Category Archives: THINK MATH

THINK MATH ~ 8

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 35 poppies. poppy-emoticon
I had 40 poppies & gave 5 poppies away. How many are left? ~ Lincoln
There are 0 poppies. A boy gives 35 poppies. How many in all? ~ 
There are 100 poppies. 10 people take 55 poppies. A cat & dog play with 10 poppies. How many are left? ~ Julia
There are 41 poppies. 3 people take 2 each. How many are left? ~ Daniel
There are 25 poppies & 1 person brings 10 poppies. How many in all? ~ Bariki
36 poppies. 1 got lost. How many left? ~ Cameron
I am wearing 1 poppy. I have 34 at home. How many do I have in all? ~ Sukhman
There were 30 poppies & 5 just came in. How many poppies all together? ~ Casandra
7 rows of 5 poppies are growing in the field. How many poppies are there? ~ Mrs. James

IMG_1756Here’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!
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THINK MATH ~ 7

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 17 jack-o’-lanterns sitting in a row. carving-a-pumpkin
There are 12 pumpkins and 5 kids came and brought 5 more pumpkins then carved 17 jack- o’- lanterns. How many did they carve? ~ Casandra
There are 100 pumpkins. 83 got carved & are now jack-o’-lanterns. How many left? ~ Chloe
There are 7 angel pumpkins & 10 bat pumpkins. How many in all? ~ Cayla
There are 20 jack-o-‘-lanterns sitting in a row. 3 got knocked off. How many are left? ~ Julia
There were 7 jack-o’-lanterns. The farmer put 10 more in the line. How many in all? ~ Vera
There are 14 jack-o’-lanterns & 3 people give 3. How many in all? ~ Bariki
20 jack-o’-lanterns sitting on the edge of the stage. Mrs. James’ class danced the Monster Mash & knocked off 3. How many left sitting in a row? ~ Mrs. James
There were 17 jack-o’-lanterns sitting in a row. One broke & I carved one more. ~ Elvis

IMG_1528Here’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!
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THINK MATH ~ 6

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. trick-or-treat
There are 20 candies. I ate 15. How many are left? ~ Elvis
There are 20 candy corns. 5 kids get 3 candy corns each. How many are left? ~ Julia
There is 1 gummy worm & 4 gummy bears. How many in all? ~ Gian
There are 6 candies & 2 people took 1 away. Another party puts 3 candies, Daniel Sedin eats 23 candies. How many are left? ~ Daniel
There are 15 pumpkins. 10 kids came to buy 10 pumpkins. How many are left? ~ Selena
There are 10 candies. One person ate 5. How many are left? ~ Amber
There are 7 pieces of candy & kids came & took 3 pieces of candy & then gave 1 back. How many left? ~ Casandra
There is a Halloween party. After the party there are 10 candies left. A boy eats 5. How many are left? ~ Sukhman
25 candies were in the haunted house. 20 kids took 20 candies. How many are left? ~ Benson
There are 100 pieces of candy. 95 kids get 1 piece each. If 95 kids get 1 piece each, how many are left? ~ Chloe
There are 10 candies & 1 kid took 5 candies. How many are left over? ~ Cayla

IMG_1402Here’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!
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THINK MATH ~ 5

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. zombie-mummysmiley-spider
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
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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!

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THINK MATH ~ 4

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. rolling-pumpkin
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
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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!
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THINK MATH ~ 3

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. 7_2_201v
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
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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!
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THINK MATH ~ 2

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. or
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
IMG_1223Here’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!
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THINK MATH ~ 1

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. Teacher4
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

IMG_1523 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!
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THINK MATH ~ 24

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 80 students receiving academic awards. desismileys_4508
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!

THINK MATH ~ 23

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. school-bus-smiley-emoticon
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

IMG_8036Here’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!
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