Math Is All Around Us: A Collection Of Story Problems For Students And Teachers, Grades 5-7 - Softcover

Slane, Gail Brown

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1468552007 ISBN 13: 9781468552003

Verlag: AuthorHouse, 2012

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Math Is All Around Us is a collection of story problems for students and teachers that can be done independently or in a group setting. They can also be used at home for maintaining math skills. These math story problems deal with many of the traditional topics covered in 5th through 7th grades. Included are: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, averages, decimals, fractions, measurement, percentages, time, factors, factoring, probablility, rate, ratio and math vocabulary. Also included are mixed reviews dealing with such topics as holidays, field trips, and going back to school.

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Math Is All Around Us

A Collection of Story Problems for Students and Teachers, Grades 5-7By Gail Brown Slane

AuthorHouse

Copyright © 2012 Gail Brown Slane
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ISBN: 978-1-4685-5200-3

Contents

Addition (Add it Up)...................................................1Subtraction (What's the Difference)....................................2Addition and Subtraction (Giving and Taking Away)......................3Multiplication (Multiplication Speedy Addition).....................5Multiplication (Multiplication Madness)................................6Multiplication (A Great Product).......................................8Division (Dividing it Up)..............................................9Division (Part Time)...................................................11Averages (Just Average)................................................12Averages (What Do You Mean)............................................13Decimals (I Get the Point).............................................14Fractions (Fractions ... A Part of the Solution).......................15Fractions (Fantastic Fractions)........................................16Fractions (Let's Have Piece)...........................................18Measurement (Measurement Matters)......................................20Mystery Numbers (Undercover)...........................................22Mystery Numbers (Solve It).............................................23Percentages (Popular Percentages)......................................24Percentages (A Part of It).............................................26Time (It's About Time).................................................27Time (Time Out)........................................................28A Bit More Challenging.................................................30We've Got Problems.....................................................32A Little Bit of Everything.............................................34Mixing it Up...........................................................36Around the House.......................................................38Back to School.........................................................40Daily Dose.............................................................42Food for Thought.......................................................44Holiday Story Problems.................................................46It's a Hurricane.......................................................48Jeopardy...............................................................49Keeping Up with the Skills.............................................50Maintenance Department.................................................52Our Nation.............................................................53Path to Understanding..................................................55Popcorn Sales..........................................................56Scientific Facts.......................................................57Taking Flight..........................................................58The Class Trip.........................................................59Friendly Math Reminders................................................62Answer Key.............................................................65

Chapter One

Add it Up

1. Last year, 62 students played in the band. This year, 14 more students play in the band. How many students play in the band this year?

2. On Thursday, 189 fifth graders visited the Washington Monument. On Friday, 248 sixth graders visited the monument. How many students went all together?

3. How many marbles between them would two boys have collected, if one had saved 64 and the other saved 356?

4. Is the sum of 258 and 874 greater or less than the sum of 997 and 290?

5. Marta sold 347 tickets on Monday and 259 tickets on Tuesday. How many tickets did she sell in all?

6. Allyse bought 3 biscuits at $.75 each and a loaf of bread for $2.79. How much did she spend in all?

7. Valerie made 30 cookies. Nick made 20 cookies. Alexander made 40 cookies. How many cookies were there in all?

8. John and Emily saw that there were 50 pencils in a box, 19 erasers and 15 sharpeners. How many things were in the box? Tell three facts about the number!

9. Kayla's mom spent $12.95 on Monday and $13.49 on Tuesday. How much did she spend in all?

10. Lillian had a student book with 80 sheets. Hannah had 120 sheets, and Laura had a notebook with 282 sheets. How many sheets did they have in all?

11. Courtney bought 3 pounds of bananas for $2.75, 2 bottles of water for $2.25, and she bought a team T-shirt for $19.95. She also bought jeans for $39.45. What is the sum of her purchases?

What's the Difference

1. On Friday, 264 people saw the movie. On Saturday, 345 people saw the movie. How many more people saw the movie on Saturday?

2. Hannah earned $6.50. She spent $3.79 for a book. How much money did she have left?

3. The motorcycle weighs 920 pounds. The 3-Wheeler weighs 1,680 pounds. Find the difference.

4. At the candy store, a Mars Bar costs $.60 and a six pack of Oreos cost $.95. How much more do the Oreos cost?

5. There were 765 bananas in the store. The manager had to toss out 469 because they were rotten. How many bananas were left?

6. If Jeff has $300.00 and he spends $158.53 on his school trip, how much will he have left?

7. Eric has $42.51. He wants to buy a computer game that costs $52.75. How much more does he need?

8. Jon ate 46 candy bars. James ate 60. How many more did James eat? Do we know who would get sick faster? Do we know whose face would break out from all the sugar?

9. Alex had 597 kilograms of coal. He gave 146 kg to Jan and 123 to Dennis. How much did Alex give away? How much does he have left?

10. Elise's Used Cars has 23 Fords, 7 Mercedes, 20 Volkswagons and 37 Hondas. How many more cars does she need to have 100 cars?

11. Emre bought 5 CDs for $12.95 each. He also bought 2 games for $45.00 each. He gave the clerk $200.00. How much change did he get back?

12. Ceyda's family has $589.50 to spend on a new TV. The one they really want costs $899.68. How much more money do they need?

Giving and Taking Away

1. Jeff had 412 pounds of clay. He gave 138 pounds to Adam, and he gave 143 pounds to Ben. How much did Jeff give away? How much clay does Jeff have left?

2. James went shopping. He bought a bag of tomatoes for $2.50 and 2 steaks for $5.46 each. How much did he spend? How much change would he get back from $15.00?

3. Ben works 7 hours and 50 minutes on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. He works just 4 hours on Friday so he can play golf all afternoon. How long does Ben work during the week? Does the information tell us if he won the game?

4. Eric bought a pair of headphones for $15.89 and 3 tapes for $7.89 each. Altogether, how much money did Eric spend? Could he have bought 2 more tapes if he hadn't bought the headphones?

5. Anna bought 12 markers for $7.98, an easel for $9.45 and 10 pieces of extra-large poster paper for $12.00. How much did Anna spend? How much more did she pay for the paper than the easel?

6. Kaitlyn purchased a BBQ Sandwich for $2.95, fries for $.99 and a small drink for $.89. What was her final cost? If she gave the clerk $10.00, how much change would Kaitlyn get back?

7. Three cows weighed a total of 1,076 kilograms. One...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: AuthorHouse
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1468552007
• ISBN 13: 9781468552003
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 84
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