Concept Connections 6.3E

Directions Organize students into pairs. Each group of partners will receive cards(page 3 & 5). Have students cut out the cards from page 3 and 5. The will place the 3 blue cards down in a row on their desk. Students will then classify the situation cards(page 5) by placing the card under ONE of the 3 categories (one step, two step, multi step) in a column. Remember each card can only be classified into one category. Once all cards are classified into the 3 categories, students will complete their recording sheet. Each student will get a recording sheet. Students will record what category and what operations they will use for each situation to solve the problem. Sample recording sheet is available.

Cards One Step Problems Two Step Problems Multi- Step Problems

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Mrs. Dodd will make name tags for each of the 40 choir members and 25 orchestra members. The materials for each name tag cost $0.56. What is the total cost of the materials Mrs. Dodd will use to make these name tags? One weekend Greg and Darius shoveled snow to earn money. Together they earned $14.50 an hour for 8 hours of work. Each received half the total earnings. If Greg spent $15 on a new CD, what was the total amount he had left, in dollars and cent, from the money he earned shoveling snow that weekend? A grocery store sells steak for $6.10 per pound. What would be the cost of 2 3 5 lb. of steak? Rita had $300. She spent 1 3 of her money on notebooks and 1 4 of the remainder on stationary items. How much money does Rita have left? Andrew plays on a basketball team. In two games he scored 2 5 of the total number of points his team scored. His team scored 55 points in the first game and 35 points in the second game. What was the number of points Andrew scored in these two games? A camera attached to a telescope photographs a star’s image once every 0.045 seconds. How many complete images can the camera capture in 3 seconds? Wendy had 35 tickets for games at a carnival. She used 1 5 of the tickets to play the ball-toss game. She then used 1 2 of the remaining tickets to play the ring- toss game, in which she won 5 more tickets. How many tickets did Wendy have after playing these games? Louis spent 12 hours last week practicing guitar. If 1 4 of the time was spent practicing chords, how much time did Louis spend practicing chords? Mr. Atkinson has 5 1 4 lbs of dry fish food. He will put an equal amount of food into 3 containers. He drops 2 of the containers of fish food. How much food Mr. Atkinson have left?