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Mitch can play 4 different songs on the piano. Nathan can play twice as many songs as Mitch can play. Write an expression to represent the number of songs Nathan can play compared to the number of songs Mitch can play.
4 x 2 = 8
The Caldo family is having a picnic at the park. They have a package containing 8 hot dogs that they will cook over a camp fire. Each of the 4 family members will cook the same number of hot dogs. How many hot dogs will each family member cook?
8 ÷ 4 = 2 hot dogs
Mr. Mac took the third graders on a field trip to a museum.
-They spent 5 minutes listening to a tour guide.
-They spent 27 minutes exploring the museum.
-They spent 10 minutes in the gift shop.
What was the total amount of time the third graders spent on their field trip?
5 + 27 + 10 = 42 minutes
Charlie read 83 books in 2nd grade and 67 books in 3rd grade. What is the best estimate of the total number of books Charlie read in both the 2nd and 3rd grades?
80 + 70 = 150 books
Mr. Carter bought a roll containing 52 yards of fishing line. He used 28 yards of the fishing line on his new fishing reel. How many yards of fishing line were left on the roll then?
52 - 28 = 24
Nikki baked 12 blueberry muffins in a pan. The pan has 3 rows and each row in the pan has the same number of muffin cups. How many muffin cups are in each row?
12 ÷ 3 = 4 muffins cups
A bakery sells 3 different flavors of cupcakes
- They made 12 cupcakes in each flavor.
- The bakery displayed all of the cupcakes on 6 shelves.
How many cupcakes did they put on each shelf?
3 x 12 ÷ 6 = 6 cupcakes
At Lowe's, a lawn mower costs $129. The same lawn mower costs $183 at Home Depot. About how much more is the lawn mower from Home Depot than the one from Lowe's rounded to the nearest ten?
180 - 130 = $50
Jon has 48 pictures of his friends that he wants to put in an album. He wants to put 8 photos on each page. How many pages will he need?
48 ÷ 8 = 6
Ms. Jenkins bought 4 new boxes of colored chalk for a special art project. There was a total of 40 pieces of chalk in all the boxes. How many pieces of chalk were in each box?
40 ÷ 4 = 10 pieces of chalk
Ms. Hartman and Ms. Machu each trained to run the Cap 10K.
- Ms. Hartman ran 2 mile each day for 7 days.
- Ms. Machu ran 3 miles a day for 5 days.
How many more miles did Ms. Machu run than Ms. Hartman?
(3 x 5) - (2 x 7) =
15 - 14 = 1 more mile
In two games, a basketball team scored a total of 94 points. They scored 37 points in the 1st game. About how many points did they score in the 2nd game?
90 - 40 = 50 points
Gina has 40 pears and 20 peaches to sell at a farmer’s market. She put them all together and then divided them equally among 10 baskets. Write an equation to show many pieces of fruit she put in each basket?
(40 + 20) ÷ 10 = 6
Emily picked 54 peppers from her 9 pepper plants. She also picked 36 tomatoes from her tomato plants. How many more peppers did Emily pick than tomatoes?
54 - 36 = 19 more peppers
Mrs. Castonguay bought 32 rubber bands for the kids to make shapes on their geoboards. Five of the rubber bands broke. Mrs. Castonguay passed out the rest of the rubber bands equally to 3 students. How many rubber bands did each student get?
(32 - 5) ÷ 3 = 9 rubber bands
The 3rd grade teachers are taking their students to the State Fair. A group of 32 girls and 26 boys will go on the field trip. About how many tickets will the teachers need to purchase in all?
30 + 30 = 60 tickets
Johnson Elementary School has 174 students enrolled in first grade, 108 students in second grade, and 163 students in third grade. How many more second and third graders are enrolled than first graders?
(108 + 163) - 174 = 97
Dana wants to put 1 inch square tiles on her kitchen wall. She wants to make 6 rows of tiles with 7 tiles in each row. How many tiles will Dana need?
6 x 7 = 42 tiles
Ms. Ruiz has 3 boxes of paper clips.
-The 1st box has 43 blue paper clips
-The 2nd box has 37 red paper clips
-The 3rd box has 29 green paper clips.
How many paper clips does Ms. Ruiz have altogether?
43 + 37 + 29 = 109 paper clips
Rudy scored 19 points in a soccer game at recess. Joe scored 12 points. About how many more points did Rudy score than Joe?
20 - 10 = 10 points