Grade K

What kinds of toys do you see?

What can you tell me about the toys?

Grade K

What kinds of toys do you see?

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What can you tell me about the toys?

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Grade 1

How many toys are round? How many have straight sides?

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Do you think there are more round toys or toys with straight sides? Why?

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(K.MD and 1.MD)

Grade 2

Complete the sentences:

There are 2 more ________ than _______.

There are 8 __________.

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In this picture there are groups of___________.

The number of ___________ is less than the number of __________.

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(1.MD and 2.MD.10)

Grade 3

Pick four kinds of toys and count them.

If you made a picture graph about the number of each kind, what could you use as a symbol for each toy?

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(2.MD)

Grade 4

These are the lengths of the cars in the picture, organized by color:

Turquoise 1 ¾ inch

Yellow 1 ¼ inch

Red 1 ½ inch

Green 1 ¾ inch

Orange 1 ¾ inch

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Describe how you would make a line plot about the length of the cars.

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(3.MD)

Grade 5

These are the lengths of the blocks in the picture, organized by color:

Turquoise 1 ¼ inch

Yellow 1 ½ inch

Red 1 ½ inch

Green 1 ⅜ inch

Orange 1 ½ inch

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Describe how you would make a line plot of this data about the length of the cars.

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(4.MD.4)

Grade 1

How many puppies could join so there would be 10 puppies in all? How many puppies could join so there would be more than 10 puppies in all? Explain.

Grade K

What can you count in the picture? How would you count them? (K.CC)

Grade 1

How many more puppies would make 10 puppies?

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How many puppies could join these puppies so there would be more than 10 puppies in all? Explain. (K.OA.4 and 1.OA.2)

Grade 2

Some of these puppies jumped out of the basket and 2 were left in the basket. How many puppies jumped out? Write an equation to show the situation. (1.OA.1)

Grade 3

There are 5 puppies in the basket. Count by fives to 30. How could counting by fives help you find out how many puppies would be in 6 such baskets?

(2.NBT.2 and 3.OA.1)

Grade 4

We see 5 puppies can sit in a basket. How many baskets would there need to be for 45 puppies?

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How many baskets would be needed for 52 puppies? Explain your thinking. (3.OA.3 and 4.OA.3)

Grade 5

Two of these puppies weigh 263 grams each and three of the puppies weigh 315 grams each. Find the weight of all the puppies. (4.NBT.4 and 5.OA.1)

Grade 3

How many squares do you think are on all of the sides of the cube toy?

Grade K

Where do you see shapes in the picture?

What shapes do you see? How would you describe them? (K.G.A and K.G.B)

Grade 1

Based on the K responses, complete the sentences:

The shapes I see are different because ____________.

The shapes I see are the same because ____________.

(K.G.4 and 1.G.A)

Grade 2

Where do you see shapes in the cube toy that can match this expression?

3 + 3 + 3

(1.OA.2 and 2.G.2)

Grade 3

Where do you see shapes in the cube toy that can match these equations?

3 + 3 + 3 = 9

9 + 9 + 9 = 27

How many squares do you think are on all of the sides of the cube toy? Explain. Write an equation to show your thinking. (2.OA.4 and 3.MD.C)

Grade 4

If each of the squares on the blue side of the cube toy has a side length of about 3 centimeters, what is the area of the entire blue side? (3.MD.7)

Grade 5

If the perimeter of the blue side of this cube toy is 12 inches, what is the area of the blue side? (4.MD.3 and 5.MD.C)

Grade 3

Is the ruler in the picture used for measuring in inches or in centimeters? How do you know?

Grade K

Find some of these objects or ones like them around you. Hold one of them in your hand. Does it feel heavy or light to you? Explain. (K.MD)

Grade 1

Use the picture to complete the sentences:

The ____________ is shorter than the ___________.

The ____________ is taller than the _____________.

(K.MD.2, .MD.1)

Grade 2

Find some of these objects, or ones like them, around you. How many pencils are equal in length to your scissors? How many pencils are equal in length to your ruler? (1.MD.2 and 2.MD.1)

Grade 3

Is the ruler in the picture used for measuring in inches or in centimeters? How do you know? What do you notice about the marks in between the numbers on the ruler? What could they be useful for?

