3rd Grade DEEP in Math Problems of the Day! Set 6

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3rd Grade DEEP in MathProblems of the Day!Set
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• 1. Use you ruler to draw a segment that is 2
  inches long.
• 2. Use your ruler to draw a segment that is 2
  centimeters long.
• 3. Write a sentence comparing the 2 inch segment
  and the 2 centimeters segment. ___________________
  __________________________
• 4. Solve these equations.
• a. 478 students b. 268 miles c. 346 people
• 246 students 534 miles 183
  people

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• 1. Fred and Debbie went to the San Francisco Zoo.
  They received a map when they bought their
  tickets. Look at the map, and see whether you can
  help Fred and Debbie find the animals they would
  like to see.
• San Francisco Zoo
• 6
• 5
• 4
• 3
• 2
• 1
• A B C D
  E F G

• Fred and Debbie are at _________.
• Give directions for Fred and Debbie to get to the
  giraffe. _________________________________________
  _______________
• What animal will Fred and Debbie see at A2?
  ______________
• Where will they find the seals? ______________
• Give the location of the bears. ______________

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• 1. There was a piece of rope that was 7 feet long
  in the monkeys cage. Debbie said that it was 2
  yards long.
• A. Is she right? __________
• B. Explain. ______________________________________
  __________________
• 2. When Fred and Debbie got to the first monkey
  cage, they saw nine monkeys sitting in the sun
  and some more monkeys swinging from a tree. They
  counted a total of 15 monkeys.
• A. Write a number sentence that describes this
  situation. Let the letter M stand for the unknown
  number of monkeys. _______________________________
  _____
• B. How many monkeys were swinging from the trees?
  What number does the M represent?_________________
  _
• c. How many more monkeys were sitting in the sun
  than were swinging in the tree?
  _____________________
• 3. While the children were at the monkey cage,
  they saw the zookeeper arrive with a bag full of
  bananas. He took out three bunches of bananas
  with ten bananas in each bunch. The he took out
  six extra bananas. How many bananas did the
  zookeeper take out of the bag? ___________________
  _______
• 4. At the second monkey cage, Fred and Debbie saw
  five large gorillas. The zookeeper came by with
  30 bananas. He gave each gorilla a fair share of
  the bananas. Each gorilla got _________ bananas.
• You may draw a picture to help you solve the
  problems.

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• 1. Mikelyn was 19 inches long when she was born .
  
• A. 19 inches tells about Mikelyns __________ at
  birth.
• time weight length
  temperature
• B. 19 inches is _________________________________.
  
• Less than a foot between 1 and 2 feet
  between 2 and 3 feet
• 2. The chart below shows the bonus points that
  Ms. Klumps class earned during a math activity
  last month.
• Each represents
• 3 bonus points
• A. How many bonus points did Tyler earn?
  ___________________
• B. How many bonus points did the 4 students earn
  altogether? _____________
• C. Who earned the most? ___________ How many more
  than Shawna? _____________

Bonus Points Earned
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• Stewart Elementary collected six hundred nine
  pennies as a fundraiser. Which of these is
  another way to write the same number? There may
  be more than one.
• a. 6 0 9 b. 600 9 c. 6 hundreds
  0 tens 9 ones d. 690
• 2. A pie was cut into 8 equal slices. Draw a pie
  and draw the slices.
• a. Tracey ate 2-eighths of the pie. Color the
  part of the pie that Tracey ate with a red
  crayon.
• b. Jason ate 3-eighths of the pie. Color the part
  of the pie that Jason ate with a blue color.
• c. The boys ate ________ eighths of the pie
  together.
• d. Who ate more pie, Jason or Tracey?
  ______________________
• e. How many eighths of the pie are left?
  __________________________
• 3. The sign below shows the price for elephant
  rides at the zoo.
• How long will Jordan get to ride the elephant if
  he pays 6.00? ________

Elephant Rides 10 minutes for 3.00
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• 1. Complete each of the following
• A. 765 dollars and 609 more dollars is
  ____________ dollars altogether.
• B. The difference between 652 dollars and 421
  dollars is ________ dollars.
• C. One-half of 428 dollars is ___________
  dollars.
• 2. Brody has a bunch of marbles in a bag. The
  picture below shows Brodys marbles.
• A. Draw them and color 2/8 of Brodys marbles
  red.
• B. Color 1/8 of the marbles yellow.
• C. Color 1/8 of the marbles blue.
• D. Color the rest of the marbles green.
• E. What fraction of Brodys marbles are
  green?________________
• 3. Brody is going to reach into the bag and
  select one marble. What is the chance that he
  will select yellow?______________
• A. Which color will Brody most likely select
  first? ___________

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• 1. Liz was making a pot holder for her mother.
  She wanted to sew ribbon all around the edges.
  Use the picture below to help Liz decide how
  much ribbon she will need to wrap all the way
  around the pot holder.
• Liz needs _____ inches of ribbon for her pot
  holder.
• 2. What are you measuring for each of the
  following? Choose weight, time, height, or
  length.
• A. How long your toothbrush is _____________
• B. When the show starts this afternoon____________
  __
• C. How heavy a bag of apples is_________________
• D. How tall your desk is_______________________

