Addition to the Ten Thousands Place
Problem of the Day
Grade 5 Trimester 1 Set 1
Day #1
Teacher Model
Student Practice
In 2005, 34,977 people attended the final
game of the World Series. In 2006, 54,278
people attended the same event. What
was the total number of people in
attendance for both years?
Day #2
Teacher Model
Last spring 72,856 people traveled to
Boise from LAX. In the summer, 69,389
people made the same trip. How many
travelers flew from LAX to Boise during
these two seasons?
Student Practice
One Sunday, 43,816 people attended a
baseball game. The following Saturday,
38,865 people attended the game. How
many people attended both games
altogether?
Day #3
Teacher Model
This year, 21,986 people attended the
city’s Christmas concert. Last year, 19,754
people attended the same concert. How
many people attended both concerts
altogether?
Student Practice
Charlie likes really big puzzles. If he
already put together 4,365 pieces of a
puzzle and still has 1,975 pieces left to
place, how many pieces does the puzzle
have in all?
Day #4
Teacher Model
Robert drove 8,254 miles last week on his
vacation. He has 4,976 miles left to drive
before he arrives at his final destination.
How many miles will he drive in all?
Student Practice
Shannon baked 21,764 cookies last year
for her bakery. This year, she baked
23,870 cookies. What is the sum of
cookies Shannon baked for the past two
years?
The population of Sunnyville is 53,975.
The population of the neighboring town,
Dover City, is 72,975. What is the sum of
people living in Sunnyville and Dover City?
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Subtraction to the Ten Thousands Place
Problem of the Day
Grade 5 Trimester 1 Set 1
Day #1
Teacher Model
Student Practice
Last year the school budget was $35,975
and this year it is $29,764. By what
amount was the school budget reduced?
Day #2
Teacher Model
Last year 14,923 students were enrolled in
the local high school. This year 12,975
students are enrolled. By how many
students has the enrollment been
reduced?
Student Practice
Joel scored 54,297 points on his video
game and his friend Chris scored 64,286
points. How many more points did Chris
score than Joel?
Day #3
Teacher Model
Last year, the school district bought
19,786 math books for their students.
Seven years ago they bought 13,960 math
books for their students. How many more
books did the district buy last year than
seven years ago?
Student Practice
Javier has collected 43,249 rubber bands.
His friend Sebastian has collected 21,971
rubber bands. How many fewer rubber
bands has Sebastian collected than Javier?
Day #4
Teacher Model
Last year Alexander drove a total of
21,986 miles to work. His co-worker,
Stephanie, drove 15,946 miles to work.
How many fewer miles did Stephanie
drive than Alexander?
Student Practice
The local library checked out 15,214 books
last year. The year before they checked
out 19,898 books out. How many fewer
books did they check out last year?
84,822 people attended junior college in
Orange County. In Los Angeles County
93,317 people attended junior college.
How many fewer people attended junior
college in Orange County than in Los
Angeles County?
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Multiplication: 2-Digit by 2-Digit with a Distractor
Problem of the Day
Grade 5 Trimester 1 Set 1
Day #1
Teacher Model
Student Practice
Scott bought 13 boxes of cookies for his
party. He will be inviting 73 kids to his
party. If each box contains 15 cookies,
how many cookies does Scott have in all?
Day #2
Teacher Model
Nathan collects baseball cards that come
in packs of 18. The store has 67 packs of
cards and Nathan decides to buy 12 packs
of them. How many baseball cards did
Nathan buy in all?
Student Practice
Mr. Peterson bought 35 boxes of crayons
for her class of 30 kids. If there are 12
crayons in each box, how many crayons
are there in all?
Day #3
Teacher Model
Steven bought 25 bags of flour for his 5
pizzerias. Each bag weighed 42 pounds.
How much did the bags of flour weigh
altogether?
Student Practice
A 15-year old movie theater has 24 rows.
Each row has 25 seats. How many seats
are there in all?
Day #4
Teacher Model
Every day for 14 days, Shannon read 29
pages of her 27-chapter book. How many
pages did Shannon read in all?
Student Practice
The 10,000 square-foot aquarium admits
35 students for free every day. If the
aquarium does this for 40 days, what is
the sum of students they would admit for
free?
The yogurt shop sells 24 different flavors
of yogurt. Each day, they sell a total of 98
cups. How many total cups of yogurt
would they sell in 30 days?
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Division with Greater Numbers
Problem of the Day
Grade 5 Trimester 1 Set 1
Day #1
Teacher Model
Student Practice
Alice donated $5,385 to her favorite
charity over a period of 5 months. How
much did she donate each month?
Day #2
Teacher Model
Raymond collected a total of $6,657 over
7 months for his Boy Scout troop. If he
collected the same amount every month,
how much did he collect each month?
Student Practice
An amusement park collected $9,807 in
ticket sales. If they collected the same
amount of money each day for 7 days,
how much money did they make per day?
Day #3
Teacher Model
The mall carousal sold 5,392 tickets in 8
days. If they sold the same number of
tickets each day, how many tickets did
they sell per day?
Student Practice
A salmon farm has a total of 2,296 salmon
in their 8 large tanks. If each tank has the
same amount of salmon, how many
salmon are there in each tank?
Day #4
Teacher Model
A beauty supply store has 4,968 colors of
nail polish in their store. There are 9 aisles
just for nail polish. If each aisle displays
the same number, how many different
colors of nail polish are in each aisle?
Student Practice
The distance from Los Angeles to San
Antonio is 1,356 miles. If David is driving
from Los Angeles to San Antonio and plans
on driving the same number of miles each
day for 4 days, how many miles should
David plan to drive each day?
An airplane plans on flying a total of 5,952
miles on Tuesday. If the airplane is flies 3
separate trips of same distance, how
many miles long is each trip?
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Problem of the Day
Grade 5 Trimester 1 Set 1
ANSWER KEY
Addition to the Ten Thousands Place
Day #1
Day #2
Day #3
Day #4
Teacher Model
89,255 people
82,681 people
6,340 puzzle pieces
45,635 cookies
Student Practice
142,245 travelers
41,740 people
13,230 miles
126,950 people
Subtraction to the Ten Thousands Place
Day #1
Day #2
Day #3
Day #4
Teacher Model
$6,211 reduction
9,989 more points
21,278 fewer rubber bands
4,684 fewer books
Student Practice
1,948 reduction in enrollment
5,826 more math books
6,040 fewer miles
8,495 fewer people
Multiplication: 2-Digit by 2-Digit with a Distractor
Day #1
Day #2
Day #3
Day #4
Teacher Model
195 cookies
420 crayons
600 seats
1,400 students
Student Practice
216 baseball cards
1,050 pounds
406 pages
2,940 cups of yogurt
Division with Greater Numbers
Day #1
Day #2
Day #3
Day #4
Teacher Model
$1,077 each month
$1,401 each day
287 salmon in each tank
339 miles each day
Student Practice
$951 each month
674 each day
552 bottles in each aisle
1,984 miles each trip
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