Math
Primary Math Activities
Below are some ideas of primary math activities.
Find one thing in the house that you might have a lot of (i.e. cotton balls, q-tips, beans, etc.) and count them out as high as you can go. Try another item. Do you have more or less this time? Send me an email with a picture and let me know how far you go!
Counting 0-20
Counting video 0-20 includes singing and stomping counting.
Then write your numbers to 20 and higher if you can! Send me a picture of your beautiful numbers if you can!
Basic Word Problems
Remember! Look for your important pieces of information (all the numbers and what it wants you to do - does it say "in all" or "left"?) and to add your labels.
1) Mrs. Blasi is planting pansies in her garden. On Saturday, she planted 9 pansies and today she planted 8 more. How many flowers did she plant in all?
2) Mrs. Parsell is re-reading her favorite book. Last night, Mrs. Parsell read 3 chapters before bed. The book has 10 chapters total. How many chapters does she have left?
3) Mrs. Winters loves running. Last month, she ran 17 miles. This month she ran 22 miles. How many miles has she run in all?
4) Mrs. Bourg baked 36 chocolate chip cookies this weekend. Her family ate 9 of them already. How many cookies does she have left?
Answers:
1) 17 pansies; 2) 7 chapters; 3) 39 miles; 4) 27 cookies
Adding 0-5
1) 4 + 1 =
2) 2 + 3 =
3) 5 + 0 =
4) 2 + 2 =
5) 1 + 3 =
For each problem, solve using a picture or manipulatives you can find in your home.
Adding 0-20
1) 3 + 6 =
2) 5 + 8 =
3) 7 + 7 =
4) 12 + 5 =
5) 9 + 8 =
6) 10 + 3 =
7) 14 + 4 =
For each problem, solve using a picture or manipulatives you can find in your home.
Adding Double Digits
(Without Regrouping)
1) 12 + 16 =
2) 23 + 43 =
3) 51 + 27 =
4) 44 + 44 =
5) 63 + 12 =
(With Regrouping)
6) 36 + 27 =
7) 29 + 55 =
8) 65 + 5 =
9) 48 + 19 =
10) 76 + 18 =
Counting by 5s
1) Kelsey's chickens laid 6 eggs on Monday, 5 eggs on Tuesday, and 7 eggs on Wednesday. How many eggs did the chickens lay that week?
2) Mrs. Parsell was baking cookies. Her first batch made 15 cookies. Her second batch made 12 cookies and her third batch made 23 cookies. How many cookies did she make in all?
3) Mrs. Blasi was planting seeds. She planted 8 lettuce seeds, 19 carrot seeds, and 14 pumpkin seeds. How many seeds did she plant in all?
4) Mrs. Winters loves to go running. On Monday, she ran 10 miles. On Tuesday, she ran 14 minutes and on Wednesday, she ran 9 miles. How many miles did she run this week?
Answers:
1) 18 eggs
2) 50 cookies
3) 41 seeds
4) 33 miles
Subtraction Word Problems
1) You have 7 balloons and your friend has 5 balloons. How many more balloons do you have than your friend?
2. Two birds were sitting on the fence. Four more birds came to join them. How many birds are sitting on the fence?
3. You have 7 cookies and you ate 2 of them. How many cookies do you have left?
4. You have collected 7 crickets. How many more crickets do you need to collect to have 11 crickets?
5. A bee has 6 legs. How many legs do 2 bees have?
Answers:
7 - 5 = 2 balloons
2 + 4 = 6 birds on the fence
7 - 2 = 5 cookies left
11 - 7 = 4 crickets needed
6 + 6 = 12 legs
2-Step Word Problems
1) Mrs. Delvers had 5 pieces of candy. She eats 2 pieces and shares another two pieces with Mrs. Winters. How many pieces of candy does she have left?
2) Mrs. Parsell has 3 colored pencils, but she doesn't have all the colored pencils she needs for her art project. Mrs. Bourg gives her 2 more colored pencils and Mrs. Blasi gives her 3. How many colored pencils does Mrs. Parsell have in all?
3) Mrs. Flynn has 4 Caught-Yas. She earns 3 Caught-Yas from Mrs. Henkin. Mrs. Flynn then turns in 5 Caught-Yas into the Caught-Ya Drawing bucket. How many Caught-Yas does she have left?
Answers:
1) 5-2-2 = 1 piece of candy
2) 3+2+3 = 8 colored pencils
3) 4+3-5 = 2 Caught Yas
Video on coins and currency values.
Then
Try your hand at adding these coins!
Money Word Problems
Sammy gives $5.00 to Joe. If Sammy started with $18.00, how much money does he have left?
Judy starts with $15.00 and spends $13.00 on crayons. How much money does Judy have left?
Dan has $7.00 and Eugene has $2.00. How much more does Dan have than Eugene?
After buying some eggs for $6.00, Harold has $3.00 left. How much money did Harold have to begin with?
Ruth gives $11.00 to Katherine. If Ruth started with $12.00, how much money does she have left?
Answers:
$ 18.00 - $ 5.00 = $ 13.00 left
$ 15.00 - $ 13.00 = $ 2.00 left
$ 7.00 - $ 2.00 = $ 5.00 more
$ 6.00 + $ 3.00 = $ 9.00 to start
$ 12.00 - $ 11.00 = $ 1.00 left
Intermediate Math Activites
Below are some ideas for intermediate math activities.
