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3. While traveling to the Granny’s house, Mikelyn and Noah played a guessing game with colored blocks. They put 25 green blocks, 10 yellow blocks, 5 pink blocks, and 1 white block in a bag. Then they took turns reaching into the bag and pulling out a block without looking. • A. List all of the colors that could be pulled from the bag. _____________________________ • B. Which color was least likely to be selected? _______ • C. When color was most likely to be selected? _______ • D. Noah thought it was impossible for Mikelyn to pull a white block. Was he right? _______ Why or why not? ___________________________________________ 1 25 10 5

4. 1. Joshua bought a pack of six pieces of gum. He chewed five of the pieces. What portion or what fraction of the gum does Joshua have left? (Draw a picture if that will help.) • ________________________________________ • 2. There are 21 children on the playground. • a. Is it possible for the children to pair off to play a game? _____________ • b. Explain how you know that your answer is correct? ___________________________________________ • ___________________________________________

5. Farmer Chaney milks his cows early in the morning. One morning, he milked four of his cows. He got 3 buckets of milk from each cow. • a. Draw the 3 buckets of milk by each cow. • b. How many groups of 3 buckets of milk do you see? _______ • There are _____ groups of 3 buckets of milk. • c. There are ________ buckets of milk altogether.

6. The chart shows the different animals on the Chaneys’ farm. • a. Farmer Chaney has almost ________ cows. • b. Does Farmer Chaney have more sheep or more horses? ___________ • C. Farmer Chaney had 71 chickens. He bought 3 more chickens. What is 3 chickens more than 71 chickens? • __________ chickens

7. 1. Look at the pattern below. • Oink Oink Moo Oink Oink Moo Oink Oink Moo • a. What is the pattern? _____________________ • b. How many times do you see the pattern? __________ • c. If you were to see the pattern 5 times, there would be ________ oinks and _______ moos. • 2. Kayla gathered 3 eggs on Monday, 6 eggs on Tuesday, and 5 eggs on Wednesday. Her Granny used 4 of the eggs to make French toast for breakfast. She used the rest of the eggs to make ice cream. How many eggs did Kayla’s Granny use to make ice cream? _______________________ Show your work.

8. Some chickens are in a pen. Kayla can only see their feet from under the wooden fence. She sees 26 feet. • How many chickens are in the pen? ________ • Explain how you know that your answer is correct. ___________________________________________ 2. Farmer Chaney’s horses eat 4 ten-pound buckets of oats each week. • How many pounds of oats do Farmer Chaney’s horses eat in one week? Draw a picture of the buckets, and label them if you think that will help. • How many buckets of oats do Farmer Chaney’s horses eat in two weeks? _____________

9. 1 Farmer Chaney has an odd number of pigs. He has more than 20 pigs, but fewer than 30 pigs. How many pigs could Farmer Chaney have? _____________________ (There is more than one number.) • 2. Richlyn gives out suckers to her friends. She opens the bag and passes out two suckers to each friend. When she is finished passing out the suckers, her bag is empty. • A. which of these pictures shows Richlyn’s bag of suckers? • B. How do you know your answer is correct? _______________________________________________ • C. Write the number of suckers in Richlyn’s bag using a number word. _______________ 13 24 37 33

10. Ms. Anna Put all of her second grade P.E. students into groups of 3. Since she had more boys than girls, she put two boys and one girl in each group. • A. Use counters or draw pictures to represent one group. • B. What fraction of the students are boys? ____________ • C. Ms. Anna was able to make four groups with 3 students per group. Ms. Anna has ________ second grade boys and _______ second grade girls in her P.E. class. • D. Ms. Anna put all of the students’ names into a hat. If she pulls a name from the hat without looking, is she more likely to pull a girl’s name or a boy’s name? ______________ • E. How do you know your answer is correct? ______________________________________

11. Lewis is putting his marbles into groups of ten. He has 27 marbles. • A. Will Lewis be able to put all of his marbles into groups of ten? _________ • B. Explain your answer. • _____________________________________________ • 2. Willie had 63 marbles. • A. Can Willie give Lewis half of his marbles? _______ • B. Explain your answer. • _____________________________________________

12. Richlyn’s mom makes Marshmallow Treats for her family. Below is the recipe that she uses. • 4 cups of • crisped rice • cereal 2 sticks of butter 1 bag of marshmallows A. Richlyn likes the treats so much that she asked her mom to make some for Ms. Plumbar’s class. Richlyn’s mom had to double the recipe. She used: __________ cups of cereal __________ sticks of butter __________ bags of marshmallows B. 12 cups of cereal can make ________ batches of Marshmallow Treats. You may want to draw pictures or use counters.

