Category Archives: THINK MATH

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 are 15 creatures in a haunted house. 10 people are interested. How many in all? ~ Sukhman
There were 15 people in the haunted house & 5 walked away. 15 more people cam back. How many in all? ~ Elvis
There are 15 creatures in the haunted house. 10 more moved in. How many in all? ~ Julia
There are 5 zombies & 20 ghosts. How many in all? ~ Vera
There are 45 creatures. 20 got scared away. How many in all? ~ Gian
There are 9 BOO skeletons & 16 jack-o’-lanterns. How many in all? ~ Daniel
There are 5 kids that went in the haunted house. There were 20 Halloween creatures that were already in the haunted house ready to scare the kids. How many in all? ~ Casandra
There are 100 creatures in a haunted house. 75 kids scare away 75 creatures. How many left? ~ Chloe
There are 20 Halloween creatures & 5 creatures went in. How many in all? ~ Cayla
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 8 pumpkins left in the pumpkin patch.
I had 22 pumpkins & 14 pumpkins were taken. How many are left? ~ Lincoln
There are 20 pumpkins growing in a pumpkin patch. People carved 12 jack-o’-lanterns. How many are left? ~ Julia
There were 10 pumpkins. A person takes 2 away. How many left? ~ Daniel
There are 13 pumpkins & 5 kids pick one each. How many are left over? ~ Casandra
There are 100 pumpkins. A school comes & takes 92. How many are left? ~ Sukhman
There are 20 pumpkins. 6 kids get 2 pumpkins each. How many pumpkins left? ~ Chloe
There are 40 pumpkins & 32 people got 32 pumpkins. How many are there? ~ Cayla

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 12 plants planted in Nelson’s garden.
There are 14 tulips growing in a garden. 2 flowers were pulled out. How many are left? ~ Julia
There are 6 sunflowers & 6 tulips. How many plants in all? ~ Vera
6 roses are planted. 6 more roses were planted. How many in all? ~ Daniel
There are 7 grade 3 students that planted 5 plants. Casandra planted 7 more. How many plants planted? ~ Nicole
There are 3 roses, 3 tulips & 6 sunflowers. How many in all? ~ Casandra
There are 13 roses. Someone ripped 1 out. How many are left? ~ Sukhman
There are 3 tulips & 6 sunflowers & 3 more flowers. How many in all? ~ Cayla
3 roses & 9 daisies. How many flowers in all? ~ Cameron
There are 10 roses & 2 daisies. How many in all? ~ Chloe

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 200 kids raising money for Terry Fox.
100 kids are raising money for Terry Fox. 100 more joined them. How many raising money? ~ Sukhman
100 kids raised money for Terry Fox. 100 more just made it through. How many in all? ~ Cayla
10 classes of 20 kids raised money for Terry Fox. How many kids raised money in all? ~ Mrs. James
There are 100 kids in school raising money. 100 more came to join them. How many in all? ~ Vera
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 took a chance & created questions to our 1st Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 23 students in Mrs. James’ classroom.
Mrs. James has 11 girls & 12 boys in her class. How many students in all? ~ Mrs. James
Daniel has 18 boys & 5 girls in his class. How many in all? ~ Daniel
There are 3 students that are done their work & 20 students that are not done. How many in all? ~ Casandra
There are 22 kids in the classroom & 1 came in. How many in all? ~ Cayla

 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 80 students receiving academic awards.
70 students getting an award & then 10 cam in late. How many students getting awards? ~ Emily
60 students receiving academic awards. 20 more students got one too. How many academic awards in all?

Thanks to all the students who participated in Think Math this year!
Next week I’ll start posting our summer time answers & I look forward to all of your creative questions!

