Category Archives: THINK MATH

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!

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 4 chubby brown groundhogs.
1 brown hog appeared and then 2 more. 1 left and after 2 more came. How many in all? ~ Gunesh
4 chubby brown groundhogs. 2 went away and 2 more came. How many in all? ~ Briana & Faith
20 chubby brown groundhogs in their holes. 3 died from a sickness. Ms. Watt kidnapped 7. Ms. Pearl joined Ms. Watt. Ms. Pearl kidnapped 6. How many chubby brown groundhogs now? ~ Crystal & Andia
100 groundhogs. 96 farted and got embarassed then 2 went out for carrotts then 2 came back. How many? ~ Ryan
10 chubby brown groundhogs. 1 got stepped on. 2 got scared and left but 1 got too tired and fell asleep. 2 got scared off by a rabbit. How many now? ~ Kylie
2 chubby brown groundhogs were chilling and 2 joined and 2 more joined and then 2 left. How many now? ~ Charlie & Elijah
30 slim groundhogs under the ground. 10 got whacked when they came up on the ground! Then 3 died and 6 got chubby, but then 2 left the den and got eaten by a wolf. How many left? ~ Sana
140 groundhogs are underground but 100 have gone away and there are 40 groundhogs here. (10 4s are 40) 40 groundhogs are underground and 32 are away. 8 groundhogs are underground and 4 are gone. How many left? ~ 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 30 Chinese New Year dragons in all.
29 Chinese New Year dragons. 1 of them came but left for no reason but came back. How many now? ~ Adam
4 Chinese New Year dragons. 26 came out of the temple. How many in all? ~ Ben
29 Chinese New Year Dragons were outside talking about the Chinese New Year festival. 1 joined. How many now? ~ Charlie
5 dragons dancing on Nelson Avenue. 2 dragons went to go get a break. 5 dragons wanted to try. So they did. 10 dancing Masters were interested so they joined. 3 people fell down and got embarrassed so they ran away. 15 dragons dancing now. 8 dragons were forced to dance with them. 2 dragons ended their break. 7 joined for two minutes. Someone left. Two minutes is over. They left. 6 people got interested and joined. How many dragons dancing now? ~ Aurora & Crystal
90 Chinese New Year dragons. 60 got broken. Then 10 got broken but 10 kids helped to fix dragons. How many now ? ~ Ryan & Taiden
40 Chinese New Year dragons in Chinese New Year, but 10 are away. How many left? ~ Janelle & Faith
20 Chinese New Year dragons on Chinese New Year. 4 more dragons were built and then 4 more after. 2 more were built. How many in all? ~ Gunesh
40 Chinese new year dragons. 10 went away. How many now? ~ Briana & Andia
100 Chinese new year dragons. 2 got tired of flying. Then 6 got hit on the head. Then 2 dragons took 6 dragons to the hospital. 10 dragons went to Canada then 6 dragons went to Chinese school. 10 dragons went to the hot beach then 14 fell down. 14 dragons went to the pool. How many are left? ~ Justine & Genevique
35 Chinese new year dragons but five of them were hurt. How many left? ~ Kylie
40 dragons were playing. 2 farted and got embarrassed. 4 passed away. 4 got tired. How many left? ~ 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 15 more cupcakes. 
25 cupcakes. 5 got eaten. 4 got stolen. 1 got smashed into the wall. How many left? ~ Samyar
20 cupcakes on a plate. 3 got eaten by a monster and 2 more got eaten by a person. How many left? ~ Briana & Andia
20 cupcakes are on the table. When my family comes, 5 get eaten. How many left? ~ Janelle
5 cupcakes were on a plate. A kid took 1. After the mom placed 6 more on the plate. The mom put 5 more cupcakes on the plate again. How many in all? ~ Gunesh & Kylie
Sana baked 20 cupcakes. Faith gobbled 4 cupcakes. Then a mouse stole 1. How many left? ~ Faith & Sana
16 cupcakes were on a tray. 1 was eaten by a monster. How many left? ~ Charlie
30 cupcakes. 15 got eaten then 5 fell then 5 were baked. 3 farted and got embarrassed. 3 came back. How many cupcakes? ~ Taiden & Ryan
25 cupcakes. 5 got eaten. 10 overflowed. 5 got baked. How many? ~ Bradley
100 cupcakes in the store. Then the commander cupcake came in and ate 25 cupcakes. Then Dog Man ran into the store and wobbled the shelf and 60 cupcakes fell onto the floor. How many left? ~ Ben
Ms. Watt’s class has 15 cupcakes but Ms. Tsumori’s class has 30. How many more cupcakes does Ms. Tsumori’s class have? ~ Ms. Watt
Kennedy ate 1 cupcake but her dad ate 16. How many more did Kennedy’s dad eat? ~ Ms. 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 Monday!