6 inches
5 inches
5 inches
6 inches
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• 1. Below is a chart showing the number of
  students from the Evangeline School System that
  participated in a spelling bee that was held in
  Baton Rouge last month.
• Order the numbers of the students participating
  in the spelling bee from greatest to least.
  _______________________
• 2. Mary has 1 half-dollar, 4 quarters, and 6
  pennies in her coin purse. Draw the coins
• A. Mary has _______________.
• B. If Mary reaches into her coin purse without
  looking and pulls out the first coin she touches,
  what coin will she most likely pull out first?
  __________
• C. What would be impossible for Mary to pull out
  of the purse? ______________________

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• 1. Ben got a trophy for his year on the soccer
  team. He already had a baseball trophy and a
  football trophy. What are all the ways that three
  trophies can be arranged on the shelf?
  __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ________________
• 2. Complete the following.
• A. 468 miles b. 734 people c. 531 canned goods
• 284 miles - 118 people
  - 180 canned goods
• 3. Mrs. Janice took a bag of lollipops to school.
  She opened the bag and passed out 2 lollipops to
  each student in her class. There are 27 students
  in her class. After all the lollipops had been
  passed out, three was 1 lollipop left in the bag.
  
• A. How many lollipops were in the bag before it
  was opened? _____
• B. Explain how you found your answer.
  ______________________
• __________________________________________________
  ____

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• 1. As part of a Food for Families project, Ms.
  Denises class collected canned goods for needy
  families in her community. The pictograph below
  shows how many canned goods some of her students
  took in during the first week of the project.
• 
  
• A. What would be a good title for this graph?
  ______________________
• B. According to the pictograph, each is
  worth _________________.
• C. Who brought in the most canned goods?
  _______________________
• D. Who collected 20 canned goods?
  _______________________
• E. Tyler collected 35 canned goods. Draw the cans
  to represent the number of canned goods he
  collected.

5 canned goods
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• 1. Leslie invited two of her friends for a
  sleepover Saturday night. The girls arrived at
  615.
• A. Which clock shows the time the girls arrived?
• 1. 2.
  3.
• 2. Christy lived only 5 blocks from Leslies
  house, so she walked there Saturday night. If it
  took Christy 2 minutes to walk 1 block, how many
  minutes did it take her to walk the 5 blocks to
  Leslies house?
• __________________________________________________
  ____
• 3. Christy and Morgan were playing store. Christy
  was the first store clerk. Morgan was the first
  shopper. Morgan took these coins out of her coin
  purse.
• How many coins did Morgan take out of her coin
  purse? ______
• What fraction of Morgans coins were nickels?
  ____________
• Morgan took ________ cents out of her coin purse.
• Morgan used the quarter to buy a sucker. How much
  money did Morgan have left? _________

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• 1. Mark Chaney and his family live on a farm in
  South Louisiana. They plant seventy-eight acres
  of rice each year.
• A. What is another way to represent this number?
  ____________________
• B. This is the same as ________ groups of ten and
  _______ extras.
• 2. Use the calendar to answer the questions
  below.
• September
• A. Farmer Chaneys grand-daughter Kayla arrives
  at the farm on September ninth. Find September
  ninth on the calendar. What day of the week does
  Kayla arrive at the farm? ______________
• B. If Kayla is staying for a week, what day will
  she leave? _________
• C. What day is the first day of the month?
  ______________
• D. How many days are in September?
  __________________
• E. Labor Day is on the first Monday of the month,
  what date is that? ____________

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• Coach Brad buys 3 gallons of water for 6 players
  on his team. If he wants to have enough water for
  18 players, how much water should he buy?
• players
  water
• 2. Friday night at the neighborhood campout there
  was a big cookout. The boys grilled hot dogs and
  hamburgers for everyone over an open fire. Each
  boy grilled 2 hot dogs and 1 hamburger. How many
  hot dogs and hamburgers did 4 boys grill? (Draw a
  picture if that will help you find the answer.)
• Four boys grilled __________ hot dogs and ______
  hamburgers.
• 3. That night the children sat around the
  campfire roasting marshmallows. Joshua roasted
  eight marshmallows. Some of the marshmallows fell
  into the fire and couldnt be eaten. Joshua got
  to eat five marshmallows.
• Write a number sentence to find the number of
  marshmallows that Joshua dropped into fire. Let a
  happy face represent the unknown number.
• ________________________________________________
• b. How many marshmallows fell into the fire?
  _______________
• c. What part or fraction of the 8 marshmallows
  did Joshua eat?_____________

