Problem Solving
Estimation
Area/Perimeter/
Volume
Measurement
Time/Temp.
100
When Maggie went to her sister's graduation, she saw 300 students were graduating. Maggie noticed that equal numbers of students were seated in 5 different sections of the auditorium. How many graduating students were seated in 1 section?
60 graduating students
100
Bill has 478 baseball cards,and Jeff has 302 cards. What is the best estimate of their combined total?
800 baseball cards
100
Jesse has a square bedroom. If the length is 12 feet, what is the area?
144 square feet
100
A recipe calls for 2 pints of milk , how many cups of milk are needed for the recipe?
4 cups
100
Jill bought some water that was 73 degrees. She likes her water at 44 degrees before she drinks it. How much cooler must the water get before she drinks it?
29 degrees
200
In Darrion's class there were three boys wearing shorts and 7 boys wearing jeans. If Darrion picked 1 boy from the class to be his partner, what are the chances the boy was wearing jeans?
7 out of 10
200
At the school store, a large bouncy ball costs 580 points. Ken has 290 points saved. About how many more points does Ken need to buy the bouncy ball?
300 points
200
Mrs. Johston's kitchen is 12 feet long and 13 feet wide. Mrs. Merkel has a kitchen 8 feet long and 15 feet wide. What is the difference in the perimeter of both kitchens?
4 feet
200
Lisa needs 8 yards of material to make a costume. How many inches of material does she need?
288 inches
200
Jenna spent 45 minutes raking leaves outside. If she started at 3:30 p.m., what time did she finish?
4:15 P.M.
300
It takes Olivia between 7 and 9 minutes to walk to school each day. At this rate, about how many days will it take Olivia to spend 60 minutes walking to school? 5, 7 or 12 days?
7 days
300
In May, Mr. Jacob collected 475 pounds of newspaper for recycling. In June, he collected 615 pounds, and in July 398 pounds About how many pounds did he collect in May and June
1,100 pounds
300
Lee has a rectangular prism for an aquarium. The length is 22inches. The width is 12 inches, and the height is 10 inches. What is the volume of the aquarium?
2,640 cubic inches
300
A runner raced in a 5,000 meter race. How many kilometers equals 5,000 meters?
5 kilometers
300
In the morning the temperature was 56 degrees outside. By noon it had increased by 37 degrees, then dropped 25 degrees by midnight. What was the temperature at midnight?
68 degrees
400
Matt went to the store and saw that apples were on sale. They were 3 for 93 cents. They also had bananas on sale, 2 for 36 cents. Matt bought 7 bannas and 5 apples. How much money did he spend?
$2.81
400
Jack runs between 4 and 9 miles everyday for 3 weeks. What is the least and most miles he runs in 3 weeks?
84 miles, 189 miles
400
Bill has a back yard shaped like a heptagon. If each side is 47 feet, what is the perimeter of his yard?
329 feet
400
Mike had 3 pounds 48 ounces of sugar in a bag. Mrs. Crocker had 5 pounds 29 ounces. How much more sugar does Mrs. Crocker have?
13 ounces
400
Brian left his house at 7:45 A.M. to run errands. He was at the bank for 45 minutes, the store for 55 minutes and then he went to eat breakfast for 30 minutes. What time did he finish breakfast?
9:55 A.M.
500
Angie, Betty, Carl, and Duayne play in a jazz quartet. They had a fundraiser to purchase new music stands. Angie and Betty worked together to bring in $230. Carl and Duayne worked seperately, but they each brought in the same amount of money. Altogether, the quartet raise $400. How much money did Carl and Duayne each raise?
$85
500
Janice loves to read. She read 467 pagees in June, 315 pages in July, 836 pages in August, and 762 pages in September. Estimate how many more pages she read in June and August than in July and September.
200 pages
500
Bill has a a rectangular back yard with a perimeter of 82 feet. If the length is 25 feet, what is the width?
16 feet
500
Diane watched television for 55 minutes every night for two weeks. How many hours and minutes did she watch television?
12 hours and 50 minutes
500
David left his house to go play soccer at 8:15 in the morning. He got home at 5:33p.m. How much time elapsed between the time he left home and the time he returned home?
9 hours 18 minutes
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