(2.MD.3. and 3.MD.4)

Grade 4

Find some of these objects, or ones like them, around you How long are some of your pencils? How long are the scissors at home? (3.MD.4)

Grade 5

If all the objects in the picture were lined up end to end, they would make a line about 4 feet long. How many inches are in 4 feet?

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(4.MD.1 and 5.MD. 1)

Grade K

What can you count in the picture?

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Describe how you would count them?

Grade K

What can you count in the picture? Describe how you would count them? (K.CC.2 and K.CC.3)

Grade 1

How many more books would make 10 books?

If Priya took home 4 of these books, how many books would be left? (K.OA.4 and 1.OA.1)

Grade 2

If these books were left over after Noah gave away 9 books, how many books were there before Noah gave 9 away? Write an equation to represent your thinking.

(1.OA.1 and 2.OA.1)

Grade 3

Is the number of books odd or even? Explain.

Write an equation to represent 2 sets of books like this. Write an equation to represent 3 sets of books like this. What do you notice about your equations?

(2.OA.3 and 3.OA.1)

Grade 4

Three of these books have 250 pages, three of the books have 260 pages and two of the books have 248 pages. How many pages are in all eight books?

(3.NBT.2)

Grade 5

Each of the books is 21/100 meter long. What is the length of each book written as a decimal? What is the total length, in meters, of all eight of the books?

(4.NF.6 and 5.NBT.7)

Grade K

What shapes do you see?

Complete the sentence:

_______ is taller than _______.

Use blocks to make the building.

Grade K

What shapes do you see? (K.G.A.2)

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Complete this sentence:

_______ is taller than _________. (K.MD.A.2)

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Use blocks to make the building. (K.G.B.5)

Grade 1

Where do you see triangles in the picture? (1.G.A.1)

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What shapes in the picture could you put together to make a different shape? (1.G.A.2)

Grade 2

Where do you see rows and columns of windows in the picture? Describe how you see them. (2.G.A.2)

Grade 3

Describe how you might find the area and perimeter of the courtyard. (3.MD.C.6)

Grade 4

Where do you see parallel or perpendicular segments in the picture? Where do you see symmetry? (4.G.A)

Grade 5

Estimate the height of one column in meters. What is that height in centimeters? What is that height in kilometers? (5.MD.A.1)

Grade 5

Generally, there is between

and cup of juice in one orange.

About how much juice would half an orange produce?

How much juice could all of the oranges in the picture produce?

Grade K

How many do you see and how do you see them? (K.CC.A.3)

Grade 1

How many more whole oranges are there than half oranges? (1.OA.A.1)

Grade 2

Sketch how you could arrange the oranges in an array. (2.OA.C.4)

Grade 3

How many whole oranges do you see? How many halves? (3.NF.A.1)

Grade 4

How many oranges are there altogether?

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How many ’s? How many ‘s? (4.NF.B.3)

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Grade 5

Generally there is between and cup of juice in one orange.

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About how much juice would half an orange produce? (5.NF.B.7)

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How much juice could all of the oranges in the picture produce?

Grade 2

Describe how you would count the number of duck feet in the picture.

Grade K

Are there more or less than 15 baby ducks? How could you find out? (K.CC.C.6)

Grade 1

If 12 more ducks joined the group, how many would there be altogether? Explain or show how you know. (1.NBT.C.4)

Grade 2

Describe how you would count the number of duck feet in the picture. (2.OA.C.1)

Grade 3

The ducks sleep in straw beds that hold 3 ducks at a time. How many straw beds would be needed for the ducks in the picture? How many beds would be needed if there were 42 ducks?

(3.OA.B.6)

Grade 4

Ducks sleep about 10 hours per day. About how many hours does each duck sleep in 3 days? Explain or show how you know. (4.NF.B.3.C)

Grade 5

When feeding baby ducks bag of feed is divided among 8 feeding bowls. How much of a feedbag will be in each bowl? Explain or show how you know. (5.NF.B.7)

Grade 3

A serving of peas is about 9 pea pods. How many peas are in a serving?

