July --- Fifth Grade Calendar for Clark-Wilkins Elementary School
Directions: Complete any 20 math boxes and color in the box after you complete it. Return to Math Central in the Fall.
Sunday
Round each factor to the
nearest ten. Which
problem’s product is
closer to 11,000? How do
you know?
A.
198 X 45
B. 133 X 86
Begin with 12 and count
by 3s to 36.
Begin with 12 and count
by 4s to 48.
What common multiples
did you say for both?
How many Cheerios or
macaroni can fit in a ½
cup?
Estimate how many
Cheerios or macaroni
would fit in 1 cup; what
about ¼ of a cup?
A grasshopper leaps five
inches in each bound. A
cricket jumps four inches
at a time. By the time the
two insects travel five
feet, how many jumps will
the cricket have taken
than the grasshopper?
Monday
Eight has the smallest
value in which number?
How do you know?
48.032
10.08
13.805
Play Product Game *
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Missy Terious bought a
ticket for 15 lunches. Each
ticket cost #3.67. Missy
paid with three of the same
bills, and she got $4.95
back in change. What bills
did Missy use?
Visit
www.visualfractions.com
Record the temperature for 5 days.
______; _______; ______; _____
______;. What was the average
Use your temperature data
to create a bar graph.
Read the directions
carefully. Move the
rectangles at the bottom
to try to get 4 products in
a row.
If you took a ½ cup of
Cheerios or macaroni and
lined them up, how long
do you estimate your line
will be?
Measure your line using
cm and inches.
Solve each problem.
Then sort the problems
according to their
answers’ attributes.
a.
437 + 217
b.
18,107 X 3
c.
921 – 588
d.
428 + 127
e.
10,000 –
2,346
f.
148 X 3
temperature?
Read: “Jump Kangaroo, Jump!”
by Stuart Murphy.
Divide 24 toothpicks into equal
groups.
What is ½ of 24? How many
different ways could you divide 24?
What do you notice?
What was the average
temp?
What time is it now?
What time will it be in 6 ½
hours? What time was it 15
minutes ago? 18 minutes
ago? What time will it be in
3 hours?
April’s kite is 100 feet in
the air. If a meter is just
over a yard in length,
about how many meters of
string are there between
April and her kits? Explain
Mary is trying to earn a 90 point
average in spelling. So far, Mary
has earned a 92, an 87, and an 83.
What score does Mary need to
earn on her fourth test to have a 90
point average? Explain how you
found your answer.
(92 + 97 + 83 + S) ÷ 4 = 90
In which of these equations
would “X” have a value
greater than 20? How did
you find your answer?
a.
X + 11 = 22
b.
X – 17 = 21
c.
3X = 25
d.
x/2 = 12
At a race, there are two
empty seats for every five
occupied ones in a section
of bleachers. If there are
35 seats in that section,
how many are empty?
Complete each pattern and then
write its rule.
Hamburgers cost $2.95 and
French fries are $1.50.
What does it cost for 3
burgers and 4 fries?
100, 89, 77, 64, ___, 35, ___
1, 4, 9, ___, 25, 36, _____
Play the game:
Multiplication war or
another card game that
requires the use of
mathematics.
Go to:
www.mathisfun.com
Pay a math game.
If you pay with a $20, what
will be your change?
Saturday
Complete this number
sentence.
0.072 ÷ 4 Ό 0.432 ÷ 6
Write down the numbers
you see in two different
license plates. Come up
with 4 math problems will
those numbers.
Solve them.
How many lunch
combinations are
possible with the
following choices? How
do you know?
-Beef taco, chicken taco
or veggie taco
- salad or fruit
- tea, juice, or milk,
Find the missing #
3X 37,037 = 111,111
6 X 37,037 = ______
9 X ____ = 333,333
10, 20, 40, 70, ____, 160, ____
Create your own patterns for
someone to solve.
Friday
Flips cost $2.20. Flops
cost half as much as flips.
Flaps are one-half the price
of flops. How much would
2 flips, 3 flops, and 5 flaps
cost altogether?
A snail is at the bottom of
an 8 foot hole. Each day, it
crawls up 3 feet, but slides
back 2 feet. How many
days will it take the snail to
crawl out of the hole?
___ X 37,037 = 444,444
10 X ____ = 666,666
27 X 37,037 = _____
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Created by MaryBeth Gilpin; Mathematics Specialist at Math Central, Clark/Wilkins Elementary, Spring 2013
Practice
Daily:
All basic
Math facts
Addition
Subtraction
Multip.
