Category Archives: THINK MATH

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 221 Speed Demons. 1 got tired & went to sleep. How many left running?  ~ Mahtab
240 students competing in Speed Demons. 10 fell asleep & 10 threw up. How many left competing? ~ Ken
221 Speed Demons. 1 went off the track & sat to the side eating a big fat cookie. How many running? ~ Jishith
221 students were at Speed Demons. 1 had to go to dentist. How many left in Speed Demons? ~ Jasdeep
250 students running at Speed Demons. 20 students went to go have a bubble bath because they got dirty. 10 students were scared they might get last place so they called their moms to pick them up. How many kids running Speed Demons? ~ Ira
230 kids doing Speed Demons. Then Speed Demons chased 10 out of school. Luckily it was just their shadows! How many left doing Speed Demons? ~ Emily
There were 221 Speed Demons, but 1 quit. How many students left competing in Speed Demons? ~ Dexter
There were 222 people racing. 1 person pushed a guy over the fence & he got disqualified & the other person was hurt. How many still racing? ~ Cole
300 kids were in Speed Demons. 20 were sick & 80 twisted their ankles. How many left? ~ 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 all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 30 flowers blooming in the garden.
50 flowers in the garden. Pesky bugs ate 20. The gardener was sad. How many flowers are left? ~ Yi
32 flowers blooming in the garden. 2 of them said, “This garden is too small.” So they ran to the airport & to go to China. They went & were never seen in Burnaby again! How many are left? ~ Nigen
There were 34 flowers blooming in the garden. Then a boy came & picked 4. He gave them to a girl & they got married. How many flowers left? ~ Michael
40 flowers blooming in the garden. 5 got picked & 5 dried up. How many are left? ~ Ken
29 plants already sprouted. 1 more sprouted. How many in all? ~ Jasdeep
10 daffodils are blooming in the garden. Then a girl planted 9 marigolds & they started blooming. 11 tulips said, “Hey! I want to be planted too.” So the little girl planted 11 tulips. How many flowers are blooming in the garden? ~ Ira
27 flowers blooming because I’m a great gardener. Then the other 3 bloomed 1 day later. How many flowers blooming in all? ~ Emily
There were 45 flowers blooming in the garden. Then 15 got mad that the others drank all the water & all the petals on their heads flew off. How many are left? ~ Cole
There were 60 flowers in the garden. 3 kids picked 10 each. How many flowers are left blooming in the garden? ~ Amber
5 gardeners were planting flowers. Each one planted 6. How many flowers will bloom in the garden? ~ Miss 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 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.
19 players on the ice then 8 took a break. How many players did not take a break. ~ Emily
There were 13 players on the ice. 1 took a  break to play video games. Then another one fell & hurt themselves. How many left? ~ Amadeo
There were 15 Calgary & Vancouver players. Calgary bumped into 4 & they were on the side because they couldn’t play. How many left on the ice?
There were 6 players on the ice then 5 came out to play. Then they scored, Hurray! The home team wins the Stanley Cup. How many are playing? ~ 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 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 were 10 classrooms cleaning up for the community clean-up. Mrs. Pace told the other 5 classrooms to clean up too. How many in all? ~ Shelley
There were 16 classrooms cleaning then 1 took a break. How many left over? ~ Dexter
9 classes doing Community Cleanup & 6 did it a little later. How many classes cleaning up the community? ~ Emily
10 classrooms cleaning up the community for Earth Day. Then Miss Watt’s class told Miss Cornell’s class to clean up for Earth Day! Miss Cornell told Mrs. Heighton’s class to clean up for Earth Day! Mrs. Heighton told 4 other classes to clean up for Earth Day! ~ Ira
There were 16 classes cleaning up. 1 class got tired & took a bubble bath. How many left over? ~ Jishith
20 classrooms cleaning up the community for Earth Day. 2 retired & 3 gave up. How many are left? ~ Ken
16 classrooms cleaning up the community for Earth Day, but 1 class went outside & they were very hungry so they went to get a hot dog. How many left? ~ 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!

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 21 Earth Day projects displayed on the wall.
13 Earth Day projects are finished. 8 Genius Hour projects are done too. “No Earth Day projects!” yelled the teacher. So the kids changed them to Earth Day projects. How many in all? ~ Shelley
22 projects on the wall. Mr. Olsen swept one up. How many are left? ~ Oliver
20 Earth Day projects displayed on the wall. 1 more got made. How many are there? ~ Nigen
29 Earth Day projects displayed on the wall. 8 fell down. How many left hanging? ~ Ken
There were 23 Earth projects on the wall. 2 were taken down because they were bad. How many on the wall? ~ Jishith
15 Earth Day projects on the wall. Miss Watt put 6 more up. How many in all? ~ Ira
There are 20 Earth Day projects on the wall then one project came in late. How many in all? ~ Dayron
19 projects on the wall then 2 kids brought theirs in late. How many projects on the wall? ~ Emily

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 33 Easter eggs in 3 Easter baskets.
32 Easter eggs in one basket because 1 bad child stole 1 but his mom saw so he brought it back. How many eggs in all? ~ Nigen
There are 33 Easter eggs & 3 baskets. Then 1 egg committed a crime & got thrown into jail. Then 1 more joined the group & all of the eggs jumped into 3 baskets. How many in all? ~ Michael
There was 1 Easter basket with 22 eggs inside. A child found 11. How many in all? ~ Kristina
15 eggs in 1 basket & 10 in another & 8 in another. How many Easter eggs in baskets? ~ Emily
There were 4 baskets with 33 Easter eggs. 1 basket of eggs were fake. How many real eggs in baskets left? ~ Dexter
There are 15 Easter eggs in 1 basket. 2 more Easter baskets came, 10 eggs in one & 8 in the other. How many Easter eggs in all? ~ Dayron
There were 4 baskets. 1 was empty, 2 had 15 & 1 had 3. A greedy bunny took 8 from 1 & 7 from another then kicked the empty one away & added the ones he took to the 3. How many in all? ~ Cole
3 people were doing an Easter egg hunt. There were 99 eggs & everybody got 33. How many in each person’s basket? ~ Benjamin
There were 30 Easter eggs in an Easter basket. Then…3 came falling from the sky. They were about to fall & crack but then they froze time & they floated down. How many eggs in baskets? ~ Amadeo

