WELCOME TO WEEKLY MATH
for the week of April 14th

Kindergarten: 3 ants on Sue's chair. 5 ants on Lee's chair. Who has the most ants?

 

1st Grade: The robin has 4 babies in the nest. She brings 8 worms back to the nest. If each baby gets an equal number of worms, how many worms does each baby get?

 

2nd Grade: There are 10 crayons in each box. We had 5 full boxes and 2 extra crayons. We gave away 38 crayons. How many crayons are left?

 

3rd Grade: There are 12 trees. 1/2 of them are apple trees. 1/4 of them are pine trees. The rest are orange trees. How many of the trees are orange trees. How many pine trees are there?  Write to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures.

 

4th Grade: Patty woke up at 7:42 A.M. to get ready for school.  She had slept for 10 and 1/3 hours.  What time did she do to bed?  Write to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures.

 

5th Grade: Jim's Market couldn't keep Crunchy Critter Crackers in stock. Jim started with 300 boxes but everyone wanted them. The first day Jim sold 6 boxes, and on the second day he sold 14 boxes. Each day 8 more boxes were sold than the day before. So after two days, he had sold 20 boxes. If he kept selling the crackers at this rate, when would Jim run out of Crunchy Critter Crackers?  Write to help explain your best thinking using words, numbers, or pictures.

 

6th Grade: There is a game at the County Fair in which five balls are placed into a basket. Each ball has a number printed on it: 0, 2, 4, 6, 7. A person picks three of the balls from the basket at one time and adds the numbers. 1. How many different sums are possible? 2. What is the probability of scoring higher than 12?  Explain in detail how you found your answer using words, numbers, and/or pictures.