Category Archives: THINK MATH

Thank you to all the students who took a chance and created a question to our 1st Think Math answer:
The answer is 200 kids raising money for Terry Fox.
800 kids, but 200 kids were sick. 200 kids and 200 kids were at home. How many raising money? ~ Devon
100 kindergartens running for Terry Fox, and 100 Grade 2s running for Terry Fox. How many kids running for Terry Fox? ~ ?
100 students from 2 schools running to raise money for Terry Fox. How many in all? ~ Nila & Gwenda
300 people in one school. 100 people away. How many left raising money? ~ Sabrina & Eva
There were 900 people in one school. 700 left. How many raising money? ~ Ayo
There were 100 kids and one school and 100 kids in another school. How many kids? ~ Sanaaya & Ruby 
4 schools have 50 each. How many kids raising money for Terry Fox? ~ George
600 kids are at the school. 400 are sick. How many kids raising money? ~ Bella
400. Kids were at school. 200 kids went home. How many kids left raising money for Terry Fox? ~ Collin & Jordan
400 kids. 200 kids on vacation. How many kids left raising money? ~ John

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 more 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. 
10 seeds planted by Ms Watt. Ms. L planted 30 seeds. Our class planted 20 seeds, but only half of the seats bloomed. How many flowers blooming in the garden? ~ Genevique & Crystal 
There were 40 flowers blooming in the garden. but 10 got shot by a machine gun. How many are left? ~ Kylie & Charlie
29 flowers blooming in the garden. 1 more started blooming. How many now? ~ Adam & Gunesh
120 flowers. 90 flowers were stolen by Pete. How many left? ~ Ryan
70 flowers planted then a Dino came and dug out 22 flower seeds. Then a rat came and ate 5. Then a finch came and swooped in to take 30. Then Ms Watt came and planted 17 flowers. How many in all? ~ Sana
There are 34 flowers blooming in the garden. Then a kid picked up 4 flowers. How many left? ~ Faith & Briana
There were 90 flowers blooming. 10 got stolen. 9 got eaten. 1 got hurt. 40 died. How many left? ~ Aurora
10 flowers blooming in the garden. 5 more started blooming but then a devious kid farted on 4 blooming flowers after than a kidnapper kidnapped a blooming flower. After a while 20 flowers started blooming. How many in all? ~ Gunesh
62 flowers blooming in the garden. 2 got struck by lightning and 30 got picked by Adam. How many left? ~ Pete
45 flowers blooming in the garden. 2 were stolen by a sigma guy. 13 were stolen by Ms Watt. How many now? ~ Elijah & Taiden
5 seeds planted in the garden. 5 more seeds were planted by Ms Watt. 25 seeds got planted by our class. 5 seeds did not bloom. How many flowers blooming in the garden? Andia & Crystal 
31 flowers blooming in the garden. 1 got grabbed by my bestie. How many left? ~ Janelle
20 flowers blooming in the garden. 5 were already blooming before the other 20 then someone got a package of 5 blooming flowers. How many now? ~ Samyar
20 flowers blooming and then someone planted 5 roses and 5 tulips. How many in total? ~ Genevique & Kylie

Way to go Grade 3s! What an awesome year of Think Math questions. I’ve had so much fun reading all the different questions from all of you!