Grade K

How many peas are there? Draw other ways the same peas could be arranged on each side. (K.CC.A.3)

Grade 1

After a rabbit ate some peas from this pod there were 7 peas left. How many peas did the rabbit eat? (1.OA.A.1)

Grade 2

Is the number of peas in the pod odd or even? How do you know? (2.OA.C.3)

Grade 3

A serving of peas is about 9 pea pods. About how many peas are in a serving? (3.NBT.A.3)

Grade 4

Fun Fact: In 1984 Janet Harris of Sussex, UK set the world record for eating 7,175 peas. About how many pods would that be? How do you know? (4.NBT.B.6)

Grade 5

Janet Harris (see fun fact above) ate 7,175 peas in 1 hour. About how many peas did she eat in a minute? (5.NBT.B.6)

Grade 1

If 8 more elephants came to the watering hole, how many elephants would there be? Explain or show how you know.

Grade K

How many elephants are in the picture?

How many more would make 10? (K.OA.A.4)

Grade 1

If 8 more elephants came to the watering hole how many elephants would there be? (1.OA.C.6)

Grade 2

One of the baby elephants weighs 180 pounds. Another baby elephant weighs 10 pounds less than that. How much does the other baby elephant weigh? (2.NBT.B.8)

Grade 3

A baby elephant typically weighs about 200 pounds. What are three possible weights for an elephant whose weight would round to 200? (3.NBT.A.1)

Grade 4

A baby elephant typically weighs about 200 pounds. An adult female elephant is about 30 times heavier than a baby elephant. List some possible weights of a female elephant? How do you know? (4.OA.A.2)

Grade 5

An African forest elephant’s tusks grow about 17 cm each year. If an elephant lives to be 65 years old, about how long, in meters, would their tusks be? (5.NBT.B.5 and 5.MD.A.1)

Grade 4

The green basil leaves are about 1 inches long. About how long would a line of 6 basil leaves be?

Grade K

How many red fruits and vegetables do you see?

How many green leaves do you see?

Are there more red vegetables or green leaves? (K.MD.B.3, K.CC.C.6)

Grade 1

Think of 3 categories to sort the fruits and vegetables. Create a data display.

Write 2 questions for someone to answer about the data in your display. (1.MD.C.4)

Grade 2

Create a bar graph to represent the fruits and vegetables in the picture. (2.MD.D.10)

Grade 3

The smallest tomato is about 1 inch across. How long does the red pepper look to be? (3.MD.B.4)

Grade 4

The green basil leaves are about 1 inches long.

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About how long would a line of 6 leaves be? (4.MD.A.2)

Grade 5

The weight of a tomato can vary from 14 grams all the way up to 1.8 kilograms. Find the difference, in grams, between these weights. (5.MD.A.1)

Grade 1

How many dots are on all of the dominoes in the picture?

Grade K

Are there more or less than 15 red dots? How do you know? (K.CC.A.3)

Grade 1

How many dots are on all the dominoes? (1.NBT.A.1)

Grade 2

Using the number of dots on the dominoes, can you use addition and subtraction to make 25? 50? 100? Can you make every number between 25 and 100? (2.NBT.B.5)

Grade 3

Using the number of dots on the dominoes, can you use addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division to make 50? 100? What other numbers can you make between 1 and 100? (3.OA.C.7)

Grade 4

Using the number of dots on the dominoes, can you use addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division to make 100? 500? What is the smallest number you can make with 5 dominoes? What is the largest number you can make with 5 dominoes? (4.NBT.B.4, 4.NBT.B.5)

Grade 5

Each domino is about 1 ¾ inch by ⅞ inch. What is the approximate area, in square inches, of the empty space? (5.NF.B.6)

Grade 2

Use the digits on the tiles to create 2 numbers with a sum or difference close to 100.

Grade K

The “M” tile has the number 3 on it. Can you start counting at 3 and count up to 42? (K.CC.A.2)

Grade 1

There are about 46 tiles in the picture. Can you start counting at 46 and count up to 120? (1.NBT.A.1)

Grade 2

Use the digits on the tiles to create 2 numbers with a sum or difference close to 100. (2.NBT.B.5)

Grade 3

The “M” tile is worth 3 points. How many 3’s are in 18? How many 3’s are there in 24? (3.OA.B)

Grade 4

Using all of the digits on the tiles, what is the greatest number you can make? Write the number in expanded form. (4.NBT.A.2)

Grade 5

Use all of the digits on the tiles and decimal points to create 2 numbers with a sum or difference close to 2.55. (5.NBT.B.7)

Grade 4

The full game board is a square with an area greater than 100 square inches, but less than 300 square inches. What could be the length of each side of the game board?

