Mystery
Tay'vion loves everything about baseball! He enjoys watching the games on tv and in person. Tay'vion's favorite baseball player is Mookie Betts. Tay'vion has 124 baseball cards. He kept 10 of his favorite players, and shared the rest evenly amongst 3 friends. How many baseball cards did each friend get?
Solve the problem and identify the main idea!
Tay'vion is a baseball fan.
Each friend will get 38 baseball cards.
Marcos can play the drums, piano, saxophone, and guitar. He is currently learning how to play the trumpet! Marcos is a very talented musician. He even host concerts during the summer! On Monday he practiced the trumpet for 3 hours. On Tuesday he practiced for 5 hours. If he continues this pattern how many hours would he have practiced at the end of the week? How many hours would he have practiced at the end of two weeks?
Identify the main idea and solve the problem!
At the end of the first week he would have practiced for 27 hours. At the end of two weeks he would have practiced for 54 hours.
The main idea is that Marcos is a talented musician who can play multiple instruments.
Amiyah and 5 family members went on a trip to Aspen, Colorado and she brought some friends along. Amiyah loves to ski and was excited about teaching her friends. Amiyah has been skiing since she was 3 years old, and plans on competing in the Olympics one day! After teaching her friends how to ski, they went to the restaurant at the ski resort. Everyone ordered a cup of hot chocolate. Sereniti, Mekhei, Maybree, and Steven each ordered an extra cup of hot chocolate. How many cups of hot chocolate did everyone drink that day?
Identify the main idea and solve the problem!
Amiyah is a talented skier.
They drank a total of 13 cups of hot chocolate.
Ms. Partee went shopping on Tuesday and bought 12 packets of crayons. On Wednesday she went back to the store and bought 6 notebooks, a lot of bookbags, some markers and plenty of pencils. Ms. Partee told Ms. Davis she loves shopping for school supplies. She buys new supplies almost every week. When she opened the packs of crayons she noticed seven of the packs only had 9 crayons, and 5 packs had 10 crayons. How many crayons did Ms. Partee buy in all?
Solve the problem and identify the main idea!
Ms. Partee loves to shop for school materials.
She bought 113 crayons in all.
Francisco is an avid gardener. He is so enthusiastic about gardening he decided to start a new garden earlier this year. He spent weeks reading about gardening tips and different types of gardens. Francisco's favorite plant to grow is tomatoes! So far, his tomato plant grew 127 tomatoes. Birds ate 19 of his tomatoes, 23 were ruined by bugs, and he picked the rest. How many tomatoes did Francisco pick?
Identify the main idea and solve the problem!
Francisco loves to garden.
Francisco picked 85 tomatoes.
Last week school was cancelled due to a snow day, 27 kids from the school gathered to have a snowball fight. The kids split up into 3 groups. 7 more kids joined after the first round. They had snowball fights all day. How many kids were in each group? Was anyone left out?
Identify the main idea and solve.
The kids from school had a snow ball fight.
There were 11 kids on a team and one person was left out. (they can be the referee!)
Kimmonie and Jurnee spent the entire week baking! Their favorite thing to bake is cookies. On Monday they tried to bake brownies, but it just didn't hit the spot! Tuesday they decided to bake peanut butter cookies. Wednesday they baked Snickerdoodles. By the end of the week they had baked 3 trays of 36 cookies. Thursday morning they decided to evenly share the cookies between themselves and their 2 teachers. How many cookies did everyone receive?
Solve the problem and identify the main idea!
Kimmonie and Jurnee love to bake cookies!
Each person received 27 cookies.
Marcos, Jose and Nasir are best friends. Their favorite thing to do when they hang out is play video games. Marcos loves to play Minecraft, Jose loves Fortnite and Nasir loves to play Roblox. Every time they hang out they play the game all day. Last week they decided to play video games at an arcade, so they headed to Round 1. Nasir won 152 tickets. Marcos won 3 times as much as Nasir, and Jose won 106 fewer tickets than Marcos. How many tickets did they win altogether?
Identify the main idea and solve the problem!
The boys love video games.
They have a total of 958 tickets.
Darnell's family of 6 went ice skating on the frozen lake. Each person had ice skates. They brought extra ice skates in case Kiara, Robert and Quamir wanted to join them. How many ice skates did the family bring? (hint: we are not counting the skates as pairs) How many pairs would they be able to make?
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Ice skates
They brought 20 ice skates and can make 10 pairs.
Ms. Davis decided to throw a pizza party for her students. It was extremely hard to plan. She had to find balloons, streamers and party favors, but all the stores were closed. She also had to find juice, chips, and cupcakes that every student enjoyed. Lastly, she had to figure out what type of pizza everyone wanted! Ms. Davis ended up ordering 4 pepperoni pizzas, 2 cheese pizzas, and 5 veggie pizzas. If each pizza has 8 slices, how many slices did she order in all?
Solve the problem and identify the main idea!
It was hard for Ms. Davis to plan the party.
She ordered 88 slices of pizza.
Frazier Elementary is one of the best schools in the city. All of the students excel in every subject. Their test scores are in the top percentile in the state. There are 124 fourth graders and 130 fifth graders. On Thursday 12 fourth graders and 9 fifth graders got their passing test scores back. How many students are still waiting for their test scores?
Identify the main idea and solve the problem!
The students at Frazier elementary school are extremely smart!
233 students are still waiting on their scores.
It snowed 3 inches each day for a week. By the next Monday, 6 inches had melted away. How many inches of snow were still on the ground?
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Snow
15 inches of snow were still on the ground.
Alexis and Paola text each other every day. They love to talk to each other. Alexis texted Paola in the morning about the math assignment, and they ended up texting until 8 at night. Paola sent Alexis an equal amount of text messages each day throughout the week. At the end of the week she realized she sent 154 messages. How many messages did Paola send each day?
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Paola sent 22 messages each day.
Paola and Alexis love to text each other.
Grace and Phuong are very crafty sewers. They know how to sew scarves, shirts, dresses, and pants! Every day they plan a new design for their sewing business. Last week Grace decided they should start selling purses! A larger purse would cost $60 and a small purse would cost $32. The first week they sold 5 large purses and 5 small purses. How much money did both girls make if they split the profit evenly?
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Grace and Phuong know how to sew very well.
They both made $230.
Kelly and Ariel were playing football against Kelmin and Yuna. Touchdowns are worth 7 points. Kelly and Ariel scored 7 touchdowns. Kelmin and Yuna's team scored 9 touchdowns. How many more points did Kelmin and Yuna have than Kelly and Ariel? The girls are playing until someone has 91 points. How many more touchdowns will Kelmin and Yuna need to win?
Identify the topic and solve.
Football
They scored 14 more points!
Kelmin and Yuna will need 4 more touchdowns to win!