3rd Grade DEEP in Math Problems of the Day! Set 2

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3rd Grade DEEP in MathProblems of the Day! Set 2
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• While traveling to the Grannys house, Mikelyn
  and Noah played a guessing game with colored
  blocks. They put 25 green blocks, 10 yellow
  blocks, 5 pink blocks, and 1 white block in a
  bag. Then they took turns reaching into the bag
  and pulling out a block without looking.
• A. List all of the colors that could be pulled
  from the bag. _____________________________
• B. Which color was least likely to be selected?
  _______
• C. When color was most likely to be selected?
  _______
• D. Noah thought it was impossible for Mikelyn to
  pull a white block. Was he right? _______ Why or
  why not? _________________________________________
  __

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• 1. Joshua bought a pack of six pieces of gum. He
  chewed five of the pieces. What portion or what
  fraction of the gum does Joshua have left? (Draw
  a picture if that will help.)
• ________________________________________
• 2. There are 21 children on the playground.
• a. Is it possible for the children to pair off to
  play a game? _____________
• b. Explain how you know that your answer is
  correct? _________________________________________
  __
• ___________________________________________

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• Farmer Chaney milks his cows early in the
  morning. One morning, he milked four of his cows.
  He got 3 buckets of milk from each cow.
• a. Draw the 3 buckets of milk by each cow.
• b. How many groups of 3 buckets of milk do you
  see? _______
• There are _____ groups of 3 buckets of milk.
• c. There are ________ buckets of milk altogether.

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• The chart shows the different animals on the
  Chaneys farm.
• a. Farmer Chaney has almost ________ cows.
• b. Does Farmer Chaney have more sheep or more
  horses? ___________
• C. Farmer Chaney had 71 chickens. He bought 3
  more chickens. What is 3 chickens more than 71
  chickens?
• __________ chickens

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• 1. Look at the pattern below.
• Oink Oink Moo Oink Oink Moo Oink Oink Moo
• a. What is the pattern? _____________________
• b. How many times do you see the pattern?
  __________
• c. If you were to see the pattern 5 times, there
  would be ________ oinks and _______ moos.
• 2. Kayla gathered 3 eggs on Monday, 6 eggs on
  Tuesday, and 5 eggs on Wednesday. Her Granny used
  4 of the eggs to make French toast for breakfast.
  She used the rest of the eggs to make ice cream.
  How many eggs did Kaylas Granny use to make ice
  cream? _______________________ Show your work.

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• Some chickens are in a pen. Kayla can only see
  their feet from under the wooden fence. She sees
  26 feet.
• How many chickens are in the pen? ________
• Explain how you know that your answer is correct.
  ___________________________________________
• 2. Farmer Chaneys horses eat 4 ten-pound buckets
  of oats each week.
• How many pounds of oats do Farmer Chaneys horses
  eat in one week? Draw a picture of the buckets,
  and label them if you think that will help.
• How many buckets of oats do Farmer Chaneys
  horses eat in two weeks? _____________

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• 1 Farmer Chaney has an odd number of pigs. He has
  more than 20 pigs, but fewer than 30 pigs. How
  many pigs could Farmer Chaney have?
  _____________________ (There is more than one
  number.)
• 2. Richlyn gives out suckers to her friends. She
  opens the bag and passes out two suckers to each
  friend. When she is finished passing out the
  suckers, her bag is empty.
• A. which of these pictures shows Richlyns bag of
  suckers?
• B. How do you know your answer is correct?
  _______________________________________________
• C. Write the number of suckers in Richlyns bag
  using a number word. _______________

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24
37
33
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• Ms. Anna Put all of her second grade P.E.
  students into groups of 3. Since she had more
  boys than girls, she put two boys and one girl in
  each group.
• A. Use counters or draw pictures to represent one
  group.
• B. What fraction of the students are boys?
  ____________
• C. Ms. Anna was able to make four groups with 3
  students per group. Ms. Anna has ________ second
  grade boys and _______ second grade girls in her
  P.E. class.
• D. Ms. Anna put all of the students names into a
  hat. If she pulls a name from the hat without
  looking, is she more likely to pull a girls name
  or a boys name? ______________
• E. How do you know your answer is correct?
  ______________________________________

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• Lewis is putting his marbles into groups of ten.
  He has 27 marbles.
• A. Will Lewis be able to put all of his marbles
  into groups of ten? _________
• B. Explain your answer.
• _____________________________________________
• 2. Willie had 63 marbles.
• A. Can Willie give Lewis half of his marbles?
  _______
• B. Explain your answer.
• _____________________________________________

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• Richlyns mom makes Marshmallow Treats for her
  family. Below is the recipe that she uses.
• 4 cups of
• crisped rice
• cereal 2 sticks of butter 1 bag of
  marshmallows
• A. Richlyn likes the treats so much that she
  asked her mom to make some for Ms. Plumbars
  class. Richlyns mom had to double the recipe.
• She used __________ cups of cereal
• __________ sticks of butter
• __________ bags of marshmallows
• B. 12 cups of cereal can make ________ batches of
  Marshmallow Treats. You may want to draw pictures
  or use counters.

