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12 Mathematics Strategies Practiced in Book B

Building Number Sense
Using Estimation
Applying Addition
Applying Subtraction
Applying Multiplication
Applying Division
Converting Time and Money

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Converting Customary and Metric Measures

Using Geometry
Determining Probability and Averages

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STRATEGIES
TO
ACHIEVE
MATHEMATICS
SUCCESS

PROVIDES INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR 12 MATHEMATICS STRATEGIES

USES A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH TO ACHIEVE MATHEMATICS SUCCESS
PREPARES STUDENTS FOR ASSESSMENT IN MATHEMATICS COMPREHENSION

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Strategy One

Building Number Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Strategy Two

Using Estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Strategy Three

Applying Addition

Strategies OneThree

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Strategy Four

Applying Subtraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Strategy Five

Applying Multiplication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Strategy Six

Applying Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Strategies FourSix

REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Strategy Seven

Converting Time and Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Strategy Eight

Converting Customary and Metric Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Strategy Nine

Using Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Strategies SevenNine

REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Strategy Ten

Using Geometry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Strategy Eleven

Determining Probability and Averages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Strategy Twelve

Interpreting Graphs and Charts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Strategies TenTwelve

REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Strategies OneTwelve

FINAL REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

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Strategy
One

BUILDING NUMBER SENSE

PART ONE: Think About Number Sense

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT NUMBERS?

Each digit in a number has place value, such as ones, tens, and hundreds.
The value of a digit depends on its place in a number.
A number may be written in digits or in words.
Use number words like first, second, and sixth to show the position of
something in a row or line.

Look at the chart. Then answer the questions or follow the directions.
hundreds
(100)

tens
(10)

ones
(1)

a. What number does the chart show? _____________

b. What digit is in the ones column? ____________
c. What digit is in the tens column? ____________
d. What digit is in the hundreds column? ____________
e. Write the number in words. ___________________________________
f. The number can also be shown as ____00 ____0 ____.

Write 3 things about the number 327.

You just reviewed information about place value and writing numbers.

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WHAT MORE DO YOU KNOW ABOUT NUMBERS?

When you count, you tell what number comes before or after a number.

Look at each group of numbers. Write the number that comes before
or after a number.
a. 16, 17, ___, 19
b. ___, 30, 31, 32
c. 97, 98, 99, ___
d. ___, 110, 111, 112
You just reviewed the order of counting numbers.

Look at each row of items. Answer each question about the position of
the colored item in the row.
a.

Start

In what place is the colored fish? _____________________________

b.

Start

In what place is the colored beach ball? _______________________

You just reviewed how to use a number word to tell the place of an item in a row.

Alone, write two problems using the number word fourth in

the first problem and the number word sixth in the second
problem. Write a question about each problem. When finished,
with a partner. give your problems to your partner to solve. You solve your
partners problems. Together, talk over the solutions.

Work

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PART TWO: Learn About Number Sense

Study the place-value chart that Theos teacher made. It shows

how many people visited the second-grade science fair.
As you study, think about the place value of each digit.

hundreds
(100)

tens
(10)

ones
(1)

The chart shows the number 675.

The number 675 is written as six hundred seventy-five.
The number 675 has three digits.
The number 675 has 6 hundreds, 7 tens, and 5 ones.
The number 675 can be shown as 600 70 5.
Look at some other numbers and how they can be written.
The number 59 has 5 tens and 9 ones.
The number 280 can be shown as 200 80 0.
The number 364 is written as three hundred sixty-four.

You use number sense when you think about the place value
of each digit in a number.

Each digit in a number has a place value, such as ones, tens,

or hundreds.

The value of a digit depends on its place in a number.

A number can be written in digits or in words.

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Theo made his own place-value chart. Theos chart shows the
number of ants in his ant farm. Study Theos chart. Think about the
number the chart shows. Think about the place value of each digit in
the number. Then do Numbers 1 through 4.

hundreds
(100)

tens
(10)

ones
(1)

1. What number does the chart show?

854
845
548
458
2. What is the place value of the 4
in the number 845?
5 ones
4 ones
4 tens
4 hundreds

Work

with a partner.

3. Which of these shows how the

number 845 can be written?
eight hundred forty-five
eighty-five
eight hundred nine
eighty
4. Which of these shows
the number 845?
400 50 8
800 40 5
800 40 5
500 80 4

Talk about your answers to questions 14.

Tell why you chose the answers you did.
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PART THREE: Check Your Understanding

Remember: You use number sense when you think about

the place value of each digit in a number.

Each digit in a number has a place value, such as ones, tens,

or hundreds.

The value of a digit depends on its place in a number.

A number can be written in digits or in words.