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
 The answer is 13 students dancing in a gymnasium.
15 students dancing in the gym. 1 student left early. 14 students are now dancing. 2 new students join. 3 students tripped and got hurt. How many students dancing in the gym now? ~ Crystal
23 students are in the gymnasium. 10 Students were having a water break. How many are dancing? ~ Janelle
5 students went dancing in the gym. 10 more students came to dance in the gymnasium. After 2 more left. How many in all? ~ Gunesh
5 kids dancing in a gym. 10 came. 5 went home. 3 were late. How many in all? ~ Elijah & Taiden
15 Students dancing in the gymnasium, but 2 students hurt their arms. How many are left? ~ Kylie
10 students were dancing in the gym and then 3 joined. How many now? ~ Charlie
There are 100 students dancing in the gym. 20 kids fell down and then 40 kids got hurt. Then 10 more kids got stuck in the ceiling. 10 more got stuck and now 7 more kids stop dancing. How many left? ~ Justine
15 Students dancing in a gymnasium, but 2 farted and got embarrassed and left. How many now? ~ Adam
10 kids were dancing  and then 3 kids came back from class. How many in all? ~ Ben
17 kids dancing in the gymnasium. 1 kid got hurt on the eyes then 1 more kid went than 1 kid got a nose bleed. Then 1 kid got hit in the face. How many dancing now? ~ Briana & Genevique
22 students entered the gym to dance. 4 had to go to ELL. 3 got called to the office. 2 tripped and fell and had to sit out. How many students left dancing? ~ Ms. 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 Monday!
 

Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 15 snowmen playing in a snowstorm. 
25 snowmen in the snow but 10 melted. How many left? ~ Janelle
20 snowmen playing in a snowstorm but 5 blew away. How many left? ~ Ben
30 snowmen got built by Nelson kids. The sun came out and melted 15. How many left? ~ Elijah
20 snowmen playing in a snowstorm. 5 went in a random person’s house. How many left? ~ Briana & Andia
16 snowmen were playing in the snow. Then 1 melted. How many left? ~ ?
20 snowmen playing in the snowstorm. 2 snowmen got caught in the snowstorm. Then 3 more got caught in the snowstorm. How many left? ~ ?
5 snowmen playing in a snowstorm. 2 left then 5 more came back from the village. 4 more came too and 3 more came again. How many in all? ~ Gunesh 
30 snowmen playing in a snowstorm, Then 15 snowmen blew away! Then 1 snowman built 1 snowmen then 3 snowmen blew away. How many left? ~ Genevique & Sana
25 snowmen playing in a snowstorm. 10 got crushed by a person. How many left? ~ Pete
25 snowmen playing in a snowstorm. 10 snowmen fell in the snow. How many left? ~ Kylie
16 snowmen were wrapping presents. 1 left and went to Ohio. How many left? ~ Taiden
17 snowmen playing in the snow. 2 ran away because there’s a snowstorm. 2 ran away too. 2 snowmen came to play. How many left? ~ Bradley
Aurora built 2 snowmen on Sunday. She built 1 more on Monday. Crystal built 7 more but 2 melted because of the sun. Crystal built 12 more on Wednesday. 3 melted. Aurora broke 2. How many more snowmen in the snowstorm? ~ Crystal & Aurora

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 7 elves still working in Santa’s workshop. 
13 Elves working in Santa‘s workshop. 6 left. How many left? ~ Charlie
10 elves in Santas workshop, but 3 elves quit, because the work was hard. How many left? ~ Kylie
There were 17 elves in the house. 10 are away. How many elves left working in the workshop? ~ Janelle
10 elves were working and 3 got lost. How many left? ~ Justine
14 elves left working in Santa’s workshop. 7 left. How many now? ~ Taiden
100 elves working in Santas workshop. 93 left for break. How many working now? ~ Ryan
There were 14 elves in Santas workshop. 7 got holes in their teeth. 3 elves then died. How many left? ~ Aurora
8 elves in Santa‘s workshop. 1 got sick. He stopped working in Santa‘s workshop. 10 elves working for Santa then 1 more. After 5 didn’t and then 1 more worked. How many left? ~ Crystal

Here’s next 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 day we get back!