3rd Grade Mathematics
2014 Spring Break Packet
ORANGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OFFICE OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
OFFICE OF MATHEMATICS
ORANGE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
451 Lincoln Avenue Orange, New Jersey 07050
Tel: (973) 677-4000 ext.6110
Fax: (973) 677-2509
Website: http://www.orange.k12.nj.us
Ronald C. Lee
Superintendent of Schools
Dr. Paula Howard
Deputy Superintendent
April 2014
Dear Parents/Guardians:
The Orange Public Schools provides this spring recess mathematics packet to help your child retain
his/her learning and strengthen his/her understanding of mathematics over the break from classes.
The task(s) within should provide a different view of the ways mathematics can be used to make
sense of quantities. Your child will be completing problems and tasks in the content domains
identified by the state of New Jersey as essential mathematics skills and concepts required for
his/her particular grade.
Completion of this packet should require about three hours of your child’s time. If you would like
to assist or discuss any part of the packet with your child, your participation is welcome.
These tasks depend more on logical reasoning and basic understanding of mathematics than on
knowledge of complex formulas or specialized vocabulary.
The problems and tasks will be graded and discussed in your child’s math class when he/she returns
to school. Please remind your child that he/she will be expected to provide reasons and
explanations for the answers, and may be asked to present solution(s) to the class.
Thank you for your assistance in assuring that your child completes this spring recess packet
thoroughly and thoughtfully.
Enjoy the Spring Break!
Sincerely,
The Orange Public Schools’ Mathematics Team
The Orange Public Schools’ Mathematics Team
DAY ONE
1. A division fact is shown below. Write a related fact.
72/8 = n
2. Ms. Gonzales put 24 desks into groups. Each group had 4 desks. Write a number
sentence that can be used to find how many groups of desks Ms. Gonzales
made.
3. What is 678 rounded to the nearest hundred?
4. What is the length, to the nearest ¼ inch, of the line segment below?
____________________________
5. There are 63 comic books being shared among the students. Each box contains
9 comic books. How many students will receive comic books?
DAY TWO
1. Carla has 4 packages of silly bands. Each package has 8 silly bands in it. Austin is
supposed to get 15 fewer silly bands than Carla. How many silly bands should
Austin get?
2. Write a multiplication fact that could be used to find 35/7=___
3. Ken knows that 4 x 6 = 24. Write the numbers 4, 6 and 24 on the lines below to
give a related division equation:
__ / __= __
4. Multiply each:
a. 7x7 b. 5x9 c. 4x8
d. 7x6
e. 12x3
f. 18x2
5. Divide each:
a. 48/8 b. 50/2 c. 44/4 d. 35/7 e. 36/4 f. 100/4
DAY THREE
1. Are the fractions 2/3 and 2/6 equivalent? Use the number line to show why your
answer is correct.
2. Circle ¾ of the counters:
3. Mark a number line to show:
a. 0, 4/1, 2/1, 3/3, and 1
4. Diego’s backpack weighs 5/8 of a pound. Juanita’s backpack weighs 7/8 of a
pound. Which one weighs more?
5. A zookeeper feeds a polar bear 21 fish each day for
7 days. Write a number sentence that will
represent the total number of fish the polar bear
ate during the 7 days.
DAY FOUR
1. Cali had 65 pounds of sand. The sand was measured equally into bags. Each bag
held 10 pounds of sand. How many full bags of sand did Cali have?
2. If 20/n=5 and nx5=20, what is “n”?
3. A farmer has 20 apple trees that he needs to plant in his orchard. He wants to
plant the trees in rows. Each row will have an equal number of trees.
a)
Draw pictures or diagrams to show two different ways he can plant the
trees. Write a number sentence that could be used to find the number of
rows for each picture.
b)
If he has extra apple trees in his orchard and he still wants
the trees planted in equal rows, how would this change
the way he plants the trees in his orchard? Draw a picture
to show how the orchard would look with the extra apple
tree. Write a number sentence that could be used to find
the number of rows for this picture.
4. What is the area of the figure below?
3 cm
8 cm
5. A spider has 8 legs and a butterfly has 6 legs. How many legs do 4 spiders and 9
butterflies have in all?
DAY FIVE
1. Identify the number sentence being modeled by the diagram below.
A.
9 + 9 = 18
B.
3 + 6 + 9 + 12 + 15 =18
C.
18 ÷ 4 = 6
D.
3 x 6 = 18
2. Write the number sentence can be used to find the value of each
72
A.
72 ÷ 8 = 9
B.
72 x 8 = 576
C.
72 ÷ 9 = 8
D.
72 – 8 = 64
.
3. What is the area of the figure below?
7m
7m
5m
3m
A.
22 square meters
B.
56 square meters
C.
36 square meters
D.
38 square meters
4. Find the value of n.
n × 9 = 45
A.
36
B.
405
C.
5
D.
54
5. Hoover saves the same amount of money every day. If he saves $35.00 in one week.
How much does he save each day?
(One week = 7 days)
A.
$7.00
B.
$5.00
C.
$28.00
D.
$245.00