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• 1.Ms. Smith put a plate of 12 cookies on the
  table. Brady walked by and grabbed 4 of the
  cookies for a snack. His mom told him that he had
  to eat supper first. Brady put all 4 cookies back
  on the plate.
• How many cookies are on the plate
  now?________________
• Explain how you got your answer.
  __________________________________________________
  ________
• 2. There were over three thousand people
  attending the craft show last Saturday.
• a. What is the least number of digits it takes to
  write a number in the thousands?___________
• b. Write a number between 3,289 and 3,489 people.
  ________________
• c. Write that number using number words.
  __________________________________________________
  ________
• d. Write the number in expanded form.
  ______________________________
• e. What is the sum of the 3,129 women and 163 men
  who attended the show? __________________
• 3. When you are measuring the length of an
  object, you are finding out _________________.
• how heavy it is b. how much it will hold
• how tall it is d. how long it is
• 4. One quart will hold four cups. How many cups
  are in seven quarts? __________ (You may want to
  make a T-chart)

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• 1. Rozzi has this money in her pocket.
• How much money does Rozzi have in her pocket?
  _______________
• Rozzi bought a soda for 65 cents and a bag of
  chips for 99 cents. How much money did Rozzi have
  left?_________________
• 2. Mr. Smith wrote a check for his new boat. He
  wrote a four-digit number. The amount on his
  check was greater than 5,247 and less than
  5,427. Write one possible number that could be
  the amount of the check that Mr. Smith wrote.
  Write the amount as a number word.
  __________________________________________________
  __________
• 3. Write the numeral for each underlined part
  below.
• Mr. Larry has seven thousand twelve dollars in
  his bank account. _________
• The parent organization raised 1000 700 5
  dollars for a new air conditioner for Southside
  Elementary. _______________

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• 1. Gary went to the bank with a thousand-dollar
  bill.
• A. How many ten-dollar bills did he get?
  __________________
• 2. Coras softball team made jewelry to sell. The
  table below shows the items that the team made.
  Use the table below to answer each of the
  questions.
• A. The team sold four of the bracelets for 70
  cents each and the rest for 50 cents each. How
  much money did they make from the sale of the
  bracelets?________________________
• B. The team members sold each pair of earrings
  for 60 cents. How much did they make from the
  sale of the earrings? ____________
• 3. This is a picture of a dollar bill.
• The bill is in the shape of a _______________.
• How many square corners does a dollar bill
  have?___________
• About how many inches long is a dollar
  bill?__________________

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• 1. Which figure is congruent to this figure?
• A. B. C.
  D.
• 2. What was done to the first figure so that the
  second figure is what resulted?
• A. flip
  b. slide c. turn
• 3. This clock shows the time Brooke left home to
  go shopping.
• A. At what time did Brooke leave to go shopping?
• ________________
• B. She was gone for one hour and fifteen minutes.
  
• What time did she get home?________________
• 4. What are we measuring for each of the
  following situations?
• A. The amount of coffee in a coffee
  cup?_________________
• B. How far the Bearcats have to travel to play
  the Tigers?_________
• C. How heavy a puppy is?________________
• D. How long the class play will last?
  _________________

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• 1. Mrs. Jackson made 16 cups of lemonade. This
  amount is the same as
• A. ________ quarts of lemonade.
• B. ________ pints of lemonade.
• 2. There were four children in Mrs. Carrolls
  class who won the cash prize for their Academic
  Excellence performance. The students got to share
  the prize., which was 32 dollars in cash! How
  much money did each of the four students
  receive?____________3. Mrs. Plumbars class
  collected 4,780 pennies for the diners
  fundraiser. What is another way to write this
  number? There may be more than one way.
• A. 4 pennies 7 pennies 8 pennies 0 pennies
• B. 4000 pennies 700 pennies 8 pennies
• C. four thousand seven hundred eighty pennies
• D. 4 thousand pennies 7 hundred pennies 8
  extra pennies
• E. 4000 pennies 700 pennies 80 pennies
• F. 4 thousands 7 hundreds 8
  tens

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• What is the sum of 709 stars and 199 stars?
  __________________
• What is the difference between 564 travelers and
  382 travelers?____________
• Look at the pattern below
• Fill in the three numbers that should come next
  in the pattern.
• 87 84 81 78 _____ _____
  _______
• b. What would you do to get the next number?
• ___________________________________________
• 4. Mrs. Lemoine gave her class this riddle. I am
  a number. When you switch my thousands digit with
  my ones digit, I become 8,461. What number am I?
  __________________

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• 1. Margaret practices on her flute for 30 minutes
  each day after school. How many hours would she
  practice in 1 week? _________
• 
  
• 2. This is a picture of a table cloth.
  45 inches
• Mrs. Guidry wants to sew a lace border all
• around the edges of the cloth.
• How many inches of lace does she need?
  ______________
• 3. One sunny afternoon Chris drank 1 cup of
  lemonade. Ron drank 3 cups of lemonade, and
  Blakelyn drank 4 cups of lemonade. How many
  quarts of lemonade did they drink altogether?
  ___________
• 4. Alexis has 35 cents. She needs 90 cents to buy
  a bag of chips for Darien.
• A. How much more money does Alexis need to buy
  the chips? ______
• B. Fill in the correct number in each sentence
• 90 cents 35 cents ________ cents
• 35 cents ______ cents 90 cents
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