Category Archives: THINK MATH

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!

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 30 students performing at the Volunteer Tea in the gym. 
100 students performed. 10 were criminals for copy writing, 60 were 110 years old and too old. How many left? ~ Joaron
There were 20 people at the Volunteer Tea in the gym. 10 people were late. How many in all? ~ Ella S
There are 60 students performing for the Volunteer Tea. 10 students got disqualified, 10 got hurt and 10 were disqualified again. How many students performing for the Volunteer Tea? ~ Marian
There were 50 students performing for the Volunteer Tea. 20 ran and left because plants became alive. How many were left? ~ Ismael
There were 50 students students performing for the Volunteer Tea. 5 put a trap door and made themselves fall. 15 were secret service trying to steal our classified information so they got busted. How many left? ~ Sunny
There were 40 students students performing for the Volunteer Tea. 10 tea cups poured tea on people’s heads. The people went to a show store and asked for a cheeseburger. How many left? ~ Rishi
There were 40 students and 10 were sick and went home to play video games and pretend to be sick. Their parents got mad and sent them back to school again. How many in all? ~ Aqsa

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!

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 220 students competing in Speed Demons. 
There were 230 students competing in Speed Demons. 5 students cheated, 2 ran to the upper field and 3 were eating their lunches. How many left competing? ~ Cruise
There were 222 students competing in Speed Demons. 2 left. How many students left competing? ~ Marian
There were 200 students competing in Speed Demons. 20 more joined in. How many students in all? ~ Marian
There were 500 students competing in Speed Demons. Then 280 studetns were sick at school! How many left? ~ Avery

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!

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 30 flowers blooming in the garden. 
There were 50 flowers. A group of maniacs came and chopped off 20. How many left? ~ Rishi
There were 25 flowers blooming in a garden. Then a farmer planted 5. How many in all? ~ Kayla
There were 40 flowers and a bald bandit stole 6. A boy picked 4. How many left? ~ Sunny
There were 40 flowers. A smug bandit stole 10. How many left? ~ Ismael
There were 100 daisies blooming in the garden. Then an exterminator came and used poisonous gas and killed 70 flowers. How many left? ~ Chace
There are 35 flowers blooming. 5 kids picked them out of my garden. How many are left? ~ Ella L
There are 20 flowers blooming in the garden. A little girl came out and looked and there were 10 more. How many flowers in all? ~ Marian
Once in a garden there were 100 flowers blooming. Then 7 crazy ninjas picked 10 flowers each. How many left? ~ Avery
There were 29 flowers and then 1 grew faster than the others. How many in all? ~ Aqsa
There was 1 flower in the garden. 29 grew. How many in all? ~ Aqsa

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 Friday!

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 11 hockey players on the ice. 
There are 15 hockey players on the ice. 4 players got off the ice to take a break. How many players are left on the ice? ~ Marian
There are 10 hockey players on the ice. 1 came. How many altogether? ~ Kayla
There were 17 hockey players on the ice. 1 won a lottery and quit being a hockey player. 5 got in a helicopter and left. How many left over? ~ Sunny
There were 12 hockey players on the ice and 1 left because the other team keeps on winning. How many left? ~ Aqsa
There were 20 hockey players on the ice. 9 left. Now how many in all? ~ Aqsa
22 hockey players on the ice. 11 got defeated because they cheated. How many left? ~ Avi

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 Friday!

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 15 classrooms cleaning up the community for Earth Day. 
There are 17 classes going to do the Community Cleanup but the 2 grade 6 & 7 classes are so tired so they don’t go. How many classes are left? ~ Ella L
There were 20 classes cleaning up for the Community Cleanup. 5 were kidnapped by unknown. How many left? ~ Sunny

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 Friday!

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 21 Earth Day projects displayed on the wall. 
There were 30 Earth Day projects. Some limited edition Earth Day project bald bandit stole 3. Then 6 broke. How many left? ~ Sunny
There were 33 students going to do Earth Day projects. Then 12 left on vacation. How many left over? ~ Kayla
There were 18 Earth Day projects. Then 3 more students came back from vacation. They made 1 each. How many in all? ~ Kayla
Alissa had 20 friends over at her house. Alissa made 1 Earth Day art. Then 5 of Alissa’s friends made Earth Day art. Then 5 other friends made Earth Day art. Then 5 other friends made art. Then 5 more of Alissa’s friends made art. Then they put all the Earth Day art on the wall. How many altogether? ~ Ella L
There were 32 Earth Day projects. 11 got stolen by the makers. How many let over? ~ Ismael
There were 19 Earth Day projects on the wall. Then Avi and Emily finished. How many in all? ~ Avery

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 Friday!

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 46 chocolate Easter bunnies eaten in all. 
There are 23 children. Each ate 2 chocolate Easter bunnies. How many did they eat in all? ~ Joaron
There were 30 chocolate Easter bunnies that were eaten. Then 10 more people ate 16 chocolate Easter bunnies. How many in all? ~ Ella S
There were 46 chocolate Easter bunnies. All of them were eaten. How many bunnies eaten in all? ~ Marian
Ella ate 16 chocolate Easter bunnies, Vi Vi ate 10 chocolate Easter bunnies and May ate 20. How many eaten altogether? ~ Ella L
There’s an Easter party that has 46 kids. At the end of the party they hand out chocolate Easter bunnies. The kids wanted to eat them so they did. How many eaten in all? ~ Ella L
There were 40 chocolate Easter bunnies. 6 more were found. They were all eaten. How many in all? ~ Ismael
There were 50 chocolate Easter bunnies. A limited edition bald Easter bandit stole 1. Dogman ate 1. John Cena ate 2. How many left? ~ Sunny
There were 36 chocolate Easter bunnies. 4 bunnies came and then 6 more. They were all eaten. How many in all? ~ Kayla
There were 100 chocolate bunnies jumping around. 54 bunnies say they are tired. The rest were eaten. How many bunnies were eaten? ~ Gurmannat
There were 30 chocolate Easter bunnies. 16 got found and they were all eaten. How many in all? ~ Ella S
There were 100 chocolate Easter bunnies. Easter bunnies ate 54 chocolates. How many in all? ~ Avi
There were 56 chocolate Easter bunnies. 6 were eaten by Sunny, Chace, Rishi, Joaron, Cruise and Jay and 4 were eaten by 2 cats and 2 dogs. The rest were eaten. How many in all? ~ Emmet

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 Friday!