Monday October 27th 5th Gr. Math HW
1. Three elementary schools in the
area are collecting canned food to
give to charity. Lakeshore
Elementary collected 168 cans and
Eagle Spring Elementary collected
255 cans. Maplebrook Elementary
collected 432 cans of food.
2. A fifth grade begins at 8:00 am.
The students go to Specials at 8:15
am and return to class at 9:00.
Lunch is 12:15-12:45. The students
are released from class at 3:15 pm.
How long are students actually in a
classroom?
Read each statement below, do the
math to prove whether the
statement is a fact or fib, then
write fact or fib next to each
statement.
A. Maplebrook and Eagle Spring
collected more than four times the
cans collected by Lake Shore.
3. Morgan took her cat to the
veterinarian and found out her cat’s
heart beats 175 beats per minute.
How many beats will Morgan’s cat
beat in two hours?
B. Lakeshore collected half the
number of cans as Eagle Springs.
C. The difference in the number of
cans collected by Maplebrook and
Lakeshore is equal to the number of
cans collected by Eagle Springs.
D. The sum of the cans can be
divided equally among nine
charities.
4. The bridge across Lake Houston
from Atascocita to Kingwood is 3.22
miles long. If you walk cross the
bridge six times per week, how many
miles will you walk?
Tuesday October
28th
1. Trinidad uses a number machine.
When she puts in a number, a
different number comes out
according to a rule. Some examples
are shown below.
Number Machine
32.4
44.7
In
Out
46.9
In
Out
59.20
52.3
In
Out
64.60
74.5
In
Out
2. Sunshine Farm grows pumpkins
for HEB. HEB has ordered 630
pumpkins from Sunshine Farms. The
farmer owns a machine that can
harvest 60 pumpkins per hour. If the
harvest of the pumpkins begins at
7:00 am, and the machine runs until
all of the pumpkins are harvested,
when will all of the pumpkins be
harvested?
86.8
3. James has a jar of nickels. He
wants to group the nickels into
stacks of 20. James has a total of
$18.00. How many stacks of nickels
can he make?
Describe the relationships between
the numbers going into the number
machine and the numbers going out,
and the inverse relationship of the
numbers going out and the numbers
going into the number machine.
4. 459
X
68
7.8
x
2.3
19
x
4.5
Wednesday October 29th
1. Alex runs track. To stay in shape he
runs 12 miles per day for 14 days each
month. For 10 days of the month, Alex
runs 15 miles each day. Alex sticks to
this running schedule 11 months of the
year. Which number sentence could be
used to find, y, the total number of
miles Alex runs in one month?
F. (12 x 14) x (10 x 15) = y
G. (12 + 14) x (10 + 15) + 11 = y
3. The science club is collecting
boxes of paper for recycling. They
have collected 7 boxes this week
which is three fewer than double the
number of boxes collected last week.
How many boxes did they collect last
week? Write an explanation of how
you arrived at your answer.
4. If 612 is the product and eighteen
is one of the factors, what is the other
factor? Show your work!
H. (11 x 12 + 14) + (11 x 10 + 15)
=y
J. (12 x 14) + (15 x 10) = y
2. Solve for y, the number of miles
Alex runs in one month in problem 1.
5. Alberto ran a race in 17.6
seconds. Jake ran in 18.307 seconds.
Christian’s race time was between
Alberto’s and Jake’s. Which of the
following could be Christian’s race
time?
A. 17.054
B. 18.4
C. 17.39
D. 18.21
Thursday, October 30th
1. Write this number in standard
form: eight hundred seventy-three
billion, two hundred sixty million, four
hundred five thousand, eight hundred
ninety-six.
4. There are four times as many SUVs
as cars in a parking lot. There are
twice as many cars as trucks in the
lot. Which list shows each type of
vehicle in the parking lot?
A 9 SUVs, 36 cars, and 18 trucks
B 48 SUVs, 12 cars, and 24 trucks
C 32 SUVs, 16 cars, and 8 trucks
D 72 SUVs, 18 cars, and 9 trucks
2. Rolando bought 4 tickets for a
concert. The tickets ranged in price
from $15 to $25. Which is not a
reasonable amount for Rolando to
pay for all four tickets?
F. $60
G. $75
H. $80
J. $85
K. $90
3. If we have 14 chicken eggs in our
classroom incubator. The 1st egg
hatched today at 11:00, the next egg
hatched at 11:20, and the next one
hatched at 11:40. IF this rate
continues, what time will it be when
all 14 eggs hatch? Show how you
figured this out.
5. A mechanic repaired 28 cars and
46 trucks last month. He spent 2
hours repairing each of these
vehicles. Which equation can be used
to find h, the total number of hours
the mechanic spent repairing these
vehicles?
F h = (28 + 46 ) ÷ 2
G h = (28 + 46 ) + 2
H h = (28 + 46 ) x 2
J h = (28 + 46 )
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