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 18 students going on a field trip.
72 students planning to go on a field trip. They split into 4 groups. 3 groups got lost. How many students are going? ~ Yi
24 students went into the bus. Then 6 students got off the bus because they were bad. How many students still riding the bus? ~ Shelley
There were 30 kids. 4 got sick, 4 moved away, 2 said, “I don’t like this school” & moved away. How many left? ~ Oliver
17 students going on a field trip on Wednesday. 1 of the boys was still in the school. He went in the classroom & no one was there so he ran to museum. How many students on the field trip now? ~ Nigen
There were 5 kids in Miss Watt’s class & then 5 kids got in trouble & went to her class. 8 more kids joined Miss Watt’s class. How many there? ~ Amber
There were 3 people from 6 schools going on a field trip. When they got there how many were there altogether? ~ Benjamin
There were 22 students then 2 threw up & 2 fell off the bus. How many are left? ~ Cole
There were 15 students going on a field trip. 3 students came in late. How many in all? ~ Dayron
20 students going on a field trip then the teacher realized 2 students did not have their permission slips so how many students going now? ~ Emily
19 students going on the field trip. 1 person yelled & got sent back home. How many students going on the field trip? ~ Dexter
12 students going on a field trip on Wednesday. Miss Watt multiplied 3 x 6 but it didn’t equal 18 so she went back to Nelson to pick up the rest of the kids who didn’t follow directions. Miss Watt multiplied 6 x 3 & it equaled 18. How many students going on the field trip? ~ Ira
There were 17 students going on a trip. 1 went with his mom & they found him. How many going in all? ~ Jasdeep
20 students went on a field trip but 2 got in trouble so they went home. How many left? ~ Jishith
40 students going on a field trip. 23 went home & 1 joined the class. How many going on the trip? ~ Ken
There were 10 students going on a field trip. Then Miss Watt said, “Where are all the other boys & girls?” & freaked out. But Kristina said, “I see 8 coming out of the bus!” How many in all? ~ Kristina

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 during our final classroom Think Math this Wednesday!

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is the sum of 8 Sports Day stations.
There were 6 stations & then Miss Watt & Mr. Phillips made 1 each but 1 of the stations didn’t have the right pieces then Miss Watt helped Mr. Phillips with his cookie game. How many in all? ~ Kristina
There were 6 Sports Day stations. Miss Watt said, “That’s not enough stations! We need a running station.” So then they got a running station. Then Miss Watt said, “Let’s add another station. How about a skipping station?” How many Sports Day stations in all? ~ Ira
On Tuesday they set up 3 stations. On Wednesday they set up 5. How many stations set up? ~ Emily
There were 3 Sports Day stations ready & 5 were late to be set up. How many in all? ~ Cole
There were 5 Sports Day stations so the teachers thought they should have 3 more. How many all together? ~ Benjamin

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 Emily who created a question for our Think Math answer last week, Way to Go Em!!!:
The answer is the product of 9 classes at Nelson. 
There are 3 classes outside. 3 in the gym & 3 in their classrooms. How many classes at Nelson? ~ Emily

The answer is the sum of 8 Sports Day stations.

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 Wednesday!

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.
50 students performing at the Volunteer Tea then 4 of the tea cups came to life. Some of the students went in the tea cups because it was like being in a hot tub. 5 people in each tea cup. How many people still performing? ~ Emily
There were 31 students performing. One quit because it was hard. How many students left performing? ~ Dexter
There were 3 rows of 15 people on the stage. Then 15 fell off the stage. How many still on the stage? ~ Cole
There were 40 kids that were supposed to be at the Volunteer Tea but 6 kids moved 5 minutes before it started & 4 kids were absent. How many left? ~ Amber
100 students performing at the Volunteer Tea. 40 got sick & 30 fell off the stage. How many are left performing? ~ Ken
1 student performing at the Volunteer Tea in the gym. 20 students came back from their field trip so now there was 21. Mrs. Little said, “We’re missing 9 more people!” Just before the teachers went to look for the students they came back! How many people performing at the Volunteer Tea!? ~ Ira
29 students performing at the Volunteer Tea in the gym. There were 30 of them but a bus picked up 1 student & he went to Europe then he said, “No! This is not the place” so they went to Mexico & he said, “No! This is not the place. I want to go to Nelson School.” He said, “Okay, I get it.” Then they went to Nelson School. ~ Nigen

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!