2nd Grade Problem of Day Set #3

The fairgrounds open Saturday morning at 9:30. a.Draw a clock to show this time. b.What would be another way to say this time?

There are 57 people in line for the roller coaster. Is this an even or odd number in line?_____ How do you know? _______________________________ _______________________________ ________________________

18 tickets are separated equally among 3 children. How many tickets does each child get?_________

Ben put 248 gumballs in the gumball machine. After a week, Ben had already chewed 115 of the gumballs. How many gumballs did Ben have left in his gumball machine?______

Kids Company ordered two hundred forty-five games. a.How many digits would it take to write the number of games?___________ b.Write the numeral for the underlined word.

Read each of the following sentences. Label them possible, certain, or impossible. Today is Monday and tomorrow will be Wednesday. ____________________ It will rain next week. ________________ If you put your hands on a hot stove, it will burn you. __________________ With only 2 seconds left in the game, Jim scores 2 points. ______________ possible certain impossible

The Sports Gang Tom Jeff Sam Ralph Jan 1.Ralph is in the fourth position. How many people are in front of him? ____ 2. Now everyone turns and faces the other way. How many people are in front of him now?__________________

Bill mailed 8 invitations. Sal mailed 9 invitations. a.What is the difference between the number of invitations Bill mailed and the number of invitations Sal mailed? b.Together: the boys mailed out a total of ________ invitations.

Jim had 4 puppies. Three-fourths of his puppies are brown. How many of his puppies are brown?

Lucy is making supper for 5 people. Each person is going to get 2 hotdogs, a bag of chips, and 2 cookies. a.To have enough food for all 5 people, Lucy will have to have: ________ hotdogs _______ bags of chips _______ cookies b. It takes 6 minutes to make one plate of food. How long will it take for her to make 2 plates of food? __________

Ms. Smith makes 8 pretty bows. She divides them equally among her girls. How many bows does each girl get?

Danielle got 48 pencils when school started. She has used 36 of her pencils so far. You want to find out how many pencils Danielle still has. Would you add or subtract to find out how many pencils she still has?________ Based on the operation you chose, will your answer be more or less than 48? ____

The children at Greenville Elementary were having their eyes checked by the school nurse. Some children were checked before recess. Ann JoshKate Mariah If Ann was the ninth person to be checked by the school nurse, then who was the twelfth person to be checked? ______________ Look at the children in line. If Josh was the third person to be checked, then Mariah was the ___________ person checked!

List all the different ways Brooke, Blakelyn, and Colby can line up one behind the other to play a game. There are ________ ways. __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________

Katelyn likes pink jellybeans. Her dad buys her a bag containing 5 red, 3 green, 4 pink, and 8 yellow jellybeans. a.If Katelyn closes her eyes and reaches in the bag, does she have a fair or unfair chance of getting a pink jellybean? _____ b.Which color would Katelyn most likely pull from the bag without looking? _____

Jackie has 15 jellybeans. If she puts them into three equal piles, then how many will be in each pile? Each pile will have ____ in each. If she shares with two friends, how many will her two friends get? _____

How many times does this pattern repeat?_________ Find the orange shaded rectangle. In what position is it in?____________ If this pattern would repeat again, which shape would be next? ____________

Can you find any rectangles? Do you see any triangles? I see some squares. Can you find them? Draw a house in your journal. Find some shapes!

Look at the following pictures. Decide which are parallel and perpendicular!

The object on the left is a three dimensional __________. Can you list any other objects that you know like this? _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________