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Read, Solve, Explain!
Operations with whole numbers, decimals
Use drawings, diagrams, or equations to solve each problem.
Then explain your solution. Use your own paper.
3. In each batch of popcorn, there are about 464 pieces of popcorn. Josh
challenges Logan and Ava to catch more popcorn in their mouths than he
can. Each child takes a cup of popcorn, begins tossing popcorn into the
air, and tries to catch it. If Josh, Logan, and Ava each toss all the popcorn from
their cups into the air, how many pieces of popcorn will they toss in all? How
much of that popcorn do you think each one of them will catch?
4. Ava brings a 64-ounce box of red licorice, a three-pound bag of chocolate
candies, and a 16-ounce bag of stick pretzels. How many pounds of snacks
does Ava bring altogether?
5. Logan brings six juice boxes. Each box contains 200 milliliters of juice.
Logan also brings a two-liter bottle of lemon-lime soda. If Josh, Logan, and
Ava share the soda and juice equally, about how many liters will each child get?
6. Three of the movies cost $1.15 each to rent for one day. The other two
movies cost $1.38 each to rent for one day. If Ava, Josh, and Logan return
the movies on time and divide the cost evenly, how much will each child pay
for renting the movies?
1. Ava, Josh, and Logan rented five movies to watch Saturday.
Each movie is at least one hour and 43 minutes long. If Ava, Josh,
and Logan watch all the movies, at least how long will they spend
watching movies?
7. While they’re watching the third movie, Logan starts making a trail of
unpopped popcorn kernels on the floor. He lays one piece after another,
making a trail of kernels that is 1.2 meters long. If each popcorn kernel is
about 0.5 centimeters long, how many kernels does Logan use?
8. After Ava, Josh, and Logan watch the third movie, they decide they’re
each batch, there are about four cups of popcorn. If the friends
bored and can’t watch anymore movies. The first movie they watched
lasted one hour 18 minutes. The second movie lasted one hour 38
minutes, and the third movie lasted two hours five minutes. If Ava, Josh,
share the popcorn equally, about how many cups of popcorn will each
one get?
and Logan started watching the first movie at 1:00 pm, what time did they finish
watching the third movie?
2. Josh pops five batches of popcorn for the friends to snack on. In
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Answer Keys
1. 8 hours, 35 minutes
2. about 62⁄3 cups
3. 348 pieces of
popcorn;
Answers will vary.
4. 8 pounds
5. about 1 liter
6. $2.07
7. 240 popcorn kernels
8. 6:01 pm
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M o v i e Ti m e !
Read, Solve, Explain!
Operations with whole numbers, decimals
Use drawings, diagrams, or equations to solve each problem.
Then explain your solution. Use your own paper.
3. In each batch of popcorn, there are about 464 pieces of popcorn. Josh
challenges Logan and Ava to catch more popcorn in their mouths than he
can. Each child takes a cup of popcorn, begins tossing popcorn into the
air, and tries to catch it. If Josh, Logan, and Ava each toss all the popcorn from
their cups into the air, how many pieces of popcorn will they toss in all? How
much of that popcorn do you think each one of them will catch?
4. Ava brings a 64-ounce box of red licorice, a three-pound bag of chocolate
candies, and a 16-ounce bag of stick pretzels. How many pounds of snacks
does Ava bring altogether?
5. Logan brings six juice boxes. Each box contains 200 milliliters of juice.
Logan also brings a two-liter bottle of lemon-lime soda. If Josh, Logan, and
Ava share the soda and juice equally, about how many liters will each child get?
6. Three of the movies cost $1.15 each to rent for one day. The other two
movies cost $1.38 each to rent for one day. If Ava, Josh, and Logan return
the movies on time and divide the cost evenly, how much will each child pay
for renting the movies?
1. Ava, Josh, and Logan rented five movies to watch Saturday.
Each movie is at least one hour and 43 minutes long. If Ava, Josh,
and Logan watch all the movies, at least how long will they spend
watching movies?
7. While they’re watching the third movie, Logan starts making a trail of
unpopped popcorn kernels on the floor. He lays one piece after another,
making a trail of kernels that is 1.2 meters long. If each popcorn kernel is
about 0.5 centimeters long, how many kernels does Logan use?
8. After Ava, Josh, and Logan watch the third movie, they decide they’re
each batch, there are about four cups of popcorn. If the friends
bored and can’t watch anymore movies. The first movie they watched
lasted one hour 18 minutes. The second movie lasted one hour 38
minutes, and the third movie lasted two hours five minutes. If Ava, Josh,
share the popcorn equally, about how many cups of popcorn will each
one get?
and Logan started watching the first movie at 1:00 pm, what time did they finish
watching the third movie?
2. Josh pops five batches of popcorn for the friends to snack on. In
©The Mailbox® • (4.MD.A.2; 5.NBT.B.5; 5.NBT.B.6)
How to Use
For a quick problem-solving center, tear out this page and then slide it in a plastic page protector. Or display it to guide whole-group problem-solving practice.
Answer Keys
1. 8 hours, 35 minutes
2. about 62⁄3 cups
3. 348 pieces of
popcorn;
Answers will vary.
4. 8 pounds
5. about 1 liter
6. $2.07
7. 240 popcorn kernels
8. 6:01 pm
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