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30 people watched the soccer game last night. Tickets cost $2.75 each. 15 fans bought popcorn at $1.50 a bag. How much money was collected all together?

$105.00

Judy was baking a cake. She put the batter in the oven at 3:15 and set the timer for 35 minutes. What time did the timer ring?

3:50

Kamari wants to talk to his neighbor. To peek over the fence, Kamari needs to be 6 feet tall. Kamari is only 5 feet 1 inch tall. How much taller does he need to be to peek over the fence?

11 inches

What is the difference between the votes for green and the votes for red and blue combined?

The difference is 9 votes

How many people voted for Red?

11 people

How many Beech Trees are there in the Park?

30 Beech Trees

Ken is having a BBQ! He made 37 hot dogs and 26 hamburgers. How many hot dogs and hamburgers did Ken make altogether?

63 hot dogs and hamburgers

How many people voted for either Bird or Fish?

10 people

On Monday it was 91˚ at the beach. That night a cold front arrived. On Tuesday, it was 78˚. How much warmer was it on Monday than Tuesday?

13 degrees

4x7= 4 x (5+2) Is this true? How do you know?

Yes, because the 7 can be broken into 5 and 2.

Dustin and his 2 brothers each built a sandcastle. They put three flags on each sandcastle. How many flags did the brothers use?

9 flags

How much precipitation is there in June between both communities?

between 62-65

What is another way to say a quarter past 1?

1:15

Raj worked three hours on Saturday. He earned $9.50 per hour. How much did the make in all on Saturday?

$28.50

What fraction of the pizza is eaten?

1/3

Dara needs to take her cats to the Vet. One cat is 4 kgs. The other is 3 kgs. Her cat carrier can hold 8 kg. Can she put both of her cats in the carrier?

Yes! Because 4 kg+3 kg=7kg and 7 is less than 8.

n = 28

Chris has to make 7 batches of cookies for his 4th grade classes. There are 5 classes in the 4th grade. If each batch makes 35 cookies, how many cookies will each class get?

49

Write the Fraction that is equal to 6. 6= 6/?

6/1

There are 32 people at a Hawaiian Luau. Eight people can sit at a table. How many tables need to be set up for the guests?

4 tables

Nadia got her hair cut and colored on Wednesday after work. She got to the salon at 5:30pm and left at 8:30 pm. How long was she at the salon?

3 hours

Green sea turtles lay an average of 80 eggs at a time. About how many eggs would three sea turtles lay?

240 eggs

What is the difference between the number of Nickels Mark has than Pennies and Dimes combined?

4 coins

Damarion put $2.35 in change in his pocket. He went to the store to buy a bag of chips. When he got there he found a hole in his pocket. Now he has only 87 cents. How much money did he lose?

$1.48

How many boys like football

13

Which color has the most votes? How many votes did it get?

Red - 11 votes

4/7

Peter is on the track team. He has practice on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 3:00pm to 5;00pm. How many hours a week does he have practice?

6 hours a week

Madison made brownies for the 8 classes in school. She had 26 boxes to make and each box made 64 brownies. How many brownies will each class get if they share them equally?

208

Mrs. Sheppard bought 671 pieces of candy on Monday. On Tuesday, she bought 160 more. Then on Wednesday, she gave out 382 pieces to her students. How many pieces of candy does Mrs. Sheppard have left?

449

7 x 6 = 42 Write an addition equation that represents the multiplication equation.

7+7+7+7+7+7= 42

Daisy counted 7 starfish on the beach. Each starfish has 5 legs. How many starfish legs did Daisy see on the beach?

35 legs

922

How many people voted for Dog as their favorite pet?

14 people

Will is driving 412 miles to the beach. He stopped at a rest stop after driving 148 miles. How many miles does he have left to drive?

264 miles

What information is this picture graph giving us?

How many magazines were read

Nadia got her hair cut and colored on Wednesday after work. The cut and color cost $100, and she tipped the hairdresser $25. How much did she spend total?

$125

Shawn had 30 cups when his lemonade stand opened. At the end of the day he had 7 cups left. How many cups of lemonade did he sell?

23 cups of lemonade sold

Leroy has a big spelling test coming up. He must learn 35 words. On Monday he learned 12 words. On Tuesday he learned 9 words. How many more words must he learn?

