Word Problems
Sarah is planning a birthday party and wants to give each of her 8 friends a goodie bag. Each goodie bag will contain 3 candies and 2 small toys. How many items will Sarah need in total to fill all the goodie bags?
8 x3 =24
8x2=16
24+16=40
40 items
12 divided by 4
3
5/6 = ?/12
5/6x 2/2= 10/12
A regular, 7-sided heptagon's perimeter is 63 in.
How long is each side?
63/7= 9 inches
What is a unit fraction?
a unit fraction is a fraction with one in the numerator, it represents just one piece of a whole
Tom is organizing a picnic and wants to prepare snack packs for his 7 friends. Each snack pack will contain 4 sandwiches and 3 pieces of fruit. How many items will Tom need in total to prepare all the snack packs?
7 x 4= 28
7 x 3= 21
28+21= 49 items
144/12
12
2/10 is <,> or =1/6
Use the equal numerator strategy
1/6 x2/2= 2/12
2/10 is greater than 2/12
A rectangle's area is 980 sq in.
The short side of the rectangle is 4 in.
How long is the long side?
980 divided by 4 equals 265
265 inches
What mathematical operation answers the question how many in a group or how many groups?
Division
Division can also be thought of as sharing or repeated subtraction
Jack has 72 toy cars. He wants to divide them equally among his 9 friends. How many cars does each friend get?
72/9=8
8 cars
825/5
165
2/3 is <,> or = to 9/12
Use the Common denominator strategy
2/3 x 4/4= 8/12
8/12 or 2/3 is less than 9/12
A rectangle's area is 825 sq in.
The short side of the rectangle is 5 in.
How long is the long side?
825 divided by 5 equals 165
165 inches
What mathematical operation is the same as repeated addition?
multiplication can be thought of as repeated addition
The multiplication sign "x" means groups of.
Lisa is organizing a book fair at her school. She has 48 books to arrange on 6 tables. She wants to make sure each table has the same number of books. After arranging the books, she decides to give 2 books from each table to the students who help her. How many books will be left on each table after giving some to the students?
48 divided by 6= 8 books per table
Then she takes 2 books from each table, so each table now has 6 books.
980/4
245
Leigha made punch with five-eighths of a gallon of apple juice. Leigha also added four-eighths of a gallon of cranberry juice.
How much juice did Leigha use in all?
5/8 +4/8 =9/8 or 1 and 1/8 gallons
Each side of a regular, 9-sided nonagon is 6,214 ft.
What is the nonagon's perimeter?
9 x 6214=55,926
55,926 feet
What is mode on a graph?
Mode is the value that occurs most frequently in a data set.
Mark is setting up chairs for a school assembly. He has 60 chairs and wants to arrange them into 5 equal rows. After setting up the chairs, he decides to remove 3 chairs from each row to make space for the stage. How many chairs will be left in each row after removing some for the stage?
60/5= 12
12-3= 9
9 chairs
63000/7
9000
Eddi has a stack of bricks.
Each brick is one-third of a foot long.
Eddi lines up 5 of them in a row.
How long is the row of bricks?
1/3 x5 = 5/3 or 1 and 2/3 feet long
A rectangle's area is 825 sq in.
The short side of the rectangle is 5 in.
How long is the long side?
What is the perimeter of the rectangle?
825 divided by 5 equals 165
The long side is 165 inches.
The perimeter is 165 + 165+ 5+5=340
The perimeter is 340 inches.
How do you find the range of value on a line plot?
To find the range, subtract the lowest value from the highest value.