Buckman School

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Homework (4/30 - 5/7)

One piece of homework for this week (4/30 - 5/7) is a packet of math story problems.  

It is important that students show their work using numbers, pictures, or words:

1. Diane wants to buy a package of cookies. The cookies cost 65 cents. Diane has 27cents. How much more money does she need?


2. Andy had 31 Pokémon cards. His dad gave him some more. Then Andy had 50 Pokémon cards.  How many Pokémon cards did Andy get from his dad?


3. Zachary made 47 push-ups in gym class today.  David did 15 more push-ups than Zachary.  How many push-ups did David do?


4. The second grade class keeps track of all the pages they read.  They read 579 pages in March.  They read 145 more pages in April than in March.  How many pages did the second graders read in April?


5. 52 children and 29 adults went to the Timbers game.  The stadium has 95 seats.  How many seats were empty?


6. Kendra learns 12 new spelling words each week. Her goal is to learn 60 new words before her eighth birthday. She has already learned 36 new words. How many more words does Kendra need to learn?


7. The library purchased 320 new books this year.  168 of the new books are fiction.  How many of the new books are not fiction?


8. Evan has a large collection of books. He gave his best friend 14 books. He gave his little brother 8 books. Now Evan has 60 books in his collection. How many books did he have at first?


9. 94 students signed up for computer classes. There were 24 second graders and 29 third graders. The rest of the students were fourth graders. How many fourth graders took computer classes?

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