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. 
2 hockey players on the ice then another team with 6 players joined and then another team with 3 players joined. How many at all? ~ Ben
12 hockey players and then 1 got injured. How many now? ~ Samyar
100 hockey players on the ice. 10 players got hurt. 22 players quit. Then 50 of them had a birthday on the same day and 1 got sick. How many left? ~ Sana
8 hockey players on the ice. After that 3 went on. How many in all? ~ Kylie
14 hockey player were on the ice. 2 got cloned and 1 fell out the window for no reason. How many left? ~ Pete
22 hockey players on the ice then 1 got shoved off. 10 of the players left. How many left? ~ Elijah
20 hockey players on the ice. 4 got hurt. 1 left because they didn’t win. How many left over? ~ Briana & Andria
100 hockey players on the ice. 20 got hurt. 3 got tired and went for a time out. 7 started fighting and got kicked off the ice. 20 got tired and fell down. 39 crashed into each other. How many hockey players left on the ice? ~ Crystal & Genevique
There were 90 hockey players on the ice. 9 got eaten by a monster. 11 got kidnapped by Ms Watt. 10 got hurt. 20 got stolen. 9 forgot. 11 got lost. 9 went to Metrotown. How many left over? ~ Aurora & Crystal
There are 14 hockey player and then 3 players went home. How many left? ~ Martin
10 hockey players on the ice. 39 got hurt. How many hockey players left on the ice? ~ Emily
There were 5 hockey players on the ice. 1 more player us to join. How many and all? ~ Adam & Gunesh
10 hockey players on the ice but 1 came over. How many in all? ~ Janelle
38 hockey players on the ice 10 were injured for the Calgary Flames. Then 10 were late for the Stanley Cup. 7 went to Dallas. 2 came back. Then 2 went to play for Winnipeg. How many left? ~ Taiden
12 hockey players on the ice. 1 got injured because he got hit in the head. How many left over? ~ Charlie 
22 hockey players on the ice Adam put 11 players on the bench for no reason. How many now? ~ Ryan
13 hockey players. 2 got sick. How many left? ~ Bradley
There are 7 hockey players on the ice. Then 4 more players game. How many in all? ~ Faith & Elijah
There were 60 hockey players on the ice. Then 3 needed to go to the bathroom. Then 5 fainted. Then 16 got a headache. Then 10 fell into the water because the ice broke. Then 1 got injured. Then 11 got dizzy. Then 3 got broken bones and stopped. How many left? ~ Justine

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 15 classrooms cleaning up the community for Earth Day. 
14 classrooms cleaning up for Earth Day. 1 more classroom came. How many in all? ~ Adam
13 classrooms cleaning up for Earth Day. 4 got eaten by a shark and 5 more came out of nowhere. How many now? ~ Pete 
There are 18 classrooms cleaning up then 3 classrooms went for a field trip. How many left ~ Faith & Martin
60 classrooms cleaning up for Earth Day but 1 class left and another 19 left. 10 classrooms left and another 15 left. How many left over? ~ Kylie
25 Earth Day cleaners in the world. 10 got kidnapped by Adam. How many left? ~ Janelle
15 classrooms cleaning up for Earth Day. 1 is already cleaned by Elijah. Then 3 got cleaned. After 1000 people came and cleaned a room. Another 1000 cleaned up another room. 2000 people cleaned up the 5 other rooms. 4 rooms got cleaned. How many in all ~ Samyar & Elijah
30 classrooms cleaning up for Earth Day. 10 classes quit. 2 classes got lost. 3 classes got hurt. How many left? ~ Aurora
2 classrooms cleaning up for Earth Day. 2 more classrooms came. 10 more classrooms came there and cancelled their field trip just to come. 2 more classrooms came from a field trip to the bathroom. 1 classroom had to run away. How many left? ~ Gunesh
45 classrooms cleaning up for Earth Day. 15 were picked up by a dude. Then someone took 15 garbages off the floor. How many left. ~ Ryan
20 classrooms cleaning up for Earth Day. 2 teachers got sick and their subs didn’t know what to do. 3 teachers didn’t have enough tongs so they couldn’t help. How many classes helping to clean up for Earth Day? ~ Crystal
20 classrooms cleaning up for Earth Day. 10 flew away. 10 more got repainted. Then 5 students got 1 each. How many left? ~ Briana & Andia
15 classrooms. Adam and Justine are cleaning in 1 class. Faith finished her candy and threw it to the ground. Phoenix the cop told Faith don’t litter. Elijah cleaned up another 5 classrooms. Ben and Ms Pearl finished bubble tea and cleaned 4 classes. Briana and Andia and Charlie cleaned up 2 classes. Genevique, Samyar and Taiden cleaned up 2. Bradley cleaned up 1. How many in all? ~ Bradley

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 this week:
The answer is 21 Earth Day projects displayed on the wall. 
20 Earth Day projects. Then 1 student brought hos to the classroom. How many in all? ~ Elijah & Ben
27 Earth Day projects displayed on the wall. Then 6 were burned and 1 got pulled off then got put on. How many in all? ~ Charlie
20 Earth Day projects displayed on the wall. 1 came over. How many in all? ~ Janelle
22 Earth Day projects displayed on the wall. 1 fell down. How many now? ~ Samyar
There are 24 Earth Day projects then a kid stole 3 Earth Day projects. How many left? ~ Faith & Martin
60 Earth Day projects. 1 got wet and 2 had been drawn on. 20 went home then 16 got stolen by Ms, Watt! How many left? ~ Sana
24 Earth Day projects displayed on the wall but 2 got broken. The other one got stepped on. How many left? ~ Kylie
15 Earth Day projects displayed on the wall. 3 more got put up then 4 more. Then  1got taken. How many left? ~ Gunesh
21,000 Earth Day projects. 21,000 disappeared for no reason. Then 21 cam back. How many now? ~ Taiden & Ryan

