Word Problems
Yesterday I bought 4 boxes of cupcakes. Each box had 8 cupcakes in it. My friend and each ate 2. How many cupcakes are left?
Step 2: 2 + 2 = 4
Step 3: 32 - 4 = 28
What is a polygon?
A polygon is a 2D shape with no curved sides, at least 3 angles and is completely closed.
There are 7 girls and 5 boys on the bus. What fraction of the kids are boys?
5/12
A bedroom has a length of 4 feet and a width of 7 feet. What is the area of the bedroom?
4 x 7 = 28 square feet
What is Ms. Malkin's favorite ice cream flavor?
I had a box of 25 pencils. I gave 4 to Ms. Nee. Then I shared what was left with my 7 friends. How many pencils did each of my friends get?
25 - 4 = 21
21 divided by 7 = 3 pencils each
What is a quadrilateral? And give 2 examples.
A quadrilateral is a polygon with 4 sides. Square, rectangle, rhombus, trapezoid etc...
Navya, Sofia and Sophia had a bag of candy with 12 pieces. They split it equally. What fraction of the candy did they each get?
1/3 or 4/12
What is the perimeter of a room that has a length of 5 feet and a width of 8 feet?
5 + 5 + 8 + 8 = 26 feet
8-9 years old - 3rd grade!
I had 134 sports stickers. Nathan had 121 car stickers. Dennis had 142 animal stickers. How many stickers do we have all together?
396 stickers all together.
What is a parallelogram?
A quadrilateral with 2 sets of a parallel lines.
I had 7 red markers, 9 blue markers, and 4 green markers. What fraction of the markers are blue?
9/20
The classroom has a width of 10 feet and the total area is 90 square feet. What is the length (the other side) of the room?
90 divided by 10 = 9 feet
What was the last country Ms. Malkin traveled to? (hint: it was with Ms. Mulvey!)
Iceland
156 pens.
Explain what the difference is between a square and a rectangle?
A square has 4 equal sides and a rectangle does not.
There 13 red jelly beans, 6 blue jelly beans, 4 green jelly beans and 7 pink jelly beans. What fraction of the jelly beans are red and pink?
20/30 or 2/3
The perimeter of a rectangle is 28 feet. One side is 4 feet long. What is the length of the other side?
4 + 4 = 8
10 + 10 = 20
The length of the other side is 10 feet.
What is Ms. Malkin's favorite holiday?
Thanksgiving
I put together a bouquet of flowers. There 6 red tulips, 4 red roses, 8 pink tulips and 10 yellow roses. As I walked home with the flowers, I dropped 3. How many flowers are left in my bouquet?
25 flowers left.
Why is a rhombus not a square?
A rhombus does not have 4 right angles. To be a square it must have 4 equal sides and 4 equal right angles. A rhombus has 4 equal sides, but not 4 right angles.
Emerson ate 1/4 of a chocolate bar. Jordan had 1/8 of his chocolate bar. Joseph had 1/3 of his chocolate bar. Joe had 1/10 of his chocolate bar. Who ate the most chocolate and who ate the least?
Joseph ate the most 1/3
Joe ate the least 1/10
The area of a classroom is 64. The classroom is a square. What is the length of each side?
8 feet. 8 x 8 = 64
Ms. Malkin has 5 first cousins. There are 3 boys and 2 girls. Name at least one of them and your team will win an additional 200 points at the very end of the game!!!
Melissa, Caroline, Peter, Andrew and Evan