Solve this problem. As you work,

ask yourself, What are the ways
that numbers can be written?
5. Theo attends Willow Middle
School. The lunchroom at the
school serves two hundred
ninety-six hot lunches to students
each day. What number shows
how many hot lunches are served
each day?
26
29
209
296

Solve another problem. As you

work, ask yourself, What does
the place of each digit in a number
tell me about its place value?
6. There are 579 students in the
Willow Middle School. What is
the place value of the 7 in the
number 579?
9 ones
7 ones
7 tens
7 hundreds

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Look at the answer choices for each question.

Read why each answer choice is correct or not correct.
5. Theo attends Willow Middle
School. The lunchroom at the
school serves two hundred
ninety-six hot lunches to students
each day. What number shows
how many hot lunches are served
each day?
26

This answer is not correct

because 26 is twenty-six.
29

This answer is not correct

because 29 is twenty-nine.
209

This answer is not correct

because 209 is two hundred
nine.

296
This answer is correct
because 296 is written
two hundred ninety-six.

6. There are 579 students in the

Willow Middle School. What is
the place value of the 7 in the
number 579?
9 ones

This answer is not correct

because 9 ones equals 9,
and the 9 in 579 is in the
ones place.
7 ones

This answer is not correct

because 7 ones equals 7,
and the 7 in 579 is in the
tens place.

7 tens
This answer is correct
because 7 tens equals 70,
and the 7 in 579 is in the
tens place.
7 hundreds

This answer is not correct

because 7 hundreds equals 700,
and the 7 in 579 is in the tens
place.

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PART FOUR: Learn More About Number Sense

You use number sense when you count.

When you count, you tell what number comes before or after
another number.

To tell where something is in a row, line, list, or other group, use

the number words first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and so on.

To find the total number of items in two or more groups,

count each group alone, starting with the number 1. Then add
the groups together.

Theo counted the cars in his toy car collection. He used different
ways to count the cars. Do Numbers 7 through 10.
7. Theo counted 38 cars. What
number comes after 38?
37
39
40
36
8. Theo has 6 sports cars in his
collection. In what place is the
sports car that is shaded?

9. Theo counted 12 red cars in

his car collection. What number
comes before 12?
13
10
11
9
10. The drawing shows how many
cars Theo has in two boxes. What
problem does the drawing show?

Start

first
second

third
fourth

Box 1

549
4 8 12

10

Box 2

3 7 10
628

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Read what Theo wrote about his visit to the aquarium.

Then do Numbers 11 through 14.
The large tank in the
aquarium has many different
kinds of sea animals.
Here is a list of the different
kinds of sea animals in the tank.
The list also shows how many
of each kind are in the tank.
Sea Animals in the Tank
Sharks
Sea Turtles
Sting Rays
Sea Snakes
Snails, Starfish, Crabs

How Many
7
4
11
15
101

11. Theo saw 15 sea snakes in the

tank. What number comes
before 15?
16
17
14
13
12. What animal does Theo list
second in his report?
sting rays
sea snakes
sea turtles
sharks

13. Theo counted the snails, starfish,

and crabs in the tank. He
counted 101. What number is 2
more than 101?
102
109
103
110
14. What problem shows how many
sea turtles and sting rays were in
the tank?
4 7 11
11 15 26
4 11 15
11 7 18

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PART FIVE: Prepare for a Test

A test question about number sense may ask for the place value
of a digit in a number.

A test question about number sense may ask you to know a number
in its different forms.

A test question about number sense may ask where something is

in a row, line, list, or other group.

A test question about number sense may ask for the total number
of items in two or more groups.

Theo learned some facts about the earths great rivers.

Read the facts. Then do Numbers 15 and 16.
The Earths Great Rivers
The Nile River, the Amazon River,
the Yellow River, and the Mississippi River
are some of the earths greatest rivers.
The Nile River is the worlds longest river.
The Amazon River has more water than
the other three rivers added together.

R
NILE

IVER

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15. The Nile River flows through

Egypt. It is 4,180 miles long.

16. In what place is the book

that Theo read about the
Amazon River?

What is the place value

of the 8 in 4,180?
4 ones
8 tens
8 ones
8 hundreds

Start

first
second
12

third
fourth

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Theos class watched a movie about storms. Read what Theo did
after watching the movie. Then do Numbers 17 and 18.
Twisters
Theo and his classmates watched
a movie about different kinds of
storms. Then Theo and two other
students worked together to make a
poster about tornadoes, or twisters.
They drew a picture to show the
shape of a twister. They also listed
many facts about twisters.

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17. Theo found out that winds

inside a twister can reach two
hundred fifty miles per hour.

18. Theo made this drawing to show

how many twisters his state had
in one summer.

What number should Theo write

on the poster to show the speed
of winds inside a twister?
2,150
205
250
25

What problem does the drawing

show?

June

3
5
4
6

July

4
7
6
6

9
4
2
4

August

16
16
12
16

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