3rd Grade Math and Science Homework for the week of November 16, 2015
Science: We covered how speed is determined last week. SW will have a short quiz Tuesday November
17, 2015 on how speed is determined. On the quiz they will be asked the following:
How is speed determined? Answer: Speed= Distance/Time
They will be given a few examples of objects travelling the same distance but at different times and a
few examples of objects travelling for the same amount of time but different distances.
Examples: Which car is travelling faster; a car travelling at 60 miles/hour or a car travelling at 80 miles
per hour?
Jonny runs 1 mile in 6 minutes. Suzy runs 1 mile in 8 minutes. Who is running faster?
Steve walks 15 meters in 5 seconds. Jane walks 20 meters in 5 seconds. Who is travelling at a greater
speed?
Math: We have some students who are working on geometry and some who have started working on
perimeter. All students should be focusing on perimeter no later than Wednesday. Please use
www.tenmarks.com so students can practice on areas that they need to work on.
Monday: 1) Label the following shapes:
A)
B
F
C
G
D
E
H
2. What is the difference between G and H?
3. Teach someone at home what attributes are required to be a part of the following families:
quadrilateral, trapezoid, parallelogram, rectangle, rhombus and square. Write down what you told them
below:
Tuesday:
1. Discuss among your family and list examples of situations at home that require perimeter.
2. Find the perimeter of three household objects: For example: your bed, a room etc.
3rd Grade Math and Science Homework for the week of November 16, 2015
Wednesday: Answer the following questions:
1.
A rectangle has a length or 45 ft and a width of 23 ft. What is the perimeter?
2. The polygon below is made of three triangles. The length of each side of each
triangle is 6 cm. What is the perimeter of the polygon?
6cm
A) 18 cm
B) 24 cm
C) 30cm
D) 36 cm
3. A rectangular room has a perimeter of 36 ft. The room is 10 feet long. How wide
is the room?
4. Mystery Shapes:
A) I have 1 set of parallel sides. I am a _______________.
B) I have 2 sets of parallel sides. I am a ________________.
C) I am a parallelogram with 4 right angles. I am a ______________.
D) I am a quadrilateral with 4 congruent (equal) sides. I am a ______________.
1. E) I am a parallelogram with 4 right angles AND 4 congruent sides. I am a
__________.
Thursday:
1. Michael is reading a book that has 390 pages. He has read 162 pages. About how
many more pages does he need to read?
A) 200
B) 300
C) 100
D) 0
2.
What is the perimter of this shape?
3. A rectangular room has a perimeter of 28 feet. One side is 8 feet long. How long is side S? ______
S
8 feet
4. Ms. Baker’s yard has 4 sides. The distance around the yard is 237 feet. Three sides of the yard
measure 47 feet, 68 feet, and 92 feet. How long is the fourth side? ____________