14 words

18 ft

Renae went to the grocery store. She bought a bag of carrots for $1.29. She also bought noodles for $1.35. How much money did she spend for both items?

$2.64

Brianna went to the Gap. They had a sale. Buy one pair of jeans and get the second pair for half price. One pair of jeans costs $30. How much do two pairs of jeans cost with the sale?

$45

How many boys and girls like tennis

20

Sandi picked up dinner on her way home from work. She got a pizza for $15, buffalo wings for $5, and a large soda for $2. How much money did she spend?

$22

What is a fraction called when a numerator is larger than the denominator?

improper fraction

Round 116 to the nearest ten.

110

4 buses took Ms. Mill’s class to the science center. Each bus had 12 students on it. When the students got to the Science Center, they were split into 6 equal groups. How many students were in each group?

8

Nancy has 6 company parties next week. She has to make tacos for the party next week. She plans on making 3 types of tacos. Each batch will be 450 tacos. How many tacos will be at the parties?

225

Sandy collected sand dollars. She has 141 in a box and 38 displayed in her room. How many sand dollars does Sandy have in her collection?

179 sand dollars

Ayana rode her bike to her cousin's house. Her cousin lives 15 blocks away. She rode 6 blocks before taking a break. How much more did she ride after her break before arriving at the house?

9 blocks

Mark needed 24 cans of soda for his pool party. The soda cans come in packs of 6. How many packs does Mark need to buy?

4 packs

Julie went to the market and purchased some oranges for $1.75 and some strawberries for $2.89. How much did she spend in all?

$4.64

What month had the least precipitation in Brooks?

May

Which month had the least overall visitors?

April

The new school bought 18 boxes of pencils for 6 classes. If each box had 54 pencils, how many pencils will each class get?

162

Rena babysat for 4 hours on Saturday. She makes $20 an hour. How much money did she make on Saturday?

$80

Which community had the most precipitation overall?

Lac La Biche

What colour represents the children?

Blue

Kyle purchased two magazines. One cost $8.95 and the other $9.98. How much did Kyle spend in all?

$18.93

400

Hector works out every day. He gets to the gym at 6:30pm, lifts weights until 8pm and then does cardio until 9pm. How long does he work out?

2 and a half hours

Name a fraction equivalent to 1/2.

2/4, 3/6, 4/8, 5/10 etc.

Kobe played 16 games of basketball in 5 days. He scored 35 points in each game. How many points did he score each day?

112

Summer needed string to tie balloons for her party. She had a total of 7 rolls and each roll contained 250 feet of string. She wanted to place the balloons in 5 different locations of the party. How many balloons are in each section?

350

Jamari wanted to hand out lollipops for his birthday treat. There are 27 students in his class. Jamari has 19 lollipops. How many more would he need to have enough for everyone?

8 lollipops

How many more baseball caps are on sale than basketball and racing caps combined?

5 more

Laurel has 48 flowers to make leis. If she uses 12 flowers on each lei. How many leis can she make?

4 leis

There were 9 hermit crabs at The Tiki Hut Store. Each hermit crab has 8 legs. How many legs do the hermit crabs have altogether?

72 hermit crab legs

Joey’s grandma was making a quilt. She used 12 equal squares of fabric. 2 of the squares were blue. 4 were red. The remaining were yellow. What fraction of the quilt were yellow?

6/12 or 1/2

How many baseball caps were sold?

35 caps

I am a quadrilateral. All my sides are the same length. I have 2 pairs of parallel sides. All my angles are right. What am I?

rectangle

Markiel is helping his mom carry items home from the grocery store. Markiel has three items in a bag that weighs 14 pounds. He has a 7 pound ham. He has a 2 pound bag of potatoes. How much does the third item weigh?

5 pounds

Farmer Swanson had 56 pounds of hay. He had 7 horses to feed. He gave each horse an equal amount of hay. How many pounds of hay did each horse get?

8 pounds

877-491=

386

A group of 16 hikers is going to climb Mount. Whitney. Each pair of hikers is given 1 liters of water. How many liters of water does the group have in all?

8 Liters

Paul purchased grapes for $3.65, eggs for $2.29, and a candy bar for $0.89. How much did Paul spend in all?

$6.83

Pedro has to be at work at 3pm on Saturday. It takes him 30 minutes to drive to work. What time should he leave his house?

