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Date: November Unit

Independent class work and Critical Experience questions

Day 1
You are planning a party and want your glow sticks as part of your favor. There
will be 200 guests at your party. One pack contains 5 glow sticks. What will your
quotient be?
Show your work

What is the operation?

A) Multiplication
B) Division
C) Addition
D) Subtraction

Critical thinking question: Why is it important to know how many glow sticks will
be in each
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Day 2

You want to buy your mom something for Christmas. If your sister buys your mom
5 gifts and you buy her 9 gifts how many gifts will your mom have combined?
What is the operation?
A) Multiplication
B) Division
C) Addition
D) Subtraction

Show your work

Critical thinking question: Draw a picture to represent the mathematics behind this
problem
Illustration

Day 3

There were originally 15 phones on the shelf. Within two weeks there was an
increase of 45 phones. How many phones are there altogether?
What is the operation?
A) Multiplication
B) Division
C) Addition
D) Subtraction

Show your work

Critical thinking question: When will we use mathematic equations like these in
everyday life? list a
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Day 4

You are planning your sweet 16. You want to give everyone a keychain with a
picture from your party as a favor. You have a total of 311 guests. You go online to
order the favors and they only had 245 in stock. You go to check the following
week and there was an increase of 42 key chains. Will you have enough for every
guest to have a favor?
Show your work

What is the operation?

A) Multiplication
B) Division
C) Addition
D) Subtraction

You want to buy a new phone. You decide you want to get the I-phone 5.
Originally without a plan the phone cost $819. With a phone contract the phone
costs $199. How much $ will you save by purchasing the phone with a contract?
What is the operation?
E) Multiplication
F) Division
G) Addition
H) Subtraction

Show your work

Critical thinking question: How to strategies help us to solve word problems?

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Day 6

You need 2 cups of sugar pumpkin puree 1 1/2 cup of heavy cream, 1/2 cup brown
sugar, 1/3 white sugar, and 2 eggs to make 1 pumpkin pie for thanksgiving. You
want to make 3 pies to bring to your grandmas house. how many ingredients will
you need?
Show your work
What is the operation?
A) Multiplication
B) Division
C) Addition
D) Subtraction

I go to the grocery store to pick up food I want to cook for dinner. I pick up
chicken for $8.00, rice for $10.00, lemons for $3.00, bread crumbs for $12.00 and
eggs for $7.00. I go to the register to pay and they add in a sales tax of $2.00. What
will the sum of my total bill be?
What is the operation?
A) Multiplication
B) Division
C) Addition
D) Subtraction

Show your work

Critical thinking question: Why is it important to learn multistep problems in

addition to single step? When will these types of problems
occur? _____________________________________________________________
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Day 7

Colin needs to buy new sneakers for P.E. class. He goes to the sore and finds a
sale. Buy one pair of sneakers and get the one half off (BOGO). The first pair is
$45.00 and the second pair of sneakers is $22.00. How much will the second pair
be? What is Colin's total?
Show your work
What is the operation?
A) Multiplication
I) Division
J) Addition
K) Subtraction

You were invited to a party and asked to bring a food item. You decide that you
want to bring munchkins from Dunkin doughnuts. Each container has 32
munchkins and there are 128 guests at the party. You also want to bring an extra
container for your friends parents. How many munchkin containers will you need
to buy?
Show your work
What is the operation?
A) Multiplication
B) Division
C) Addition
D) Subtraction

Critical thinking question: Why is it important to learn mathematical vocabulary?

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Day 8

For the holidays you create a budget for purchasing your friends and families gifts.
you realize you will need $208 dollars to buy all the gifts. You currently have
$1253 in your bank account. How much money will you have remaining in your
bank account after you buy the gifts?
What is the operation?
A) Multiplication
B) Division
C) Addition
D) Subtraction

Show your work

The production line for video games creates 60 games an hour. If the production
amount increased by a factor of 3 how many games could be produced in a
minute?
Show your work
What is the operation?
A) Multiplication
B) Division
C) Addition
D) Subtraction

Critical thinking question: List an original scenario where you will use everyday
mathematics.
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