Category Archives: THINK MATH

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 35 poppies. 
There were 75 poppies. 40 got stolen. How many left over? ~ Prabh
There were 40 poppies. The kids had too many so they gave 5 back. How many do they have now? ~ Angelina
There are 45 poppies. 10 got removed. How many left over? ~ Akash
There were 25 poppies. 10 more got planted. How many in all? ~ Akash
25 people bought poppies from one school and 10 people bought poppies from another school. How many in all? ~ Alexandra
There were 15 poppies and a few people came and planted 15 more. 5 more grew. How many in all? ~ Mairah
Ira had 30 poppies and her friend gave her 5 more. How many poppies did she have in all? ~ Shimer
100 poppies were handed out. 65 poppies fell off of people’s shirts. How many still pinned on? ~ Ms Watt

Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Tuesday!

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 5 pieces of candy left over. 
I went trick or treating and ate all my candy. My brother gave me 5 more. How many do I have? ~ Maya
There were 18 candies on her table at home. She had too many so she gave 13 to her little brother. How many left over? ~ Angelina
Sylvia saved 10 candies from trick or treating. She ate 5 candies. How many left over? ~ Angelina
There were 20 candies in the candy jar. She snuck in and took 15 and ate them all. She felt sick. How many left? ~ Shimer
There were 20 candies in the box. 15 got eaten. How many left over? ~ Prabh
Josh had 10 candies. He ate 5. How many left over? ~ Akash
Alex had 10 candies. Ms. Watt took 5. How many left over? ~ Shania
Shania had 8 candies. Her mom took 3. How many left? ~ Shania
1 kid got 10 candies. Another kid got 5 candies. Another kid got 10 candies. The 1st kid ate all of his candy. The 2nd kid also ate all his candy. The last kid ate 1/2 of his candy. How many did he have left over? ~ Crystal
There were 7 pieces of candy and 2 kids ate 1 piece of the candy. How many left over? ~ Alexandra
There were 3 pieces of candy and a little girl went to one house and got 2 candies. How many in all? ~ Alexandra
Rose went trick or treating. When she came back with 15 candies she ate 10. How many left? ~ Shimer
There were 10 candies and 5 kids ate 5 pieces. How many left over? ~ Kayden
One time 15 kids bought 10 candies but 5 got sick and didn’t eat theirs. How many left? ~ Kaitlyn
Ms. Watt trick or treated and got 50 candies. Her husband ate 45. How many left over?
Nancy bought a box of 20 candies and ate 3/4 of the box. How many candies left?

Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Tuesday!
 

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 25 Halloween creatures in a haunted house.
There were 28 monsters. 3 of them died. How many left over? ~ Akash
30 Halloween creatures in the haunted house. 5 creatures left to a different haunted house. How many left over? ~ Crystal
There once were 10 bats and then 10 mummys came along. Then 5 pumpkins came. How many creatures in the haunted house? ~ Kaitlyn
There were 20 bats and 5 witches. How many creatures were in the haunted house? ~ Shimer
There were 15 ghosts and 10 skeletons. How many in all? ~ Shimer
There were 50 creatures haunting a house. 1/2 escaped through the windows. How many left in the house? ~ Ms. Watt
There were 5 ghosts, 5 skeletons, 5 witches, 5 ghouls and 5 goblins in a haunted house. How many in all? ~ Ms. Watt

Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Monday!

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 26 students colouring in a map of Canada. 
There are 20 students colouring on a map. Then 6 more students come and colour the map. How many in all? ~ Angelina
There were 32 kids going to colour the map. 6 didn’t want to. How many kids colouring? ~ Luke
There was a class colouring Canada maps. There were 27 kids but 1 didn’t come to school. How many does that leave? ~ Shimer
20 students are doing Social Studies and colouring in a map. 6 other students are colouring in a map. How many in all? ~ Alexandra
One day 28 students are colouring a map of Canada but 2 got sick. How many colouring a map of Canada? ~ Kaitlyn
27 students were colouring a map of Canada. 1 student got sick. How many left? ~ Prabh
29 students were colouring the map of Canada. 3 got sick. How many kids left? ~ Prabh

Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Tuesday!

