food and a movie but the movie costs $10.20 and the food costs $10.78. Will Brian have enough money to eat and watch the movie? If not, how much more money would he need?

Not have enough, needs 98 more cents.

200

Bailey saved $104. She saved $63 more than Billy. How much did Billy save?

$121

300

The girls had 3 weeks to sell tickets for their play. In the first week, they sold 75 tickets. In the second week, they sold 108 tickets and in the third week, they sold 210 tickets. How many tickets did they sell in all?

393 tickets were sold.

400

If you have $1000 and you have to buy water bottles that are $2.50 each, how many water bottles can you get?

400 Bottles

500

The football team has saved up $459 and needs to spend $234 for jerseys and $150 for helmets. How much money will they have left?

$75

Real World

100

If you have 300 GB of storage and use 127 GB how much do you have left?

173 GB

200

Otto is building a fence at his house. As he measured his perimeter, he finds out it is 34ft x 56ft. He goes to Home Depot to buy wooden slacks and each slack is 3 feet. Around how many wooden slacks will Otto need to buy in order to have enough?

90 Wooden Slacks

300

There are 967 chairs in a hall during an event, and 828 chairs are occupied. How many are not occupied?

139

400

The girls had 3 weeks to sell tickets for their play. In the first week, they sold 75 tickets. In the second week, they sold 108 tickets and in the third week, they sold 210 tickets. How many tickets did they sell in all?

393 tickets were sold

500

If you are cooking and need 7 cups of water but only have a 1/3 measuring cup, how many times do you need to fill it up to reach 7 cups of water?

21 times

Measuring

100

How many inches are in a ruler?

12

200

Which unit of measurement would you use to measure the length of an ant?

Seconds

Millimeters

Kilograms

Cubic Centimeters

Millimeters

300

How many centimeters are in a yard?

91.44

400

How would you measure the weight of an apple?

Gram

500

If there are 100 yards on a football field, How many inches are on a football field?

3600 inches

Time Keeping

100

If you go to sleep at 9 PM every night and wake up at 5 AM, How many hours of sleep do you get?

8 Hours

200

You have class at 12:30 but you are 1 hour and 34 minutes away from class. What time do you need to leave to get to class exactly at 12:30?

10:56

300

If you have to be at Starbase at 8 am every morning and it takes you 45 minutes to get there what time should you leave to get there 5 minutes early?

7:10 am

400

What time would it be in Caifornia if it is 4:00pm in Georgia?

1:00 PM

500

If it is 12 noon in Georgia what time is it in Hawaii?

Georgia is 80 degrees Longitude.

Hawaii is 215 degrees Longitude.

Each 15 degrees is 1 hour forward or backward.

9:00 PM