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Elapsed Time
Area
Mult./Division
100

Round to the nearest 100:

525

500

100

A t-shirt at the mall costs $6. A pair of shoes costs 4 times as much as the t-shirt. How much does a pair of shoes cost?

6x4=24

100

Sarah started soccer practice at 5:00. her mom picked her up at 6:15. How long was her practice?

1 hour and 15 min

100

The area of a square is 25 inches squared. What is the length of each side?

5 inches

100

30/ ___ = 10

3

200

Add: 

57+39=__

106

200

Emma has 7 pieces of string. Each piece of string is 5 feet long. How many feet of string does Emma have in all?

7x5=35

200

Sam looked at the clock and saw it was 10:45. The next time he looked at the clock, it was 11:20. How much time had passed?

35 mins
200

The area of a square is 100 inches squared. What is the length of each side?

10 inches

200

9x6 = __

54

300

A bathtub holds a lot of water. I would measure its ________ with _______. 

volume, liters

300

There are 50 chairs in the gym. Mrs. Sheehan wants to set them up in rows of 5. How many rows can she make?

50/5=10

300

Math starts at 12:15 and goes until 1:05. How long is math?

50 mins

300

Find the area of the rectangle on the board and write the equation that helped you solve it.

4x7=28

300

__x8 = 40

5

400

Put the following numbers on a number line:

1, 1/2, 1/8, 7/8

__________________________________

400

Write a story problem for the equation: 9x5=___

Answers vary: 45

400

What is the elapsed time from 5:38 to 7:38?

2 hours

400

Find the area of the rectangle on the board and write the equation that helped you solve it.

6x8=48

400

9=__/4

36

500

The fourth grade had 363 students. Over winter break, 94 students moved away, but 26 new students moved in. How many students are now in 4th grade?

295

500

Write a story problem for the equation: 45/5=__

Answers vary: 9

500

What is the elapsed time from 6:17 to 8:32?

2 hours and 15 mins

500

True or false: If you want to find out how many cups something holds, you measure its area.


True or false: You can find the area of a rectangle but multiplying its length and width.

False, True

500

(6x2)x2

24