2:30pm

Martina went to Duane Reade. She bought shampoo for $5, toothpaste for $6, and deodorant for $3. She paid with a $20 bill. How much change does she get back?

$6

What information is this graph showing?

amount of precipitation in Brooks and Lac La Biche

Mark, Tommy, Brandon and Taylor have pokemon cards. Together they bought 8 boxes of cards. Each box contains 250 cards. How many cards will the boys get if they share them equally?

500

How many Elm trees are there in the Park?

12 Elm Trees

How many fewer Oak trees are there than Beech and Elm trees combined?

24 fewer

You have $1.20. You buy three gumballs for 10 cents each. How much money do you have left?

$0.90

Myra bought 4 packs of beach balls. Each pack had 5 beach balls. How many total beach balls did Myra buy?

20 beach balls

32 degrees

Your grandma gives you $20.00 for your birthday. You buy a stuffed toy for $13.98. How much money do you have left?

$6.02

There are 7 boats bringing cars to be sold. 250 cars are on each boat. These cars will be placed equally on 5 lots to sell. How many cars will each lot have?

350

9

318

Ella and her five friends made bracelets for each other. They bought 35 kits with 72 items in each kit. If they distribute the items equally, how many items does each friend get?

420

How many more Maple Trees are there than Elm Trees?

24 more

Seven friends went searching for seashells on the beach. They found 42 seashells. If they share them equally, how many shells will each friend get to keep?

6 shells

Beth was rounding numbers to the nearest 10. She rounded 2 numbers to 780. Name 2 numbers she could have rounded.

775, 776, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782, 783, or 784

Which month had more child visitors?

May

3x80

240

How many more votes were for red than blue?

3 more votes

Which boxes have parallel lines?

1 and 4

The Blue Lagoon Hotel set out 200 umbrellas on the beach for their guests. 168 of the umbrellas are being used. How many umbrellas are left for other guests?

32 umbrellas

Marco played his new Xbox game where he got 275 points for each level. He completed 6 levels in 3 hours. How many points did he get each hour?

550

How many more people voted for Cat than Bird?

4 more people

What months did Brooks have more precipitation than Lac La Biche?

Feb, Sept, Oct, Nov

32 raspberries

Raheim started with 72 marbles in his bag. He wants to play with his eight friends. Each person will get an equal amount to play a game. How many marbles will each person get?

8 marbles (you have to count Raheim too!)

How many trees are NOT Maple trees?

60 trees

Stephan wants to buy a new video game. It costs $30. So far he has saved $12. How much more money does he need?

$18

Ms. Haller’s students were making a quilt. Each student added a square of fabric. The quilt was 6 squares long and 4 squares wide. How many squares were in the quilt?

24

Emilio and his 7 friends all collect baseball cards. They bought 24 new packages with 57 cards in each package. If all the kids share equally, how many cards can each kid get?

171

? X 3 > 22 2 x 4 = ? 6 x ? < 50 What number would make all expressions true?

8

How many more books are Action and Mystery combined than Biography?

2 more

Cynthia got her nails done on Saturday. She paid $18 for the manicure and tipped the manicurist $3. How much did she spend?

$21

The Beach Shoppe has 278 pairs of men’s sunglasses, 315 pairs of women’s sunglasses, and 98 pairs of children’s sunglasses. How many pairs of sunglasses does The Beach Shoppe have to sell?

691 sunglasses

What is the most popular sport for girls?

basketball

River’s friends are having a bonfire on the beach. They have a bag of 120 regular marshmallows and a bag of 215 jumbo marshmallows. How many marshmallows do they have if they combine the two bags?

335 marshmallows

Marquez had a garage sale. He sold a toy for 25 cents. He sold a book for $0.55. How much money did he make in all?

80 cents

The students in Mr. Small's class were selling pencils. They sold 15 pencils for $0.10 each. How much money did they collect in all?

$1.50

Kiki's mom gave her $10 to buy lunch on Saturday when she went with her friends to the mall. She bought a caramel macchiato for $4.00, a slice of pizza for $2.00, and a chocolate chip cookie for $1.00. How much money does she have left?

$3.00

Deshawn went to the movies on Saturday with his friends. He spent $12 on a ticket, $4 on a box of skittles, and $3 on a soda. How much did he spend total?

$19

Draw 2 examples of a quadrilateral.

Answers will vary.