Grade K

How could you sort the game pieces? (K.MD.B.3)

Grade 1

If you used the game pieces to measure the length of your hand, how many do you think it would take? Why? (1.MD.A.2)

Grade 2

Each game piece in the picture is about 1 inch long. If we laid them end to end in a straight line, would the line be longer or shorter than 1 foot? (2.MD.A.3)

Grade 3

Diego played this game from 1:10 PM until 3:05 PM. How long did Diego play the game? (3.MD.A.1)

Grade 4

The full game board is a square with an area greater than 100 square inches, but less than 300 square inches. What could be the length of each side of the game board? (4.MD.A.3)

Grade 5

This game comes in a box with dimensions of 2 inches by 7 inches by 15 inches. What is the volume of the game box? (5.MD.C.5)

Grade 3

If there are 18 rows of umbrellas, how many umbrellas are there altogether?

Grade K

How many red umbrellas do you see?

How many green umbrellas do you see?

(K.CC.B.5)

Grade 1

How many white and blue umbrellas do you see? Show or explain your reasoning. (1.OA.C.6)

Grade 2

Is the number of umbrellas in 3 rows odd or even? Explain your thinking. (2.OA.C.3)

Grade 3

If there are 18 rows of umbrellas, how many umbrellas are there altogether? (3.OA.A.3)

Grade 4

Elena wants to copy this umbrella pattern for a party. She bought 128 umbrellas to hang in this pattern. How many rows of umbrellas will she have at her party? (4.NBT.B.6)

Grade 5

There are 10 streets that have this umbrella pattern. If there are 18 rows of umbrellas on each street, how many umbrellas are there altogether? What if there were 100 streets? 1,000 streets? What patterns do you notice in the number of umbrellas? (5.NBT.A.2)

Grade 5

The world record for most drum beats in one minute is 2,109 beats. How many beats in one second is that?

Grade K

How many instruments do you see? How did you count? Can you write that number? (K.CC.B.5)

Grade 1

Priya has some instruments like these. She has 8 drums, 6 xylophones, and 4 shakers. How many instruments does Priya have altogether? Explain or show your reasoning. (1.OA.A.2)

Grade 2

The world’s largest drum set has 340 pieces. What number is 100 more than 340? What number is 10 less than 340? (2.NBT.B.8)

Grade 3

The world’s largest drum set has 340 pieces.

What are two numbers that add to 340? What are two numbers that have a difference of 340? (3.NBT.A.2)

Grade 4

The world record for most drum beats per minute is 2,109 beats. How many beats would that be in 3 minutes? (4.NBT.B.4)

Grade 5

The world record for most drum beats in one minute is 2,109 beats. How many beats in one second is that? (5.NBT.B.6)

Grade 2

Where would you draw a line to show a third of a door? Can you show a third of the door in a different way?

Grade K

Point to objects in the picture that complete these sentences:

_________ is next to _________.

_________ is above __________.

_________ is below __________.

(K.G.A.1)

Grade 1

Where would you draw a line to show half of each door? Can you show half of the door in a different way? (1.G.A.3)

Grade 2

Where would you draw a line to show a third of a door? Can you show a third of the door in a different way? (2.G.A.3)

Grade 3

If each yellow door is 8 ft high and 3 ft wide, what is the yellow painted area of each door? What is the area of all 3 doors together? (3.MD.C.7)

Grade 4

Can you Identify the following in the picture: line segments, angles (right, acute, obtuse), and perpendicular and parallel lines? (4.G.A.1)

Grade 5

If the board with an 8 on it is about a half foot wide and 2 ft long, what is the area of the inside section of each door? What is the area of all 3 inside door sections? (5.NF.B.6)

Grade 1

How many porches do you see in the picture? Write that number. Start at that number and count to 101.

