Real World Problems
Trevor has a collection of 450 baseball cards. He wants to place them into an album. He can fit 15 baseball cards on each page. How can Trevor figure out how many pages he will need to fit in all of his cards?
Give the strategy NOT the answer
A rectangular room measures 10 feet long and 13 feet wide. How could you find out the area of this room?
Multiply 10 by 13
Continue the pattern of equivalent fractions:
1/2, 2/4, 3/6, 4/8...
What fraction would come next in the pattern?
5/10
Kristian purchased four textbooks with chost $34.99 each, and a backpack that cost $19.98. Estimate the total cost of the items he purchased. (You do not need to consider tax.)
$160.00
There are four boxes of pears. Each box has 24 pears. How many pears are there total?
96 pears
A square window measures 9 feet on all sides. How could you find the perimeter of this window?
Add 9 four times.
Compare the two fractions using < = or >
4/28 _____ 4/20
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Allison needs 400 feet of rope to put a border around her yard. She can buy the rope in lengths of 36 feet. How many 36 foot long ropes will she need to buy?
12 ropes
Markers are sold in packs of 18 and 24. Yolanda bought five of the smaller packs and ten of the larger packs. How many markers did she buy all together?
330 markers
A chalkboard is 72 inches long and 30 inches wide. What is its perimeter?
204 inches
Continue the pattern of equivalent fractions:
5/6, 10/12, 15/18...
What fraction would come next in the pattern?
20/24
Katie and her friend went to the county fair. They each brought a $20.00 bill. The admission fee was $4.00 per person. Ride tickets cost 50 cents each. If each ride required two tickets per person, how many rides was each girl able to go on?
16 rides
Mrs. Willis wants to purchase enough Christmas ornaments so that each student can decorate 3 each. She has 24 students in her class. How many Christmas ornaments does she need to buy?
72
If a square has a perimeter of 100 units, how long is each of its sides?
25 units
Which symbol (< = or >) makes this statement true?
4/9 + 3/9 _____ 6/9
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Corey hopes to have 500 rocks in his collection by his next birthday. So far he has two boxes with 75 rocks each, a box with 85 rocks, and two boxes with 65 rocks each. How many more rocks does Corey need to gather to meet his goal?
135 rocks
RTA Elementary School had a 3-day food drive. On Monday, the school collected 10 soup cans and 16 cereal boxes. On Tuesday, the school collected 23 soup cans and 32 cereal boxes. On Wednesday, the school collected 36 soup cans and 44 cereal boxes. How many cereal boxes did the school collect in all?
92 cereal boxes
A rectangle has an area of 48 square units and a perimeter of 32 units. What are its dimensions?
12 units by 4 units
One fifth of the tourists went to see the natural waterfall on Monday. Fife fifths of them went to see it on Tuesday, and three fifth of them went to see it on Wednesday. List the days in ascending order according to the fraction of visitors who visited the waterfall.
Monday, Wednesday, Tuesday
Keith is helping his grandmother roll quarters to take to the bank. Each roll can hold 40 quarters. Keith's grandmother has told Keith that he can keep any leftover quarters, once the rolling is done. If there are 942 quarters to be rolled, how much money will Keith get to keep?
$5.50