Gold Rush
Math Vocabulary
Math Problems
Complete Sentences
Dialogue
100

Where was gold first found? 

Sutters Mill

Coloma California

100

What is a product?

The answer to a multiplication problem.

100

What number are the base ten blocks modeling? 

123

100

What is the subject of the following sentence?

Dogs are the best animal!  

Dogs
100

What is this type of punctuation called? 


Quotation Marks

200

Who was the first person to find gold in the Gold Rush? 

James Marshall 

200

What is the value that a digit is given based on its place in a number called?  

Place Value

200

What equation would go in the FIRST box?

5 x 200 = 1000

200

What is the verb in the following sentence?

Mrs. Zia ran 10 miles. 

ran 

200

Does a period go inside or outside of quotation marks? 

The turkey said, "Please don't eat me."

The turkey said, "Please don't eat me".

Inside the quotation marks!

300

Who made the most money during the gold rush?

Store owners, because miners bought supplies from them!

300

When you multiply different place values separately and then add them together you are finding the ______________? 

Partial Products

300

7 x 32 = 

224

300

Is the subject or verb missing in the following sentence. 

Jumped over the moon.

Subject 
300

Does a question mark go inside or outside of quotation marks? 

Daisy said, "Dogs are cool?"

Daisy said, "Dogs are cool"?

Inside the quotation marks. 

400

What year did the gold rush begin?

1849 (49-ers)

400

What are these called? 

Base ten blocks

400

Solve the following equation: 

5 x 452 = 

2260

400

Is the subject or verb missing in the following sentence.?

Pizza good.

Verb

400

What is missing in the sentence? 

Mikey yelled "I can't wait for Thanksgiving!"

A comma after yelled. 

Sam yelled, "I can't wait for Thanksgiving!"

500

What is the difference between a boomtown and a ghost town? 

A boomtown is a town that is lively and grows fast. A ghost town is a town that is deserted and empty. 

500

What property of multiplication is being shown below? 

4 x 42 = 128 

(4 x 40) + (4 x 2) = 128

Distributive Property of Multiplication

500

Tell me the equation that would go in EVERY box.

(5 x 2000), (5 x 100), (5 x 80), (5 x 1)

500

What is a sentence fragment? 

A sentence that is missing a subject of a verb. It does not express a complete thought.

500

What is wrong with the following sentence? 

"It is almost Christmas", said Darren.

The comma should be INSIDE the quotation marks. 

"It is almost Christmas," said Darren.