Saturday, October 1, 2011

Math Problem Solving (optional homework)

Show your work. Explain with pictures, words, or numbers.

#1 Our class has 18 students. Pretend we working on a program to present to the school. Half the children will stand, half will sit. How can we arrange the children?

#2 Bill is at the zoo. He sees 14 legs. How many storks? He sees 4 giraffes. How many
legs? Then he sees 8 legs, how many elephants? If he sees 6 zebras, how many legs?

#3 Make up your own stroy problem:

What is the question?
1. The answer is 2. What is
the question?
2. The answer is 5. What is
the question?
3. The answer is 10. What is
the question?

#4 Kevin has earned 10 stickers for reading books. He can trade the stickers for items in the class store. What can Kevin get with his 10 stickers?
1 sticker - bookmark
2 stickers - eraser
3 stickers - pencil
4 stickers - notepad

#5 If 4 children are sitting at a table, how many feet are under the table? If there are 6 children- how many feet?

#6 Mom is baking a cake for Erin’s birthday party. She needs 8 eggs.
She has 6. Grandma gave her 1. How many more does she need?