Grade K

How many glass doors do you see in the top two rows? (K.CC.B.5)

Grade 1

How many porches do you see in the picture? Write that number. Start at that number and count to 101. (1.NBT.A.1)

Grade 2

How many glass doors do you see in the top 5 rows? Write an equation to match the array in the top 5 rows. (2.OA.C.4)

Grade 3

Write a multiplication equation to represent the number of glass doors in the picture. (3.OA.A.1)

Grade 4

Each pane of glass in a door is 4 times as tall as it is wide. If the pane of glass is 34 inches wide, how tall, in inches, is it? (4.OA.A.2)

Grade 5

The length of the smaller porch is 72 inches and the width is 36 inches . Find the area, in square inches, of the smaller porch. What do you think the area might be of the larger porch? Why? (5.NBT.B.5)

Grade 5

Name the different types of quadrilaterals in the picture.

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How are they the same? How are they different?

Grade K

What shapes do you see?

Can you draw or build the shapes you see? (K.G.A.2, K.G.B.5)

Grade 1

What shapes do you see?

What smaller shapes make up the larger shapes? (1.G.A.2)

Grade 2

How many rectangles do you see? Where do you see a rectangle broken into smaller squares? (2.G.A.1, 2)

Grade 3

Where do you see 4-sided shapes in the picture? What are the names of the 4-sided shapes you see? (3.G.A.1)

Grade 4

Where do you see parallel and perpendicular lines?

Where do you see acute, obtuse, and right angles? (4.G.A.1)

Grade 5

Name the different types of quadrilaterals in the picture.

How are they the same? How are they different? (5.G.B.3)

Grade 3

Where do you see arrays in the picture? Write a multiplication equation to match each array you see.

Grade K

How many signs do you see hanging on the treehouse?

How many windows do you see in the treehouse?

Write the numbers. (K.CC.A.3)

Grade 1

There are at least 68 different pieces of glass in the treehouse windows. How many tens are in 68? What is 10 more than 68? What is 10 less than 68? Draw a picture to represent the number 68. (1.NBT.B.2, 1.NBT.C.5)

Grade 2

Where do you see arrays in the picture? Describe them using the words row and column. (2.OA.C.4)

Grade 3

Where do you see arrays in the picture? Write a multiplication equation to match each array you see. (3.OA.A.3)

Grade 4

A typical treehouse floor has an area of 80 square feet. What are the possible lengths and widths of a typical treehouse floor? Do you think this treehouse is more or less than 80 square feet? Why? (4.OA.B.4)

Grade 5

A small treehouse kit costs $777. It can create a 70 square foot treehouse. How much does each square foot of the treehouse cost? (5.NBT.B.6)

Grade 2

Describe the rectangles you see in the picture using the phrases half of, third of, and fourth of.

Grade K

Describe things you see in the picture using the words above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to.

(K.G.A.1)

Grade 1

How many different ways can you describe the shapes you see in the picture? (1.G.A.1)

Grade 2

Describe rectangles you see in the picture using the phrases half of, third of, and fourth of. (2.G.A.3)

Grade 3

If the dimensions of each rectangle is 10 inches by 6 inches, what is the area of each rectangle in the sign? What is the perimeter of each rectangle?

(3.MD.C.7 and 3.MD.D.8)

Grade 4

Describe the angles you see in the letters M and E in the picture. How many, or about how many, degrees is each angle? (4.G.A.1)

Grade 5

If the entire sign is 48 inches tall and 156 inches long, what is its area in square feet? What is the perimeter in inches? (5.MD.A.1)

Grade 4

Priya got on the wheel at the bottom for a ride. The wheel moved 45 degrees and stopped.

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What is her approximate location in the picture?

Grade K

What shapes do you see in the picture? Where do you see them? (K.G.A.2)

Grade 1

Show how you could split the wheel to make halves. Show how you could make fourths. (1.G.A.3)

Grade 2

Show how you could split the wheel to make halves. Show how you could make thirds? (2.G.A.3)

Grade 3

Each revolution of the wheel takes 30 minutes. If a person started riding at 9:45 am and rode 3 consecutive times, what time would they get off the wheel? (3.MD.A.1)

Grade 4

Priya got on the wheel at the bottom for a ride. The wheel moved 45 degrees and stopped. What is her approximate location in the picture? (4.MD.C.5)

Grade 5

The height of the wheel is 135 meters. About how many meters high is the tallest building in the picture? the shortest building? Explain or show your reasoning. (5.NF.7)

Grade K

Describe objects in the picture using the words beside, in front of, behind, and next to.

