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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 50mins
Ms. Morris is the school secretary. She enters the name of every student each day into a file. There are 1,508 students in the school. If one-twelfth of the students were absent due to the flue on Monday, how many students were absent that day?
What is this problem asking you to find?
The number of students that were absent in a week
the number of students that are in the school
the number of students that were present
the number of students who were absent Monday
Ms. Morris is the school secretary. She enters the name of every student each day into a file. There are 1,508 students in the school. If one-twelfth of the students were absent due to the flue on Monday, how many students were absent that day?
Which answer choice lists ALL the necessary facts?
1,508 students, absent due to flu
one-twelfth of the students absent on Monday
1,508 students, one-twelfth absent on Monday
name of students, 1,508 students
Darion’s mother set up a contest for he and his brother, Marco. They are trying to read at least 1,500 pages by the end of the school year to earn a trip to their favorite theme park. Darion has already read 855 pages, and Marco has read 4/5 of the number of pages Darion has read. How many pages does Marco need to read to reach his goal of 1,500 pages?
What fact is unnecessary?
Darion read 855 pages
read by the end of the school year
Marco has read 4/5 of the number of pages as Darion
Goal is 1,500 pages
Darion’s mother set up a contest for he and his brother, Marco. They are trying to read at least 1,500 pages by the end of the school year to earn a trip to their favorite theme park. Darion has already read 855 pages, and Marco has read 4/5 of the number of pages Darion has read. How many pages does Marco need to read to reach his goal of 1,500 pages?
Which of the following is a plan for solving?
Multiply the number of pages Darion has read by the fraction of pages Marco has read. Subtract the number of pages Marco has read from the total number of pages in the goal.
Divide the number of pages Darion has read by the fraction of pages Marco has read. Subtract the total from the total number of pages in the goal.
Subtract the number of pages Marco has read from the total number of pages in the goal.
Divide the number of pages Darion has read by the total number of pages in the goal. Multiply by the fraction of pages Marco has read.
Darion’s mother set up a contest for he and his brother, Marco. They are trying to read at least 1,500 pages by the end of the school year to earn a trip to their favorite theme park. Darion has already read 855 pages, and Marco has read 4/5 of the number of pages Darion has read. How many pages does Marco need to read to reach his goal of 1,500 pages?
What operations will be used to solve the problem?
multiplication and division
multiplication and addition
division and subtraction
multiplication and subtraction
Ms. James teaches at Smart Middle School. She travels 14 miles each day round trip to and from school. She teaches five days a week. However, this week she had to go to school for an all-day meeting on Saturday, in addition to her five work days. How many miles did Ms. James drive round trip to school this past week?
What is the problem asking you to find?
the number of days Ms. James worked this week
the number of miles Ms. James drove home this week
the number of miles Ms. James drove to work this week
the number of miles Ms. James drove round trip to school this past week
Ms. James teaches at Smart Middle School. She travels 14 miles each day round trip to and from school. She teaches five days a week. However, this week she had to go to school for an all-day meeting on Saturday, in addition to her five work days. How many miles did Ms. James drive round trip to school this past week?
What are the necessary facts?
Teaches at Smart Middle School; worked 5 days, travels 14 miles per day
6 trips to work; 14 miles round trip per day
Works 5 days; travels 14 miles round trip per day
Worked an extra day; travels 14 miles round trip per day
Ms. James teaches at Smart Middle School. She travels 14 miles each day round trip to and from school. She teaches five days a week. However, this week she had to go to school for an all-day meeting on Saturday, in addition to her five work days. How many miles did Ms. James drive round trip to school this past week?
What operation will be used?
addition
subtraction
multiplication
division
Ms. James teaches at Smart Middle School. She travels 14 miles each day round trip to and from school. She teaches five days a week. However, this week she had to go to school for an all-day meeting on Saturday, in addition to her five work days. How many miles did Ms. James drive round trip to school this past week?
Which of the following will be a good estimate?
about 40
about 70
about 90
about 140
Ms. James teaches at Smart Middle School. She travels 14 miles each day round trip to and from school. She teaches five days a week. However, this week she had to go to school for an all-day meeting on Saturday, in addition to her five work days. How many miles did Ms. James drive round trip to school this past week?
Which of the following is a sentence that answers the question?
Ms. James drives 42 miles round trip to work.
Ms. James traveled 6 days to work this week
Ms. James teaches school
Ms. James drove 84 miles round trip to school this past week.