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 22 green shamrocks left over.
30 shamrocks. 8 got picked & blew away. How many are left? ~ Ken
There are 19 shamrocks then 3 more came. How many in all? ~ Jishith
There were 24 green shamrocks. A little girl collected 2. How many shamrocks are left? ~ Ira
23 shamrocks. Then 1 blew away. How many left in the field? ~ Emily
There are 23 shamrocks. A guy with a pickaxe broke a shamrock. How many left?
There were 32 shamrocks on Four Leaf Clover Day. 2 good children found 1 each then a naughty leprechaun stole 8. How many left? ~ Amber

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 one whole school wearing pink t-shirts. 
There was 1 school wearing pink & 1 person who didn’t wear pink. He ran back to his house & came back wearing pink. How many people wearing pink? ~ Jishith
75% of the school is wearing pink then 25% of the school put on pink. How much of the school is wearing pink t-shirts? ~ Emily
Everyone was wearing pink t-shirts, but 1 person who forgot. He remembered he had a pink t-shirt in his backpack. Now how many people wearing pink t-shirts? ~ Jasdeep
1 whole school wearing pink t-shirts. 1 kid was not so he was banned from school. 1 school is now wearing pink. ~ Amber
1 school wore pink t-shirts except 1 person forgot. Someone mailed a letter saying wear a pink t-shirt because it’s anti-bullying day. The person said, I forgot!” Then they did. How many wearing pink? ~ Dexter

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 30 Chinese New Year dragons in all.
15 dragons guarding China. 15 more joined. How many dragons in all? ~ Yi
There were 50 Chinese New Year dragons playing in school. 20 were very very bad so they went home. How many in all? ~ Nigen
40 Chinese dragons in the air. Then the sun burned 10. How many are left? ~ Michael
There were 15 Chinese dragons flying around. 15 dragons felt sad they wanted someone to play with them. The other 15 dragons said would you like to play hop-a doodle-swing a wing-jump-jump? Woo Hoo! they said, Sure! How many are playing? ~ Kristina
There are 25 dragons cooking pizza & didn’t have all of the ingredients. Then they asked 5 other dragons & they got the ingredients. Can we help? they asked. How many in all? ~ Jishith
1 Chinese dragon couldn’t go to the party that had 29 dragons, but then his parents let him. How many in all? ~ Jasdeep
20 dragons in a lab then one went in a cleaning machine. Then 10 more were there. How many in all? ~ Emily
40 dragons in a parade. 10 didn’t want to do it because they were nervous. How many in all? ~ Dexter
40 dragons. 10 flew & got lost, but they found the other dragons again. They all partied. 10 went home because it was their bed time as others stayed. How many in all? ~ Dexter
30 Chinese dragons. 2 went skydiving & never came back. Then 1 dragon came from Toronto & another from Saskatchewan. How many in all? ~ Cole
29 dragons were at home. Then another joined. How many are there? ~ Benjamin
30 Chinese New Year dragons dancing to the Hokey Pokey song. 2 got captured & after awhile got freed. How many Chinese dragons are there in all? ~ Anna
There were 20 Chinese New Year dragons. 2 woke up, 3 stopped playing video games, 4 stopped eating pizza, & 1 stopped playing on his phone. ~ Amadeo
10 Chinese New Year dragons blew their fire. Another 10 heard & were wondering what was going on. Barney said, What are you doing? Minamiso said, We’re trying to wake up all the dragons. Barney said, I can help you wake up the rest of the dragons. The 20 dragons blew their fire & woke up the other 10. How many in all? ~ Ira

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 10 heart Valentine’s Day cards.
100 Valentine’s cards around the world. A weird robot in a space craft stole 90 to take to Unhappy Land. The people of Unhappy Land became happy! The people of Earth became happy too because the unknown land became their friend. How many Valentine’s Day cards are left on Earth? ~ Yi
At school 1 person brought 11 Valentine’s Day cards then 1 one of them got stolen. How many are left? ~ Nigen
There were 20 Valentine’s cards in Yi’s pocket. She split 10 with Cecilia & they handed them out to Miss Watt’s class. How many are left? ~ Kristina
There were 20 Valentine’s cards, but only 10 were needed. So, 10 were mailed to India & they were happy! How many left in Canada? ~ Jishith
11 cards. Then 1 card that was 3 years old had a temper tantrum & went away because he wasn’t the 1st one to be read! ~ Emily
A kid gave a card to 9 out of 10 kids. The kid that didn’t have one felt bad so he gave it to him. How many were given out? ~ Dexter
There were 20 people in a house & 2 more people delivering 20 cards, each had half the cards. 1 delivery man fell in a hole & those cards were never delivered. The other delivery man delivered the cards. How many cards were delivered? ~ Benjamin
15 children made 20 Valentine cards. 5 trolls gobbled 10 up in 2 seconds. “Yum!” the trolls squealed. Then they ran away. How many hearts are left? ~ Shelley
23 students were making Valentine’s Day cards. 10 students handed theirs in, 2 lost theirs & 1 put it in their backpack. How many cards are still being finished? ~ Miss 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 Friday!