Grade K

Describe objects in the picture using the words beside, in front of, behind, and next to. (K.G.A.1)

Grade 1

How might you sort the vehicles into 2 categories? How many vehicles would be in each category? (1.MD.C.4)

Grade 2

Which tool would you use to measure the length of a car: a ruler, a meter stick or a tape measure? Why would you use that tool? (2.MD.A.1)

Grade 3

Would the amount of gasoline in a car be measured in grams, kilograms, or liters? What other amounts would be measured in liters? (3.MD.A.2)

Grade 4

If a car has 5 liters of gasoline in its tank, how many milliliters is that? (4.MD.A.1)

Grade 5

The length of the yellow car is about 3821 mm, is this more or less than 4 meters? How do you know? (5.MD.A.1)

Grade 1

How many more gloves are needed for there to be 20 gloves? Write an equation to match your thinking.

Grade K

Count the number of gloves in the picture. Create a group of objects with that same number of things. (K.CC.B.5)

Grade 1

How many more gloves are needed for there to be 20 gloves? Write an equation to match your thinking. (1.OA.A.1)

Grade 2

Is the number of gloves odd or even? How do you know? (2.OA.C.3)

Grade 3

Write as many multiplication equations as you can to match something in the picture. (3.OA.A.1)

Grade 4

Is the number of gloves prime or composite? How do you know? (4.OA.B.4)

Grade 5

Explain where you see the equation 9 x 2 x 5 = 9 x 10 in the picture. (5.OA.2)

Grade 5

Estimate the volume of one of the boxes in the picture. Explain or show your reasoning.

Grade K

How many different fruits and vegetables do you see? (K.MD.B.3)

Grade 1

Describe how the fruits and vegetables are sorted into groups. (1.MD.C.4)

Grade 2

Andre says a chili pepper is about 3 inches long.

Jada says a chili pepper is about 8 centimeters long.

Can they both be right? Explain your reasoning. (2.MD.B.2)

Grade 3

A typical tomato weighs 123 grams. How much would 5 tomatoes weigh?

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A typical serrano pepper weighs 6 grams. If there are 75 peppers in a box, how much does the box weigh? (3.MD.A.2)

Grade 4

A large head of cabbage can weigh 2½ pounds. How many ounces is that? (4.MD.A.1)

Grade 5

Estimate the volume of one of the boxes in the picture. Explain or show your reasoning. (5.MD.C.5)

Grade 3

What shapes do you see in the picture?

Draw the shapes and divide them into parts

with equal areas. Explain how you know the parts

have equal areas.

Grade K

What shapes do you see in the picture?

What is the same about the shapes? What is different?

(K.G.A.2 and K.G.B.4)

Grade 1

What shapes do you see in the picture?

Draw the shapes and show halves and fourths on the shapes. (1.G.A.3)

Grade 2

What shapes do you see in the picture?

Draw the shapes and show halves, thirds, and fourths on the shapes. (2.G.A.3)

Grade 3

What shapes do you see in the picture?

Draw the shapes and divide them into parts with equal areas. Explain how you know the parts have equal areas. (3.G.A.2)

Grade 4

If the area of the rectangular bottom of a birdhouse is 35 square inches and the width is 5 inches, what is the length of the bottom of the birdhouse? Show or explain your reasoning. (4.MD.A.3)

Grade 5

Use the information in the grade 4 question to estimate the volume of the birdhouse. What is a volume that would be too low? Too high? Just about right? (5.MD.C.5)

Grade 4

Use the picture to complete the following sentences in as many ways as you can:

There are 2 times as many ________________ than _______________.

There are ____ times as many _____________ than ________________.

Grade K

Use the picture to complete the following sentences:

There are more ______ than _________.