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 this week:
The answer is 46 chocolate Easter bunnies eaten in all. 
16 chocolate Easter bunnies. 10 more came as in 20 got stolen. How many altogether? ~ Briana
50 chocolate Easter bunnies. One dinosaur came and ate 2. A child came also and ate 2. How many eaten in all? ~ Sana & Qamar
There are 50 chocolate Easter bunnies hopping around the playground. Then a monster ate 4 chocolate bunnies. How many bunnies left in all? ~ Faith
47 choco bunnies are in the basket and 1 got eaten. How many in all? ~ Janelle 
10 chocolate Easter bunnies. 36 came for no reason. How many now? ~ Ryan
There are 50 chocolate Easter bunnies. Then 2 got eaten then 1 got eaten then 1 got eaten. How many now? ~ Genevique
36 chocolate bunnies. 10 got eaten. Then we got 20 more. How many in all? ~ Taiden
6 Easter bunnies in the box. 43 were bought and got shoved in the box. 3 disappeared randomly. The rest got eaten. How many Easter bunnies eaten in all? ~ Crystal
There were 100 chocolate bunnies. 10 were eaten by Gudetama. 4 were stolen by bunnies. 4 were eaten by 2 cats. 20 were stolen by the Easter bunny. 8 were by Aurora. How many left? ~ Aurora
Kylie ate 10 chocolate Easter bunnies. Sana ate 6 chocolate bunnies. Kenny ate 20. Claire ate 9 bunnies. Kylie ate 1 more chocolate bunny. How many chocolate bunnies were eaten? ~ Kylie & Mom & Dad

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 this week:
The answer is 22 students reading in the dark at Nelson. 
30 students reading in the dark. 8 got scared and left the school. How many left? ~ Pete 
21 students reading in the dark. 1 asked to join and they said yes. How many in all? ~ Adam 
16 students reading in the dark. 6 more came. How many in all? ~ Merry
27 students reading in the dark. Then 5 had to go down for hot lunch. How many left? ~ Ben 
80 students reading in the dark. 20 students fell off a cliff. 20 more students got eaten. 10 students exploded. 8 students were smashed. How many left? ~ Andia 
25 students reading in the dark but then 2 fell asleep and 1 got hungry. How many in all? ~ Sana 
23 students reading in the dark. 1 got scared. How many left? ~ Kylie 
20 students reading in the dark. 2 students left. 1 more student followed them and left too. 4 students from another class joined. 1 student was really bored so they left. 2 students came inside and joined. How many students reading in the dark? ~ Crystal 
29 students reading in the dark. 3 got lost. 1 ran away so 2 tried to find him but fell down a cliff. So 1 got very scared so he left. How many now? ~ Samyar 
44 students reading in the dark but 22 are away. How many in all? ~ Janelle & Faith 
44 students reading in the dark. 22 left for no reason. How many left? ~ Ryan 
26 kids reading in the dark. 4 kids think it’s bad. 1 left because he needed to go. 1 came. how many left? ~ Bradley
21 students reading in the dark. 3 students come to read. How many students are reading in the dark? ~ Briana & Elijah 
12 students were reading in the dark. Then 12 more. After 3 more went away sleep walking. Then 5 more came to read in the dark. Then 3 read in the light but then 10 more came from church. 5 went to a trip to Columbia. Then 2 more students went to Brazil. Then 4 went home to sleep. How many in all? ~ Gunesh, Taiden & Kylie
21 students reading in the dark. 2 students went to bed. 2 students were reading again. How many more? ~ Briana & Elijah

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 the 1st Monday we’re back after Spring Break!!

