School Days
Mrs. Stockton's class is going on a field trip. She has 21 students in her class and wants to put them into groups of 3 for the bus ride. How many groups of students will she have?
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What is 21 students divided (/) by 3 equals 7 groups of students.
21 ÷ 3=7
What is a closed shape with more than one side called?
What is a POLYGON!
Mr. Williams has a Christmas Tree farm and sells trees from his field every holiday season. He has 6 rows of trees with 6 trees in each row. How many Christmas trees does Mr. Williams have to sell?
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If he has 6 rows with 6 trees in each row, we can say that 6 x 6= 36 trees.
Aaron plays basketball for the Katy Tigers. During the season opener, Aaron scored 27 points total during the game and only scored using 3 point shots. How many shots did Aaron take to score his total points?
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We can divide Aaron's total points by 3 since he only scored using the 3 point shots.
27 points ÷ 3 point shots= 9 shots taken.
Beyonce releases 8 songs on her new albums. If she produces 3 new albums this year, how many songs will be released?
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If Beyonce released 8 songs per album and made 3 albums in one year, we can say that 8 songs times 3 albums is 24 songs in year!
3 x 8=24
Fun Fact: Beyonce released 12 songs on her album, Lemonade and 27 songs on her Cowboy Carter album!
There are 5 packs of pencils in Ms. Balcazar's room. There are 6 pencils in each pack. Does she have enough pencils for each of her 24 students to have one pencil?
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Yes, she has enough because 5 x 6 is 30 and 24<30.
What shape has 3 sides and is also a polygon? Sometimes, the sides are equal but that is not always true!
What is a TRIANGLE!
Miriam needs to buy oil for her family's menorahs to celebrate Hanukkah. The holiday is 8 days long and her family needs 6 teaspoons per day for all of the menorahs to keep burning. What is the total amount of oil should Miriam buy?
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If the holiday lasts for 8 days and they are using 6 teaspoons per day, we can say that 8 days x 6 teaspoons per day is 48 teaspoons total.
Autumn runs track for her local high school team. Autumn wants to run 28 laps per week but she can only run after school 4 days a week. How many laps does she need to run each day of the week to meet her goal?
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Her goal is 28 laps a week but she is only able to run 4 days of the week. We can say 28 laps ÷ 4 days= 7 laps total per day.
28÷4= 7.
Bad Bunny will play for 30 minutes at the Super Bowl Halftime show. He wants to perform 5 of his favorites songs. How many minutes will each song be?
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With a total 30 minutes of playing time, we can divide those minutes by 5s.
30 minutes ÷ 5 songs = 6 minutes for each song.
Mr. Piccirillo has 45 kids to monitor of his side of the cafeteria. If each table has 9 kids sitting at it, how many tables does Mr. P have to monitor?
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If Mr. P has 45 kids total and 9 kids at each table,
45 kids÷9 kids per table= 5 tables.
What shape has 4 congruent sides, is a polygon and can also be called a rhombus?
What is a SQUARE!
Thanksgiving Day is Russell's favorite holiday at his family's farm. His family celebrates by bringing 2 side dishes per person for the table. If 20 family members are coming, how many side dishes will the family enjoy on Thanksgiving?
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20 family members times 2 sides per person will mean that 40 side dishes will be at family dinner!
20 members x 2 sides per member = 40 side dishes
Charlie is the star quarterback of the Paetow Panthers. At last Friday's game, he threw the ball 56 yards to his receiver, Johnny between 6 drives to score a touchdown. How many yards did Johnny run on each drive to score the touchdown?
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If Charlie threw a total of 56 yards and it takes 6 drives to score the touchdown, we can divide 56 yards by 6 drives to get the yards per drive.
56 yards ÷ 6 drives= 7 yards per drive to score!
Dolly Parton has written many famous songs including "I Will Always Love You" made famous by Whitney Houston. Dolly earns 10 million dollars each year in royalties for "I Will Always Love You." How much money will Dolly have made after 5 years?
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If Dolly makes 10 million per year, we can multiply 10 x 5 years to figure out how much she will make in that time.
10 million per year x 5 years= $50 million dollars.
Ms. Peters is making bags of candy for her class. She wants to have 4 candies per bag and 8 bags total. Ms. Peters bought a bag of 24 candies to make the bags with. Did Ms. Peters buy enough candy to make her bags?
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If Ms. Peters has 8 bags with 4 treats in each bag, we can say that 8 bags x 4 treats per bag= 32 treats total. No, Ms. Peters did not buy enough!
What shape has two sets of parallel sides that are equal to each other and is also a polygon?
What is a RECTANGLE!
Thomas is buying toys for his younger siblings. He has 2 siblings and wants to buy 3 toys each for them. Each toy cost $9 dollars for Thomas to purchase. How much total money will Thomas spend?
It's a two step MAKE!
If Thomas has 2 siblings and buys 3 toys for each sibling, that is 6 toys total. 2 siblings x 3 toys=6 toys.
If each toy costs $9, we can say 6 toys times $9 each is equal to $54 dollars total. 6 toys x $9= $54.
If the length of the rectangular football pitch is 110 yards and the width 50 yards, what is the perimeter of the football pitch?
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You add up all the sides. Group together both sides of the length and the width of the football pitch to find the perimeter and then combine them for a total.
Total Length: 110+110=220 yards
Total Width: 50+50= 100 yards
Total Perimeter of the pitch=320 yards
Taylor Swift performed 42 songs during each show on her Eras tour. Each performance was 6 hours long. How many songs did she sing in each hour?
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If you break it down by the hour, 42 divided by 6 hours equals close to 7 songs each hour!
42÷6=7
In real life, Taylor performed 44-46 songs in a 3 hour show! An impressive feat for any artist.
Mrs. Buege has 7 boxes of books in her reading room to share with her classes. Each box contains an equal number of 10 books. Will she be able to share the books equally between her two classes?
It's a MAKE and a BREAK!
If each box has 10 books and there are 7 boxes, we can say 7 boxes x 10 books in each= 70 books.
70 is an EVEN number and is divisible by 2.
70 books ÷ 2 classes = 35 books per class
What shape is a polygon with 4 sides and one set of parallel sides?
What is a TRAPEZOID
Maria wants to make Santa cookies for her sister's winter party at school. She needs 10 pounds of dough to make 20 cookies. How many pounds of dough will she need to make 60 cookies for the party?
It's a two step BREAK!
If 20 cookies takes 10 pounds of dough, we can divide 20 cookies ÷ 10 pounds of dough = 2 pounds of dough per cookie.
If I need 60 cookies and we needs 2 pounds per cookie, we can say that 60 cookies ÷ 2 pounds of dough each= 30 pounds of dough.
There are 64 students trying out for the two cheer squads at Freeman High School. Each squad wants to have an equal number of students on the team. How many students will be on each squad?
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64 is an even number so we can divide this number into two equal groups to find out how many will be on each squad.
64 students ÷ 2 squads = 32 students on each squad.
The Jonas Brothers are going on tour! They will be visiting 5 shows in different cities for 12 weeks on their big North American tour. How many total shows will they perform on tour?
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If the Brothers tour for 12 weeks and do 5 shows a week, we can multiply 12 x 5 to figure out how many total shows.
12 weeks x 5 shows per week= 60 shows!