There are less ________ than _________. (K.MD.A.2)

Grade 1

The animals are sorted into 2 categories. What could the 2 categories be? What is another way you could sort them? Explain or show your reasoning. (1.MD.C.4)

Grade 2

Create a picture graph or bar graph to represent the animals in the picture. Ask someone a question that can be answered using the graph. (2.MD.D.10)

Grade 3

How many ways could you count the total number of animal legs in the picture? Can you write a multiplication equation to match the ways you counted? (3.OA.A.3)

Grade 4

Use the picture to complete the following sentences in as many ways as you can:

There are 2 times as many ____________ than ___________.

There are ___ times as many __________ than ____________. (4.OA.A.1)

Grade 5

How does this multiplication expression represent the number of legs in the picture: (10 x 4) + (6 x 2)? If there were 3 more birds and 2 more foxes, how would the expression change? (5.OA.A.2)

Grade 5

About what fraction of the pancake stack is on the fork?

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If you ate half of what was on the fork, how much of the pancake stack would be eaten? Explain or show your reasoning.

Grade K

How many pancakes do you see in the picture? (K.CC.B.5)

Grade 1

If 8 more pancakes were put on the plate, how many pancakes would there be then? (1.OA.2)

Grade 2

Do you see an even or an odd number of pancakes in the picture? Explain or show your reasoning. (2.OA.C.3)

Grade 3

About what fraction of the pancake stack is on the fork? What fraction is left in the stack? (3.NF.A.1)

Grade 4

About what fraction of the pancake stack is on the fork? If you ate 6 bites of the same size, how much of the stack would be eaten? Explain or show your reasoning. (4.NF.B.4)

Grade 5

About what fraction of the pancake stack is on the fork? If you ate half of what was on the fork, how much of the pancake stack would be eaten? Explain or show your reasoning. (5.NF.B.4)

Grade 1

A player rolls 2 balls down the lane, one at a time.

List 5 possible total scores the player could get.

Grade K

How many different scores are possible? Show how you counted the scores on the picture. (K.CC.B.5)

Grade 1

A player rolls 2 balls down the lane, one at a time. List 5 possible total scores the player could get. (1.NBT.C.4)

Grade 2

A player rolls 5 balls down the lane, one at a time. What is the highest possible score? What is the lowest possible score? What score could the player have if none of the balls hop in the same hole? (2.NBT.B.7)

Grade 3

A player plays 2 rounds of Skeeball. In each round, they roll 5 balls. List 5 possible scores the player could have after the 2 rounds. (3.NBT.A.2)

Grade 4

A player plays 4 rounds of Skeeball. The total score after those 4 rounds is 2,680. If the player scored the same amount of points each round, how many points did they score in each of the 4 rounds? Explain or show your reasoning. (4.NBT.B.6)

Grade 5

A standard game of Skeeball is 12 rounds with 9 balls in each round. What rolls would create a score of 1320 after 3 rounds? Write an equation to represent the rolls and the score.

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Based on the first 3 rounds, what might be the final score of this game? Explain or show your reasoning. (5.OA.A.1)

Grade 4

How does this picture show that 10 is a multiple of 2?

How does this picture show that 5 is a factor of 35?

How does the picture show that 70 is a multiple of 10?

Grade K

How many pairs of shoes are in the bottom row? Write the number. (K.CC.A.3)

Grade 1

There are 70 shoes in all. How many shoes would there be if another full row of shoes was added? Explain or show your reasoning. (1.NBT.C.4)

Grade 2

Is the number of shoes in the bottom row of the shelf odd or even? Explain or show your reasoning. (2.OA.C.3)

Grade 3

Each space that holds a pair of shoes is called a cubby. How many shoe cubbies are in the picture? Write an equation to match your thinking. (3.OA.A.3)

Grade 4

How does this picture show that 10 is a multiple of 2?

How does this picture show that 5 is a factor of 35?

How does the picture show that 70 is a multiple of 10? (4.OA.B.4)

Grade 5

How does this multiplication expression represent the number of shoes in the picture: (7 x 2) x 5? If there were 3 more rows added that had 4 shoes in each cubby, how would the expression change? (5.OA.A.2)

Grade K

How could you describe a brick in the picture?

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What about the brick could you measure?