Video: Solving Word Problems
Multiplication Word Problems:
1) George's mother had two photo albums with three pictures in each album. How many pictures did his mother have total?
2) Vanessa was buying soap for her bathroom. She bought five packs with each pack having five bars. How many bars of soap did she buy?
3) Dave played three games of basketball with his friends. If Dave scored six points each game, how many points did he score total?
4) Paul bought five boxes of books at a yard sale. If each box had seven books how many books did he buy?
5) A furniture store was selling new chairs for eight dollars each. If a company bought five chairs, how much money would they end up spending?
6) A delivery driver made exactly nine stops each day. After five days, how many stops would he have made total?
Answers:
1) 2 x 3 = 6
2) 5 x 5 = 25
3) 3 x 6 = 18
4) 5 x 7 = 35
5) 8 x 5 = 40
6) 9 x 5 = 45
Division Word Problems:
1) An architect was building a hotel downtown. He built it with twenty-seven rooms total. If there are three rooms on each story how many stories tall is the hotel?
2) Mike was playing the ring toss at the carnival. All together he used thirty-six rings. If each game you get six rings, how many games did he play?
3) Amy received forty dollars for her birthday. Later she found some toys that cost five dollars each. How many of the toys could she buy?
4) Kaleb has twenty-seven action figures he wants to display. If each shelf in his room can hold nine figures, how many shelves does he need?
5) The roller coaster at the state fair costs five tickets per ride. If you had thirty-five tickets, how many times could you ride it?
6) Bianca was helping her mom plant flowers and together they planted thirty-six seeds. If they put nine seeds in each flower bed, how many flower beds did they have?
Send me a picture of your awesome completed work!
Answers:
1) 27 ÷ 3 = 9 stories tall
2) 36 ÷ 6 = 6 games played
3) 40 ÷ 5 = 8 toys
4) 27 ÷ 9 = 3 shelves
5) 35 ÷ 5 = 7 roller coaster rides
6) 36 ÷ 9 = 4 flower beds
Mixed Multiplication and Division Word Problems:
1) There are 7 pencils in each box. How many pencils are in 8 boxes?
2) Deborah wants to split a collection of marbles into groups of 11. Deborah has 55 marbles. How many groups will be created?
3) Anna wants to buy 28 gnome statues for her garden. If she can carry 4 statues home from the store at a time, how many times does she need to go to the store to get the 28 statues?
4) Kathy is inviting 12 friends to a party. She wants to serve three cookies to each guest. How many cookies should she buy?
5) Matt has a collection of 110 crayons. If he organizes them into boxes of 10 crayons, how many boxes of crayons will he have?
Answers:
1) 7 x 8 = 56 pencils
2) 55 ÷ 11 = 5 marble groups
3) 28 ÷ 4 = 7 trips to store
4) 12 x 3 = 36 cookies
5) 110 ÷ 10 = 11 boxes
Money Word Problems:
"Change from a Twenty"
Jenny bought 3 sodas from a vending machine. If each soda cost $1.95 and she paid with a twenty dollar bill, how much change should she get back?
Matt bought 2 bags of popcorn at the market. If each bag of popcorn cost $6.20 and he paid with a twenty dollar bill, how much change should he get back??
Jeff bought 4 pounds of bananas at a fruit stand. If each pound of bananas cost $1.15 and he paid with a twenty dollar bill, how much change should he get back?
Lucy bought 3 bags of chips at the grocery store. If each bag of chips cost $2.25 and she paid with a twenty dollar bill, how much change should she get back?
Answers: (You could check your answers with a calculator...)
$ 1.95 x 3 = $5.85,
$20.00 - $5.85 = $ 14.15 change back
$ 6.20 x 2 = $12.40
$20.00 - $12.40 = $ 7.60 change back
$ 1.15 x 4 = $ 4.60
$20.00 - $ 4.60 = $ 15.40 change back
$ 2.25 x 3 = $ 6.75
$20.00 - $ 6.75 = $ 13.25 change back
Word Problems:
Measurement
The flag pole outside the school is 12 feet tall. But the school decided to change to a taller flag pole that is 14 feet tall. How much taller is the new flag pole?
Jack has a piece of string that is 24 in. long. If he divides it into 6 equal pieces, what is the length of each piece of shorter string?
Answers:
14 - 12 = 2 (the new flag pole is 2 feet taller than the old one)
24 ÷ 6 = 4 inches per string
Refresher video on coins and currency values.
Then try your hand at adding these coins!
"Full House: An Invitation to Fractions" by Dayle Ann Dodds. Review of the concept of fractions in story form.
Then
Try your hand at these fractions!
Challenge: see if you can find equivalent fractions.
Optional Links for Further Learning
Optional Additional Math Resources - Set 4:
These are printable worksheets if pencil-paper activities work better for your family.
Optional Additional Math Resources - Set 3:
These are printable worksheets if pencil-paper activities work better for your family.
Optional Additional Math Resources - Set 2:
These are printable worksheets if pencil-paper activities work better for your family.
Optional Additional Math Resources - Set 1:
Additional Math Resources:
Printable math worksheets.
Printable math worksheets.
Printable math worksheets, some subjects contain slides with step-by-step.
Online math facts fluency practice. Use your log-in provided by your classroom teacher
A multitude of math topics with instruction and practice.
Multiple videos on an array of math topics breaking concepts down to steps.
Video math lessons by subject and standard.
Daily problems you can use to talk math with your kids and encourage them to think about numbers in their everyday lives!
Arcade games style math practice.