Week 24

Tian went to the store 4 times last month. He buys 53 bottle caps each time he goes to the store. How many bottle caps did Tian buy last month?  How many bottle caps will he have in six months?

Week 23

There are 5 students in Mr. Parker's art class. He would like to give each student 6 stickers to use in a project they are doing. Mr. Parker looked in his desk drawer and found that he had 2 blue stickers, 3 times as many red stickers as blue stickers, and 4 more green stickers than red stickers.

Does Mr. Parker have enough stickers for everyone? If not, how many more does he need?

Imagine that Mr. Parker had 40 stickers all together. How many stickers would each student be able to get then?

Week 22

The city stocked West Lake with 455 fish. If they allow a total of 27 fish to be caught each day, how many days will it take for all the fish to be caught?

Week 21

The Williams family came to the game with $12. They bought 4 bags of popcorn at $0.75 each and 3 drinks at $1.00 each in the first half. At half time, Morgan found 6 quarters under the bleachers. The family went home with $3.45. How much did they spend in the second half?

Week 20

This is an open-ended problem, which means it has more than on solution.

The gas tank on Drew's boat holds 26 gallons. Drew filled it up by carrying gas to his boat in a 3 gallon can and a 2 gallon can. Tell 3 different ways he could have filled his tank using these 2 cans to carry gas.