Problem of the Day
Maggie was planting tulips in her garden. She
planted 4 rows with 6 tulips in each row. How
many tulips are there? If she planted 4 more
rows with the same number of tulips in each
row, how many tulips would Maggie have
planted?
Jamal had 72 inches of string. He cut it into 8 equal
lengths to braid together to make a chain for his house
key. How long was each length of string he used for his
chain? How much string would Jamal need to make the
same chain for his sister and brother? How much string
would he need for all three chains?
Mrs. Jones has 27 students in her class. She
wants to arrange the desks into 3 equal rows.
How many desks will there be in each row? If a
student were removed from her class, how
would this affect the desk arrangement?
Grover had 45 inches of rope. He was practicing
making knots for a Boy Scout badge. He cut his
rope into pieces 9 inches long. He could make
one knot with each piece of rope. How may
knots could he make? After he learned the
knots, Grover cut the same number and size of
pieces of rope to help his friend earn his Knot
Badge. How much rope did Grover use
altogether? How many knots did he and his
friend tie?
Mr. Baker is taking his 30 third-graders to the
zoo. Six students can ride in each van. If the
maximum number of students travels in each
van, how many vans will Mr. Baker need to take
to the zoo? If a new student is added to the
class, would this change the number of vans
that Mr. Baker needs to order? What would you
suggest for the number of students in each van?
Justify your answer.
Kim and her mother are building a holder for her 36
Nintendo DSi® games. Kim wants to build a holder with 4
columns and 8 rows. Will this hold all of Kim’s games?
Why or Why not? What are all of the possible holders
they could build for 36 games that have an equal number
of columns and an equal number of rows?
Kyle was cutting string for a project in art class.
The piece of string is 27 cm. long. That is three
times longer than the original piece of string.
How long was Kyle’s original piece of string?
Tyree has a 48 inch length of ribbon. She is going
to put it around 2 identical (congruent)
rectangular picture frames. What might be the
dimensions of the frames, if she uses all of the
ribbon? Could the frames be square? Prove your
claim.
If you earned $42 a week doing chores and
saved all of it, how much money would you have
in a month? Six months? A year? If you earned
the money mowing lawns and you make $14 for
each lawn you mow, how many lawns would you
mow in a week to earn $42?
The product of two numbers is greater than 100
but less than 200? One of the numbers is 20.
What could the other number be? If one
number was 9, what could the other number
be?
Glidden paint says that a gallon of paint will
cover 375 square feet to 400 square feet. I want
to paint a square room that is 12 feet long and 8
feet to the ceiling. How many gallons of paint
will I need to buy to apply 2 coats of paint?
Justify your response.
A baseball diamond is a square. Therefore, if a
runner runs in a straight line from home plate to
first, second and third bases then back home, they
have run the perimeter of the square. It is 90 feet
from home plate to first base. What is the
perimeter of the baseball diamond? What is the
area of the infield?
There were 3 large windows along one wall in Ms. Evans’
classroom. Each window had 4 large window sections. Each
window section had 4 panes. How many window panes were
in Ms. Evans’ room? Mrs. Hatfield’s classroom had two walls
with windows just like the windows in Ms. Evans’ room. The
south wall was just like the wall of windows in Ms. Evans’
classroom. The west wall only had 2 large windows. How
many window panes were in Mrs. Hatfield’s classroom?
Ms. Quint’s class has 4 windows. Each window has
the same number of panes. Her classroom has 32
window panes. How many panes are on each
window? Mr. Burke’s classroom has 6 windows just
like the windows in Ms. Quint’s room. How many
window panes are in Mr. Burke’s room? What is the
same about each room?
Miss Calhoun has some windows in her room. Each window is
divided into 6 window panes. There are 72 window panes
altogether. How many windows are in Miss Calhoun’s room?
Ms. Jackson has as many windows as Miss Calhoun. How
many windows and window panes are in Ms. Jackson’s
classroom? Miss Calhoun has 3 times as many windows as Mr.
Brown has in his room. How many windows and window
panes are in Mr. Brown’s classroom?
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