Measurement
Challenge
Fractions
Problem Solving
Area and Perimeter
100

Ellen and Sarah measured the length of their dining room table. Ellen said the table was 2 yards long. Sarah said the table was 2 feet long.  Which measurement makes the most sense?

Ellen

100

A bus can hold only hold 54 students.  There are 5 fourth grade classes going on the trip and each class has 22 students.  Mrs. Smith reserves 2 buses for the trip.  Did she reserve the correct number of buses?  Explain.

No.  They will need 3 buses.  There are 110 students going on the trip (5x22).  If the get 2 buses (54x2), there will be 108 seats.  That is not enough.  There will be 2 students that won't have a seat.  They need to get 3 buses. 54x3=162 

100

Jake ordered a pizza.  It was cut into 8 slices.  He ate 5/8 of the pizza.  What fraction of the pizza is left?

3/8

100

Four classes go on a field trip.  There are 24 people in each class.  There are 5 buses.  How many students are going on the field trip?

96 students

100

A cement floor is 7 feet long.  The area is 98 square feet.  What is the width of the floor?

14

200

Nancy drew an 80 degree angle.  She divided it into 2 angles  One of the angles was 12 degrees.  What was the other angle?

68 degrees

200

Which of the following are multiples of 6?

Which of the following are factors of 6?

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 18, 21, 24, 32

Multiples: 6,12,18, 24

Factors: 1, 2, 3, 6

200

Solve:

3/4 + 5/8 = ?

11/8 = 1 3/8

200

3,545 people go to the fair.  Each person pays $4.00 for ride tickets.  How much money will the fair earn?

$14,180.00

200
The length of Emily's room is 20 feet.  The width of her room is 13 feet.  The length of Greg's room is 24 feet and the width of 8 feet.  

Which room has a greater perimeter?


Emily.

Perimeter of Emily's room is 66 feet.

Perimeter of Greg's room is 64 feet.

300

Mark is 5 feet 6 inches tall.  How many inches tall is he?

66 inches.

12x5+6=66

300

An eraser factory makes 3,627 erasers a day.  If the factory does this for seven days straight, how many erasers does the factory produce?

25,389 erasers

300

Gina, Roger and Jessica eat apple pie.  Gina ate 2/8 of the pie and Roger ate 4/8 of the pie.  How much is left for Jessica?

2/8

300

Chad has 1,357 trophies.  He wants to display them on 6 shelves and put an equal number on each shelf. How many will be on each shelf?  Will there be any left over?

216 on each shelf, 1 left over

300

A book is 8 inches long by 5 inches wide.  What is the perimeter?

26 inches

400

If a 145 degree angle contains a right angle and a 15 degree angle, what is the measurement of the remaining angle?

40

400

The United States of America was founded in 1776. How old was it in 2018?  And what is the answer multiplied by 5?

242 years old; 1,210

400

Mary wrote 5 fractions:  1/2. 3/4. 2/9, 8/9, 3/3

Order the fractions from greatest to least.

3/3. 8/9, 3/4, 1/2, 2/9

400

Scott has 1,233 footballs.  Cory has 6 times as many footballs as Scott.  How many footballs does Cory have?

7,398

400

Mary and Lisa are trying to find the area of a room. The length is 7 feet and the width is 4 feet.  Mary says the area is 28 square feet and Lisa says the total area is 22 square feet.  Who is correct?

Mary.  A = 7x4 = 28

500

Kevin, Stuart and Bob ran a race.  Kevin ran 25 yards, Stuart ran 80 feet, and Bob ran 950 inches.  Who ran the greatest distance?

Stuart

Kevin ran 900 inches (25x36), Stuart ran 960 inches (80x12), Bob ran 950 inches.

500

John and Mark have are organizing their toys into boxes.  John has 19 boxes of toy trucks, with 32 trucks in each box.  Mark has 25 boxes, with 52 toy cars in each box.  How many trucks and cars are there in all?  Who has more toys, John or Mark? Explain your answer.

1,908 (32x19=608 and 52x25=1,300; 608+1300=1,908)

Mark has more toys.  He has 692 more toys.  

500

If Bob washed 6/20 of a car, and Mike washed 1/5 of a car, how much of a car did they wash together? Who washed more of the car?

10/20 = 1/2

Bob washed 2/20 or 1/10 more of the car.

500

Shiela has 30, 421 beads.  She gives away 20,000 beads.  Then she gets 2, 195 beads.  How may beads does she have now?

12,616

500

Home Depot was tiling 2 floors.  The first floor was 4 feet long and 17 feet wide.  The second floor was was 13 feet long and 6 feet wide.  Which floor has a greater area?  How much greater?  Which floor has a greater perimeter?  How much greater?

Floor two has greater area.  10 feet greater.     Floor one has a greater perimeter.  4 feet greater. 

Area of floor one is 4x17= 68.  Area of floor two is 13x6= 78.                                             Perimeter of floor one is 42 feet.  Perimeter of floor two is 38 feet.