Division
August --- Fifth Grade Calendar for Clark-Wilkins Elementary School
Directions: Complete any 20 math boxes and color in the box after you complete it. Return to Math Central in the Fall.
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Patty is 3 times as old as
her brother, Terry. In 10
years, the sum of their
ages will be 36.
Mark caught a fish after 2
hours, 30 minutes. That
was 10 minutes less than
four times as long as it
took Joe. How long did it
Carla is in Dave’s French class.
On the two tests, she scored 80
and 86. After taking the quiz, her
exam average was 85.
A big bug ate 54 smaller
bugs in 4 days. Each day,
it ate 5 more bugs than it
did on the previous day.
How many small bugs did
the big bug eat on the first
day and the fourth day?
Two numbers are in the
ratio 2:3 and have sum
of 25.
Explore a website *
www.ictgames.com/
resources.html
Play the rounding game
“helipad”
How old are they now?
What score did she get on the
What are the numbers?
____________
Play Bobbie Bear.
Choose: Customize
How many outfits can you
make with 4 shirts and 3
pants?
.
I am a percent that is
equivalent to a fraction that
is one-fourth of ½.
Play Pan BalanceShapes (Fixed Values)
on the web*
What percent am I?
Find 3 combinations that
balance 2 purple triangles.
Use the numbers 3, 12, and
6 to create two fractions
that are equivalent to ½.
What are the factions?
(you may use numbers
more than once)
Play any game listed on the
back of this calendar.
.A train goes from
Inchworm to Firefly,
making stops along the
way at Bumble Bee and at
Humbug. The journey is
24 miles long. It is 4.8
miles from Bumble Bee to
Humbug, and 7.6 miles
from Humbug to Firefly.
How far is the round trip?
I am a 4 digit number
greater than 9,000. My
ones digit is 3 and my
hundreds digit is the
smallest prime number
greater than 5. The sum
of my digits is 20.
What number am I?
take Joe?
A rectangle has a
perimeter of 150 inches.
Its length is 4 times its
width.
quiz?
In California, the difference
between one roller coaster’s base
and its highest peak is 1 foot higher
than 138 yards.
Anna has 15 coins in her
purse. All are nickels and
dimes. They total $1.35.
What are its dimensions?
How many feet is the drop?
How many of each does
she have?
The sum of the ages of
Mike and Dan is 20 years.
In 4 years, Dan’s age will
be three-fourths of Mike’s
age. How old is Mike now?
Finish the table/
What’s the rule
Input
Output
20
500
40
1000
2000
60
The world’s longest foot
race took place in 1929. It
took the winner 11 weeks,
48 hours to complete the
3,665 mile New York to Los
Angeles event.
The rule is: _______________
I am a 3 digit number
divisible by 3. My tens
digit is 3 times as great as
my hundreds digit, and the
sum of my digits is 15. If
you reverse my digits, I am
divisible by 6, as well as by
3.
What number am I?
Play
Concentration
On the web. * Choose cards:
fractions, games: face down
Make matching cards on index
cards and play with a friend.
How many days did it take
him?
I am a percent that is
greater than 0.75. One of
my digits is twice the other.
What percent am I?
%
If you triple a number
you will have one-half
the number of hours in
two days.
60 ÷ 5 = _____
55 ÷ ____ = 5
50 ÷ 5 = _____
45 ÷ ____ = 5
35÷ 5 = _____
What is the number?
What’s your strategy?
Use the digits 1-9 once
to solve.
When two whole numbers
are each rounded to the
nearest ten, the sum is 80.
One of the addends is the
greatest number that
rounds to 30. The second
addend is the least number
it can be.
What is the sum of the two
numbers?
The sum of my digits is 11.
When rounded to the
nearest hundred, I am 500.
Rounding to the nearest
ten makes me 530.
I am the smallest 6 digit
even number you can
make that has a 6 in the
hundreds place.
What number am i?
Five dollars is divided
continuously among
three boys. The first
boy always gets $0.02
the second boy always
gets $0.03, and the third
always gets $.05, until
all the money is gone.
How much money does
each boy get?
What number am I?
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 Parent’s Signature: _______________________________
Child’s Name: ______________________________

Created by MaryBeth Gilpin; Mathematics Specialist at Math Central, Clark/Wilkins Elementary, Spring 2013