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 22 green shamrocks left over.
30 shamrocks were planted. 8 got burned by a flamethrower. How many left? ~ 
21 shamrocks. 1 came off a cliff. How many in all? ~ Adam
21 shamrocks. 1 shamrock was dead. 2 grew in the garden. How many left? ~ Briana
10 shamrocks were dancing. 12 wanted to dance but 2 got lost. 5 came. 3 went to the Olympics to watch Canada win gold. How many are left? ~ Taiden
23 green shamrocks. Then 1 blew away. How many left? ~ Ben
22 shamrocks. 1 got lost then 1 got destroyed but they came back to life. How many now? ~ Samyar
12 green shamrocks left over. 4 more were made. 3 more were cut out by a leprechaun then 2 shamrocks got stepped on. After 5 more got made by Big Jim. How many in all? ~ Gunesh
23 green shamrocks but 2 got stepped on and Genevique handed hers in. How many are left? ~ Kylie
50 shamrocks on the field. 20 of them got eaten by the horses nearby. Ms Pearl stole 5 for her stew then Ms Watt got jealous so she also got 5 for her stew. Then a farmer planted 2 more. How many in all? ~ Sana the Great!
44 green shamrocks are there but 22 are away. How many in all? ~ Janelle & Faith
10 green shamrocks on a shamrock tree and 2 randomly were put on a tree and after a few hours 20 were put on. Then 20 fell down. 12 came back and 2 fell off. How many are left? ~ Charlie

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 this week:
The answer is one whole school wearing pink t-shirts. 
200 kids in a school wearing pink t-shirts. 200 kids then took off their pink t-shirts and 10 put back there t-shirts. Then 8 took off their t-shirts. How many left? ~ Charlie
10 schools wearing pink t-shirts. 9 schools didn’t wear pink t-shirts. 2 more schools wore pink t-shirts. 2 schools had a pro d day. and didn’t wear pink. How many in all? ~ Taiden & Elijah
2 whole schools were wearing pink then a new student who was a girl joined. Now how many in all? ~ Faith & Martin
1 whole school was wearing pink t-shirts. Theres 100 students. 1 passed away because of sickness then 1 signed up. How many now? ~ Samyar
1 whole school wearing pink t-shirts. 1 school was cancelled and 1 kid wore black. After 5 more wore white. Later on 6 kids came to school and wore pink. How many in all? ~ Gunesh
2 whole schools wearing pink t-shirts but there were 200 in the other school but 50 left and then 100 left as well because they got stolen by Ms. Pearl ands then 50 left to get ice cream. How many left? ~ Sana & Kylie
1/2 of the school is wearing pink t-shirts. 1 whole school wore pink t-shirts. 1/2 the school got sick. How many are left? ~ Bradley
100 students are in each school. 70 students from South Slope are wearing pink t-shirts. 30 students from Maywood are wearing pink t-shirts. 50 students from Nelson wore pink t-shirts. 50 more students were late from Nelson so they came to Nelson school. They were wearing pink t-shirts. How many whole schools are wearing pink t-shirts? ~ Briana & Crystal
3 schools were wearing pink t-shirts but 1 school had pro d day and 1 more school got cancelled. How many left? ~ Pete
The whole school was wearing pink except for 1. Then the new kid joined in. How many in all? ~ Ben
2 whole schools wearing pink t-shirts but 1 is away. How many in all? ~ Janelle

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 this week:
The answer is 10 heart Valentine’s Day cards.
There are 17 Valentines Day cards. There are 6 square cards. There are 4 more heart cards than square cards. There are 6 circle cards. How many heart Valentines Day cards? ~ Crystal & Aurora
20 people handing out Valentines Day cards. 10 people dropped the cards. How many left? ~ Briana & Elijah
1 Gutetama was handing out 24 cards, but 14 cards fell onto the ground. How mnay are left? ~ Bradley
100 hearts then Dogman came and stole 90 hearts. Then Big Jim came and took 5 but Big Jim came back and put 5 back. How many? ~ Ryan
20 Heart Valentines Day cards are being handed out, but 10 are away. How mnany in all? ~ Janelle & Briana
I brought 20 Valentines Day cards. 10 cards were stolen. How many left? ~ Pete
100 Valentines Day cards. 3 had cupcakes in them so cupcake grabbed 20. Then Mad Max ran by and then made 60 fall down. Then Samyar grabbed 10. How many left? ~ Ben
Tim brought 4 Valentines cards. Emily brought 3 but she needed to poop and she dropped one and it flew away. After Big Jim brought 3 but then he saw cupcakes and he dropped 2 and ran to the cupcakes. Then someone stepped on them. After Dave brought 3. How many in all? ~ Gunesh & Taiden

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!