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What’s the Score?
• The Knights won their baseball game of
the season by 1 run over the Twisters.
• No points were scored in the first 5
innings
• A total of 13 runs were scored in the
game.
• The score was tied going into the ninth
inning and only 1 more run came across
home plate.
• The game ended without going into
extra innings.
• The Knights scored all their runs in
odd-numbered innings.
• The Twisters scored an equal number
of runs in each of the innings for
which they scored.
• What did the scoreboard look like for
the game?
• (Show the number of runs scored by
each team in each inning, as well as
the final score for the game.)
What’s the Score?
Team
Twisters
Knights
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
What’s the Score?
• The Knights won their baseball game of
the season by 1 run over the Twisters.
• No points were scored in the first 5
innings
• A total of 13 runs were scored in the
game.
• The score was tied going into the ninth
inning and only 1 more run came across
home plate.
What’s the Score?
Add together = 13
Team
Twisters
Knights
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
0 0 0 0 0
Tie
0 0 0 0 0
Tie
9
• The game ended without going into
extra innings.
• The Knights scored all their runs in
odd-numbered innings.
• The Twisters scored an equal number
of runs in each of the innings for
which they scored.
What’s the Score?
Add together = 13
Even
Team
Twisters
Knights
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
0 0 0 0 0
Tie
0 0 0 0 0
Tie
9
• The game ended without going into
extra innings.
• The Knights scored all their runs in
odd-numbered innings.
• The Twisters scored an equal number
of runs in each of the innings for
which they scored.
Tile Totals
Jeremy is helping his dad lay new tiles
on their kitchen floor.
–The kitchen floor is 8 feet wide and
12 feet long.
–The tiles are 4-inch by 4-inch
squares.
How many tiles will Jeremy
and his dad need to tile
their kitchen?
HINT
1 foot = 12”
Hint #2
4”
1 Square
Foot
Tile
Tile Totals
Jeremy is helping his dad lay new tiles
on their kitchen floor.
–The kitchen floor is 8 feet wide and
12 feet long.
–The tiles are 4-inch by 4-inch
squares.
How many tiles will Jeremy
and his dad need to tile
their kitchen?
Bike Bonanza
Two sports clubs took a bike trip.
The Townline troop:
• has 10 kids
• traveled 20 miles to Templeton,
• then 2 miles east toward Tingsboro,
• and 2 more miles to set up camp.
Bike Bonanza
The Twin Tiger troop:
• traveled half the total distance
traveled by the Townline troop.
• traveled tree-lined trails,
• trekked twice as far in the morning
as in the afternoon
• Had lunch at Tommy's Take Out.
How many miles did the Twin Tiger
troop travel after lunch?
HINT
• Start with Townline’s miles
• has 10 kids
• traveled 20 miles to Templeton,
• then 2 miles east toward Tingsboro,
• and 2 more miles to set up camp.
Bike Bonanza
The Twin Tiger troop:
• traveled half the total distance
traveled by the Townline troop.
• traveled tree-lined trails,
• trekked twice as far in the morning
as in the afternoon
• Had lunch at Tommy's Take Out.
How many miles did the Twin Tiger
troop travel after lunch?
HINT #2
The Twin Tiger troop:
• traveled half the total distance
traveled by the Townline troop.
• traveled tree-lined trails,
• trekking twice as far in the morning
as afternoon
• Had lunch at Tommy's Take Out.
HINT #3
The Twin Tiger troop:
• traveled half the total distance traveled by
the Townline troop.
• trekked twice as far in the morning as
afternoon
How many miles did the Twin Tiger troop
travel after lunch?
Canoe Capers
Racers:
• Abby, Ben, Craig, Danny, Jim,
Lindsay, Mindy, Nicole, Paul, and Rob
• There were 2 people per canoe
Use these clues to help you tell the
position of person in the canoe race
• There were 2 pairs of boys
• There was just 1 pair of girls
• Abby was with Rob's brother
• Abby was just behind Mindy and her
sister
• Danny and his partner were 2 canoes
in front of Jim's boat
• The canoes with all boys were
separated by a boy and a girl
• Jim and Paul were in the last canoe.
• Lindsay was 2 boats behind Ben.
• Rob's canoe was ahead of Craig's.
Who were the two people in each
canoe? What was the position of
each canoe in the race?
Hint #1
• Abby = A
• Ben = B
• Craig = C
• Danny = D
• Jim = J
• Lindsay = L
• Mindy = M
• Nicole = N
• Paul = P
• Rob = R
HINT
Hint #2
• There were 2 pairs of boys
• There was just 1 pair of girls
• (We need 2 more girls & 2 more
boys)
• Abby was with Rob's brother
Hint #3
• Abby was just behind Mindy and her
sister
• Danny and his partner were 2 canoes
in front of Jim's boat (come back to
this clue)
• The canoes with all boys were
separated by a boy and a girl
• Jim and Paul were in the last canoe.
• Lindsay was 2 boats behind Ben.
• Rob's canoe was ahead of Craig's.
Who were the two people in each
canoe? What was the position of
each canoe in the race?
Hint #4
• The canoes with all boys were
separated by a boy and a girl
• Jim and Paul were in the last canoe.
Hint #5
• (back to this clue) Danny and his
partner were 2 canoes in front of
Jim's boat
• The canoes with all boys were
separated by a boy and a girl
• Jim and Paul were in the last canoe.
• Lindsay was 2 boats behind Ben.
• Rob's canoe was ahead of Craig's.
Who were the two people in each
canoe? What was the position of
each canoe in the race?
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