13. The children in Mrs. Carroll’s class were playing a game in which points could be gained or lost. In round one, 8 points were gained. In round two, 4 points were lost. In round three, 5 points were gained. The children had a total of __________ points. Show your work. • ___________________________________________ • There were 46 shoes in Mrs. Carroll’s class. How many people are in the class? _____________ • Explain how you got your answer. _____________________________________________ • How many people are in your class? _________ How many shoes? ____________

14. 1. Jennifer has these coins in her coin purse. • How much money does Jennifer have in her coin purse? __________ b. Jennifer spends one-half of her money on an afternoon snack. How much money does Jennifer have in her coin purse now? _____________

15. Trent took a bag of cookies to school. He gave 5 friends 3 cookies each. When Trent was finished passing out the cookies, there were two cookies left in the bag. • A. Draw a picture of Trent’s 5 friends. • B. Draw the 3 cookies that he gave to each friend. • C. Draw the 2 cookies that Trent had left in the bag. • D. How many cookies did Trent have in his bag before he handed them out to his friends? __________________ • 2. Rebecca bought a 9-inch piece of ribbon. Karen bought a one-foot piece. • A. Who bought the longer piece? ___________ How do you know? ________________________________

16. 1. Mrs. Smith’s class is going to be making decorations for the school play. They need squares and triangles. The decorations can be brown, red, or yellow. • A. What are all of the different kinds of decorations that they can make? • _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • B. How many different types of decorations can they make? ____________________

17. 1. Ms. Janice has 8 dry erase markers. 2 of the markers no longer write. • A. Write a number sentence to find out how many markers still write. Make sure you label all the numbers. • ___________________________________________ • B. Write the two number sentences that are related to the one you wrote. • 1). _________________________________________ • 2). _________________________________________ • 2. Cat bought a half-dozen donuts at the bakery. She ate 2 of the donuts before getting home. • A. draw the donuts that Cat bought at the bakery. • B. Put an x on the donuts that Cat ate on the way home. • C. What fraction or portion of the half-dozen donuts did Cat have left? ________________

18. 1. Cora went to the dollar store to buy some pencils for school. Her school supply list said that third graders need 32 pencils for the year. Pencils are sold in packs of ten. • A. To get 32 pencils, Cora should buy ________ packs. • B. Explain your answer. _____________________________________________ • 2. Ben and his cousin Lane both belong to a camping club. The two boys can hardly wait for their annual camping trip that is planned for the last weekend of the month. Forty-nine boys and girls from the community signed up for the weekend camping trip. • A. How many digits does it take to write forty-nine? _____ • B. Write this number as a numeral. _______________

19. 1. Ms. Sellers has sixty-eight books in her class library. • A. Write the numeral for this number of books. ______ • B. Tell me 5 things about this number. • 1. ________________________________________________ • 2. ________________________________________________ • 3. ________________________________________________ • 4. ________________________________________________ • 5. ________________________________________________ • 2. Brody had 46 dollars in his piggy bank. He got 23 more dollars on his ninth birthday. • A. Will you add or subtract to find the total number of dollars in Brody’s bank? ___________ • B. Add the sign in the problem, and then solve the problem to find Brody’s total. • 46 dollars • 23 dollars • dollars • C. Write Brody’s total using number words. _________________

20. 1. Zachary placed sixth in the third grade spelling bee at Jonestown Elementary. His friend Tripp came out 4 places behind him. Tripp placed ___________ in the spelling bee. • 2. Look at the number pattern below. • A. What are the next three numbers in this pattern? • _______ _______ _______ • B. Describe the pattern. __________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 4 6 9 13

21. 1. Cindy made 14 dollars babysitting last week. She made the same amount this week. • A. How much money did Cindy make in both weeks? _____________ • B. Cindy made about ____________ in the two weeks. • 2. Jimmy has some coins. He puts the same number of coins into each of his three pockets. • A. Can Jimmy have 22 coins? ___________ • B. How do you know? _____________________________________________ • C. Jimmy might have ________ coins in his three pockets altogether.

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