Whole Numbers
Jayden helped his dad plant a baby pear tree in their yard. Jayden read the tag on the tree and joked, “This tree is just a baby and it’s already three feet tall!”
Jayden’s dad pointed at a maple tree in the back of the yard and said, “That tree used to be the same size when I first planted it a year ago. Now it’s six times the height of this little pear tree.”
Jayden was wondering what the height of the maple tree was. Can you help Jayden figure out the height of the maple tree?
What is 18?
6 x 3 = 18
Raven loved her new book. She read for 1.25 hours on Friday. On Saturday she read for 1.75 hours. Then on Sunday, she read less than she did on Saturday more than she did on Friday. What could the possible amount of time she read on Sunday be?
What is 1.26-1.74?
Fri: 1.25
Sat: 1.75
Use a fraction model to find the product 4 x 4/2.
What is 8?
Will drew rectangle A. The rectangle’s area is 32 square centimeters and its length is 4 centimeters more than its width. Label the rectangle to tell its length and width.
What is 8 width?
8Rectangle A area=32 length=4 32/4=8
length x width =area
Ground turkey is sold in packages of 2 1/2 pounds. Dawn bought eight packages of turkey. How many pounds of ground turkey did Dawn buy?
What are 20 pounds?
8 x 2 1/2 = 20
Abby and her friend Chris each ran a lemonade stand on their streets. Abby lives on a busy street, but Chris does not. When Abby and Chris compared what they had earned, Chris said, “Wow! You made $200! That’s 4 times as much as I earned!” This made Abby wonder how much Chris earned. How much money did Chris earn?
What is 800 dollars?
$200 x 4 = $800
Chase says 0.17 is greater than 0.40. Cody says that Chase is wrong. Who is right?
Justify your answer with a written explanation and a visual model.
What is Cody?
0.17 is 17/100 hundredths
and 0.40 is 40/100
The closer a decimal is to 1, the larger the decimal is.
When comparing decimals, use the following steps:
Use a fraction model to find the product 5 x 10/5.
What is 10?
The rectangular park in Alyssa’s neighborhood had new equipment and play areas added. The new playground space has a length of 8 yards and an area of 48 square yards. What is the width of the playground?
What is the width of 6?
Trevor’s stack of books is 7 7/21 inches tall. Rick’s stack is 3 times as tall. How high are Rick's stack of books?
What is 22 inches tall?
3 x 7 7/21 = 22
In Jacob’s yard, there is an apple tree and a pear tree. The apple tree is 4 times as tall as the pear tree. Which pairs of height below could describe the apple and pear trees?
1. apple tree: 16 feet & pear tree: 4 feet
2. apple tree: 8 feet & pear tree: 32 feet
3. apple tree: 12 feet & pear tree: 3 feet
What is Number 1 and Number 3?
Reese ran 0.5 of a mile. Jen ran 0.45 of a mile. Reese thinks she ran more than Jen.
Do you agree or disagree? _________________________
Justify your answer with written explanation and a visual model.
What is agree?
0.5 is more than 0.45
Mike told his mom that 3/8 is the same as 3 1/8. Do you think Mike’s mom should agree or disagree with Mike?
Explain your thinking with an explanation and number sentence?
What is disagree?
Because when you convert 3 1/8 into an improper fraction it becomes 25/8 and that is more than 3/8 not the same.
A circle measures 360º. If the circle was divided into 4 equal parts, what would be the angle measurement of each part? Explain how you know.
What is 90º degrees?
It takes 8 3/4 yards of fabric to make one quilt. Gail needs three times as much fabric to make three quilts.
How many yards does Gail need to buy in order to make three quilts?
What are 30 yards?
Trey and Jalen belong to different boy scout troops, but they were both selling raffle tickets for their separate troops.
Trey sold 70 tickets and was awarded a prize point for every 4 raffle tickets he sold.
Jalen’s scout leader only awarded a prize point for every 5 raffle tickets Jalen sold. However, Jalen ended up selling the same number of raffle tickets.
How many points did Jalen earn?
What is 14?
Jalen: 70/5=14
Alexis loves to work out on the treadmill. On Monday, she ran 3.25 miles. On Tuesday she ran 1.75 miles. On Wednesday she ran 2.65 miles. On Friday, she ran double the distance she did on Tuesday. What is the total amount of miles she ran? Explain your answer.
What is 11.15?
3.25+1.75+2.65+1.75+1.75= 11.15
Kristen ran on a path that was 3/4 of a mile
in length. She ran the path 5 times.
What is the total distance that Kristen
ran? _______________
What is 3 3/4 miles?
5 x 3/4 = 15/4 = 3 3/4
An angle that is a 90-degree angle.
What is a right angle?
Carol made some punch. She had 12 3/6 cups of juice and then added three times as much ginger ale. Then, she added 1 cup of lemonade. How many cups of punch did her recipe make?
What are 43 cups?
Karina worked hard over the summer to save for a cheap car she could take to college. The car she wants costs $1500. She earned $9 an hour babysitting and $4 an hour dog walking. In June and July, she worked 61 hours babysitting and 14 hours walking dogs. Did she make enough money to buy the car? If not, how much more money does she need to purchase the car?
What is $895?
$9x61= 549
$4x14=56
549+56=605
1500-605=895
Compare the two decimals using the symbols <, >, or =.
0.06_____0.6
What is 0.06 is less than 0.6?
Courtney ran on a path that was 1 1/5 of a mile in length. She ran the path 3 times.
What is the total distance that Courtney ran?
What is 3 3/5?
3 x 1 1/5 = (3 x 1) + (3 x 1/5) = 3 3/5
Or 1 1/5 + 1 1/5 + 1 1/5 = 3 3/5
A 180 degree angle is
What is a straight line?
Mrs. Reiser used 9 8/32 gallons of gas this week. Mr. Reiser used two times as much gas as Mrs. Reiser used this week. If she paid $3 per gallon, How much did Mrs. Reiser pay for gas this week?
What is $60 dollars?