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100

There are 7 rows of bottled drinks in a vending machine.  Each row has 8 bottles.  How many bottled drinks are in the vending machine?

56 Bottles

100

Ms. Flaggs living room has an area of 30 square feet.  One of the side lengths is 6 feet.  What is the missing side length?

5 feet.  

100

Mrs. Greens class collects 648 box tops.  Mrs. Jessie's class collects 892 box tops.  How many box tops did they collect in all?

1,540 box tops

100

Which team got the most points in the trivia game?

(Show graph A)

Green

100

When rounded to the nearest hundred, what number does not round to 1,000?

A.  987

B.  1, 523

C.  962

D.  1,023

B. 1,523 

200
Stella makes 7 pancakes.  She tops each pancake with 4 chocolate chips.  How many chocolate chips does stella use altogether?

28 Chocolate Chips

200

If a rectangle has a height of 5cm and a length of 8cm. What would the perimeter be?  

5 +5+8+8= 26CM

200

Mrs. Greens class collected 648 box tops.  Mrs. Jessie's class collects 892 box tops.  How many more box tops did Mrs. Jessie's class collect then Mrs. Greens class?

Mrs. Jessies class collected 244 more box tops

200

Look at line plot b

On this line plot 3rd grade students recorded how many feet they could jump.  How many students jumped less than 1 1/2 feet?

11 students

200

What is 246 rounded to the nearest ten

250

300

Sam bought 3 books at the bookfair.  Each book cost $6.00.  How much did Sam spend?

$18.00

300

Mrs. Russo started giving her dog a bath at 12:30.  She finished giving the dog a bath at 1:00.  How much time did she spend giving her dog a bath?

30 minutes

300

A truck driver drove 375 miles three days in a  row.  How many miles did he drive in all?

Day 1:  375

Day 2 375

Day 3: 375


375 x 3   or 375 +375 + 375  

750+375=1,125 MILES

300

Look at line plot b.  How many students jumped exactly 1 1/2 feet?

5 students

300

If a craft store sells 3,468 different kinds of buttons, about how many buttons does the craft store have?  Round to the nearest hundred.

3,500

400

Five kids must equally share 40 starbursts.  How many starbursts will each kid receive?  

5 starbursts

400

How many minutes are in an hour?

60 minutes
400
Complete the following subtraction problem:


800-567 =

233

400

Look at line plot b, how many 3rd grade students participated in the jumping contest?

19 students

400

What is the value of the 3 in the number

2,346

300

500
Mark is reading a book with a total of 800 pages.

He read 498 pages already.  How many pages does he have left to read?  

302 pages

500

If a rectangle has a length of 7cm and a width of 7cm, what is the area of the rectangle?

area is l x W

49 cm

500
Draw a pair of parallel lines.  

500

Look at line plot b, what was the largest jump in feet made by students in the jumping contest?

2 feet, 

500

Write the number 3,982 in expanded form

3,000 + 900 + 80 + 2