Samuel has 5 parties to decorate this weekend. He bought 6 packages of balloons for the party. Each package contains 300 balloons. How many balloons will each party get?

360

Anna took a test on Friday morning. The test started at 8:30 am and ended at 11am. How long was the test?

2 and a half hours

Kyane has collected 25 stickers. She got 4 stickers from her teacher. She was given 10 stickers for her birthday. She got the rest of the stickers from her aunt. How many stickers did she get from her aunt?

11 stickers

Adam and his dad are going on a boating trip. Adam’s trip is $89 and his dad’s trip is $112. What is the total cost of their trip?

$201

Julius went on a bike ride with some friends. Each bike had two wheels and there were 18 total wheels. How many kids are on the bike ride?

9 kids

Paula babysits her neighbors daughter every Friday night from 7pm to 11pm. How many hours does she babysit?

4 hours

How many girls were surveyed

33

Aaliyah served 27 scoops of ice cream to her friends. 9 people are eating sundaes, and everyone has the same number of scoops. How many scoops does each person have?

3 scoops

How many pennies does Mark have?

8 pennies

How many more baseball caps are on sale than racing caps?

15 more

Ethan was in the swimming pool for 185 minutes on Friday. He spent 130 minutes in the pool on Saturday. How many more minutes was Ethan in the pool on Friday than Saturday?

55 minutes

Hunter was selling chocolate candy for his baseball teams fundraiser. He was given 3 boxes to sell with 5 different kind of chocolate. Each box contained 350 chocolates to sell. How many chocolates were for each type of chocolate he had?

210

Kelly bought 3 new pairs of flip-flops. They each cost $4. How much money did Kelly spend on the flip-flops?

$12

What is the least popular sport for boys

basketball and tennis

How many coins does Mark have in all?

24 coins

How many books are either Action or Mystery?

9 books

A football field is 100 yards long. Terrell can throw the ball 20 yards at a time. If he starts at one end, how many times would Terrell need to throw the ball before it reached the other end?

5 times

How many fewer Beech trees are there than Maple trees?

6 fewer

Da’zarihanna’s fish had babies. She had 4 baby fish on Thursday. On Friday she had 7 baby fish. Saturday she had 19 baby fish. How many babies did her fish have altogether?

30 fish

Renee went to Payless and bought one pair of sneakers for $20, a pair of sandals for $15, and a pair of flats for $12. How much did she spend total?

$47

Jayden’s tree grows 4 inches each year. The tree is 40 inches tall. How old is the tree?

10 years old

Tom had 8 boxes of candy. Each box contained 96 bars. He wants to share them equally between him and his 3 friends. How many bars will each person get.

192

Antoine’s baby brother naps for 2 hours at a time. After each nap he is awake for 2 hours. His baby brother wakes up when he gets home at 2:30 p.m. and Antoine goes to bed at 8:30 p.m. How long can Antoine play with his brother before he go

4 hours

Eric filled his sand pail with 8 cups of sand. Donny’s sand pail held twice as much sand! How much sand was in Donny's sand pail?

16 cups

Patty purchased a doll for $8.50. She gave the cashier a ten-dollar bill. How much change did she receive?

$1.50

Marla ate 5/6 of a pie and Kyle ate 2/6 of a pie. Who ate more pie?

Marla

How many fewer basketball caps are on sale than racing hats?

10 more

The 4th grade classes need glue for their project. The principal bought 17 boxes with 32 sticks in each box. If she gives an even number to the 4 classes, how many sticks will each class get?

136

How many fewer people voted for Fish and Cat than Bird and Dog?

4 fewer people

Megan and sophie needed sheets of paper for decorations. They had a total of 3 packages to share between them. Each package had 480 sheets. How many sheets did each get?

720

I am NOT a quadrilateral. I have 5 sides. All my sides are the same length. I have 5 angles. All my angles are the same. What shape am I?

pentagon

Adiyah arrives home every day at 3:00 p.m. She takes 20 minutes to change clothes and eat a snack. Then she goes out to play. Her dad calls her inside 90 minutes later. What time is it when Adiyah’s dad calls her?

4:50 pm

6,812

Chris and Sara are competing in a surfing competition. Chris stood on the board for 128 seconds. Sara was able to stand for 141 seconds. How many more seconds did Sara stand on her board?

13 seconds