Daily Math Prompts Week

Number & Operations 6. Matt has $0.95. He has only quarters, dimes, and nickels. How many different combinations of these coins are possible? Explain how you know.

Number & Operations Answer combinations

Number & Operations 7. Megan has 2 1/5 cups of cereal, and Rena has 1 3/5 cups of cereal. How much cereal do they have in all? How do you know your answer is correct?

Number & Operations Answer /5 cups

Number & Operations 8. Ten jump ropes are on the playground. Four ropes are blue. The rest are green. Write a decimal to show the fraction of the jump ropes that are green. Explain how you got the answer.

Number & Operations Answer

Algebra 9. Alison planted 16 rows of flowers with eight plants in each row. How many plants does she have in all? Write and solve an equation for this problem. Explain how you found your answer

Algebra Answer x 8 = n Or 8 x 16 = n n= 128 plants

Geometry 10. Stacy says that a rectangle is not always a square but that a square is always a rectangle. Is she correct? Explain your thinking.

Geometry Answer 10. Stacy says that a rectangle is not always a square but that a square is always a rectangle. Is she correct? yes