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 8 pumpkins left in the pumpkin patch.
There were 3 pumpkins in the pumpkin patch. The gardeners planted 5 more. How many in all? ~ Angelina
There were 12 pumpkins in the pumpkin patch. 4 got thrown away. How many are left over? ~ Prabh
There were 10 pumpkins in the pumpkin patch. 2 got picked. How many left over? ~ Luke
One day 12 kids wanted pumpkins for Halloween. 8 kids got sick. How many pumpkins left in the patch? ~ Kaitlyn
There were 10 pumpkins in the pumpkin patch. 2 got picked. How many left over? ~ Shimer
There were 9 pumpkins but someone stepped on 1. How many left over? ~ Shimer
There were 10 pumpkins at the pumpkin patch. 2 got taken. How many left over? ~ Prabh
12 pumpkins in the pumpkin patch. I took away 4. How many left over? ~ Angelina

The answer is 26 students colouring in a map of Canada.

Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Tuesday!

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 12 plants planted in Nelson’s garden.
100 kids in Nelson planted flowers and then 88 of them got sick. How many flowers left over? ~ Maya
There were 15 plants. 3 got stepped on. How many left over? ~ Luke
6 plants in one area of Nelson and 6 more plants in another. How many plants in all? ~ Marcus
10 kids from our school planted some plants and 2 kids in grade 7 planted some plants. How many altogether? ~ Alexandra
5 people from Grade 3 planted plants and 7 grade 4s planted their plants. How many in all? ~ Alexandra
Nelson school’s garden had 6 plants in a garden and Nelson kids planted 6 more. How many plants are there in all? ~ Kaitlyn
Nelson has 6 plants and Suncrest has 6 plants planted at Nelson School. How many in all? ~ Shimer

Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Tuesday!

Thank you to all the students who took a chance & created questions to our 1st Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 200 kids raising money for Terry Fox.
100 kids in Burnaby South raised $100 for Terry Fox and 100 kids in Suncrest raised money too. How many in all? ~ Prabh
100 kids are raising money for Terry Fox and another 100 are raising money too. How many altogether? ~ Maya
500 kids raising money for Terry Fox. 300 kids quit. How many left over? ~ Luke
100 kids raising money in Nelson. 100 kids raising money in Suncrest. How many kids altogether? ~ Sylvia
There were 400 kids raising money. 200 kids got sick. How many left? ~ Avi
100 kids are raising money in Nelson. 100 kids are raising money in Burnaby South. How many in all? ~ Akash
There are 300 kids and 100 kids didn’t donate money. How many kids did? ~ Marcus
There are 100 kids at one school and 100 kids at another school raising money for Terry Fox. How many kids raising money? ~ Alexandra
There were 110 kids in one school and there are 90 kids in another school. How many kids raising money for Terry Fox? ~ Shimer
There are 4 classes with 50 kids each that are raising money for Terry Fox. How many kids in all? ~ Kaitlyn
There are 400 kids and 200 didn’t raise money for Terry Fox. How many kids did in all? ~ Crystal
500 kids in Burnaby South. 300 kids not raising money. How many raising money? ~ Mohamad
There are 2662 kids at Nelson School. 20 classes raising money and each student raises $10. How much money in all? ~ Alfred

Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers this Tuesday!

Every Tuesday Ms. Watt will post a new “answer” on our class Think Math chart.
Your challenge is to correctly write a number story / question that matches the answer on a sticky note & place it on your class number.
There are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class!
Good luck Grade 3s! I can’t wait to share every week!!

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 17 Sports Day stations.
There were 5 stations. Sunny opened a station then the kids said, “We’re mad! Give us another one.” Then they got 1 more with criminals involved. Then 10 more opened because they were happy. How many in all? ~ Sunny

Way to go Grade 2s & 3s! What an awesome year of Think Math questions. I’ve had so much fun reading all the different questions from all of you! I can’t wait to share the questions to our summer themed Think Math answers next month!

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is a total of 90 students in a Red House meeting.
There were 80 students sitting in a Red House meeting. Then 10 students were late. How many in all? ~ Ella S
There were 150 students in the Red House meeting. 10 were superstars, 20 people chased them out and left and 30 people were kidnapped by Green House. How many left? ~ Sunny
There was 1 student sitting in a Red House meeting. Then 1 other student was late. Then 88 students were late. How many in all? ~ Avery
There were 10,000 students in the Red House meeting. 9, 910 went to the toilet. How many left? ~ Emmet

Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 2s & 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Monday!