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• The children in Mrs. Carrolls class were playing
  a game in which points could be gained or lost.
  In round one, 8 points were gained. In round two,
  4 points were lost. In round three, 5 points were
  gained. The children had a total of __________
  points. Show your work.
• ___________________________________________
• There were 46 shoes in Mrs. Carrolls class. How
  many people are in the class? _____________
• Explain how you got your answer.
  _____________________________________________
• How many people are in your class? _________ How
  many shoes? ____________

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• 1. Jennifer has these coins in her coin purse.
• How much money does Jennifer have in her coin
  purse? __________
• b. Jennifer spends one-half of her money on an
  afternoon snack. How much money does Jennifer
  have in her coin purse now? _____________

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• Trent took a bag of cookies to school. He gave 5
  friends 3 cookies each. When Trent was finished
  passing out the cookies, there were two cookies
  left in the bag.
• A. Draw a picture of Trents 5 friends.
• B. Draw the 3 cookies that he gave to each
  friend.
• C. Draw the 2 cookies that Trent had left in the
  bag.
• D. How many cookies did Trent have in his bag
  before he handed them out to his friends?
  __________________
• 2. Rebecca bought a 9-inch piece of ribbon. Karen
  bought a one-foot piece.
• A. Who bought the longer piece? ___________ How
  do you know? ________________________________

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• 1. Mrs. Smiths class is going to be making
  decorations for the school play. They need
  squares and triangles. The decorations can be
  brown, red, or yellow.
• A. What are all of the different kinds of
  decorations that they can make?
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___________________________________
• B. How many different types of decorations can
  they make? ____________________

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• 1. Ms. Janice has 8 dry erase markers. 2 of the
  markers no longer write.
• A. Write a number sentence to find out how many
  markers still write. Make sure you label all the
  numbers.
• ___________________________________________
• B. Write the two number sentences that are
  related to the one you wrote.
• 1). _________________________________________
• 2). _________________________________________
• 2. Cat bought a half-dozen donuts at the bakery.
  She ate 2 of the donuts before getting home.
• A. draw the donuts that Cat bought at the bakery.
• B. Put an x on the donuts that Cat ate on the way
  home.
• C. What fraction or portion of the half-dozen
  donuts did Cat have left? ________________

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• 1. Cora went to the dollar store to buy some
  pencils for school. Her school supply list said
  that third graders need 32 pencils for the year.
  Pencils are sold in packs of ten.
• A. To get 32 pencils, Cora should buy ________
  packs.
• B. Explain your answer. __________________________
  ___________________
• 2. Ben and his cousin Lane both belong to a
  camping club. The two boys can hardly wait for
  their annual camping trip that is planned for the
  last weekend of the month. Forty-nine boys and
  girls from the community signed up for the
  weekend camping trip.
• A. How many digits does it take to write
  forty-nine? _____
• B. Write this number as a numeral. _______________

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• 1. Ms. Sellers has sixty-eight books in her class
  library.
• A. Write the numeral for this number of books.
  ______
• B. Tell me 5 things about this number.
• 1. ______________________________________________
  __
• 2. _______________________________________________
  _
• 3. _______________________________________________
  _
• 4. _______________________________________________
  _
• 5. _______________________________________________
  _
• 2. Brody had 46 dollars in his piggy bank. He got
  23 more dollars on his ninth birthday.
• A. Will you add or subtract to find the total
  number of dollars in Brodys bank? ___________
• B. Add the sign in the problem, and then solve
  the problem to find Brodys total.
• 46 dollars
• 23 dollars
• dollars
• C. Write Brodys total using number words.
  _________________

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• Mrs. Diez conducted a survey to learn about her
  students favorite sports. She kept track of
  their answers using a tally table.
• A. Create a bar graph to show Mrs. Diezs
  results.
• Basketball
• Football
• Soccer
• Baseball
• 1 2 3 4
  5 6 7 8 9
  10
• 
  Number of votes
• B. _______________ was selected twice as often as
  _________________.
• C. How many are in Mrs. Diezs class?
  _____________________

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• 1. Zachary placed sixth in the third grade
  spelling bee at Jonestown Elementary. His friend
  Tripp came out 4 places behind him. Tripp placed
  ___________ in the spelling bee.
• 2. Look at the number pattern below.
• A. What are the next three numbers in this
  pattern?
• _______ _______ _______
• B. Describe the pattern. _________________________
  __________________________________________________
  _______________

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• 1. Cindy made 14 dollars babysitting last week.
  She made the same amount this week.
• A. How much money did Cindy make in both weeks?
  _____________
• B. Cindy made about ____________ in the two
  weeks.
• 2. Jimmy has some coins. He puts the same number
  of coins into each of his three pockets.
• A. Can Jimmy have 22 coins? ___________
• B. How do you know? ______________________________
  _______________
• C. Jimmy might have ________ coins in his three
  pockets altogether.