Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Packing the Right Answer, Fourth Grade

19.8 lbs.
18.05 lbs.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


19.5 lbs.
19.35 lbs.



18.9 lbs.


       













Here's your challenge fourth grade...you're going to really have to do some thinking to solve my problem!

Elena, Joe, Owen, Samantha, and Grant have weighed their backpacks.
  • Elena's backpack weighs the most.
  • Owen's backpack weighs 0.45 lb less than Joe's backpack.
  • Samantha's lunch weighs 1.5 lb. With that lunch out of the backpack, the backpack weighs 16.55 lb.
  • Grant's backpack weighs more than Owen's.
How much does each person's backpack weigh?
 




 

Monday, October 28, 2013

Counting On You, First Grade

First Grade...If you think your class is a bunch of smarty pants, answer my question.  Turn your class answer into Mrs. Edwards and I will let you know if you are correct.  Good luck, first grade!

Mrs. Edwards is counting books in the library. She has just counted the 17th book. What numbers will Mrs. Edwards say for the next 5 books?  Write these numbers down.


17, _________, ___________, ___________, __________, ___________


Look at Mrs. Thompson's Smarty Pants!  They emailed me a picture of their answer...way to go!