Grade K

How could you describe a brick in the picture? What about the brick could you measure? (K.MD.A.1)

Grade 1

A brick can be about as long as your foot. Find something around you that is longer than your foot. Find something that is shorter than your foot. (1.MD.A.1)

Grade 2

Do you think a brick would be about 9 centimeters, 9 inches or 9 feet long? How do you know? (2.MD.A.3)

Grade 3

Do you think a brick would most likely weigh about 2 grams or 2 kilograms? How do you know? (3.MD.A.2)

Grade 4

A standard brick weighs about 5 pounds. A pound is equivalent to 16 ounces. What is the weight, in ounces, of a standard brick? (4.MD.A.1)

Grade 5

A standard brick for building is 8 inches by 2 ¼ inches by 4 inches. Find the volume of a standard brick. (5.MD.C.5)

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Grade 2

Choose a solar array in the picture to sketch.

How many rows and columns does it have?

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Write an equation to represent the number of panels in the array you sketched.

Grade K

Are there more than 20 solar panels in the picture? Show how you know. (K.CC.B.5)

Grade 1

One of the solar arrays has 36 panels. Another solar array has 28 panels. Use < or > to compare 36 and 28. (1.NBT.A.3)

Grade 2

Choose a solar array in the picture to sketch. How many rows and columns does it have? Write an equation to represent the number of panels in the array you sketched. (2.OA.C.4)

Grade 3

Choose two different solar arrays to sketch. Write an equation to represent the number of panels in each array. What is the same about your equations? What is different? (3.OA.A.3)

Grade 4

What pattern(s) do you see in the solar panels?

Now that you have noticed some patterns in the solar panels, do you think a solar panel array would be more likely to have 50, 55, or 72 panels? Why?

(4.OA.C.5 and 4.OA.A.4)

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Grade 5

A standard 60-cell solar panel is 3 ¼ feet wide and 5 ½ feet long. What is the area of this solar panel? (5.NBT.B.6)

Grade 4

In the word “LAW”, which letters have a line of symmetry? Which do not? Show how you know.

Grade K

How many circles do you see? (K.G.B.2)

Grade 1

What shapes do you see?

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What smaller shapes make up the larger shape? (1.G.A.2)

Grade 2

A game tile is 1 inch long on each side. If we measured a game tile in centimeters, would you expect it to be more or less than 1 centimeter? Why? (2.MD.A.2)

Grade 3

Each game tile is a square inch. If you put all the tiles in this photo together to make a figure, what would its area be? What might this figure look like? (3.MD.C.5)

Grade 4

In the word “LAW”, which letters have a line of symmetry? Which do not? Show how you know. (4.G.A.3)

Grade 5

Name some attributes of the tile’s shape. Can you think of at least 5 geometric names for the shape of a tile? (5.G.B.3)

Grade K

What do you see the most of in the picture? What do you see the least of in the picture?

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Complete the sentences based on the picture:

I see more than 10 _____________________.

I see less than 5 ________________________.

Grade K

What do you see the most of in the picture? What do you see the least of in the picture?

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Complete the sentences based on the picture:

I see more than 10 _____________________.

I see less than 5 ________________________. (K.CC.C.6)

Grade 1

Jada had 14 tulips in her yard. She put some tulips in a vase and then 6 were left in her yard. How many tulips did Jada put in the vase? (1.OA.A.1)

Grade 2

A flower farm grew 529 tulips. The farm sold 100 tulips on Sunday. How many tulips were left on the farm?

On Monday the farm sold 10 tulips. How many tulips were left on the farm? (2.NBT.B.8)

Grade 3

A flower farm grew 529 tulips. What is 529 rounded to the nearest ten? To the nearest hundred? (3.NBT.A.1)

Grade 4

A flower farm grew 529 tulips. A garden center grew 678 tulips. Find the total number of tulips grown and write the total in words and in expanded form. (4.OA.A.3 and 4.NBT.A.2)

Grade 5

Tulips can be shipped in 58 pallets per truck. Each full pallet contains 18 crates of 100 un-sprouted bulbs and 6 crates of 60 sprouted bulbs. Write and evaluate a mathematical expression to represent the truck load of tulip bulbs. (5.OA.A.2)

Grade

3

Choose a shape you see in the picture and write 2 sentences that describe the shape in as much detail as you can.

Grade K

What shapes do you see in the picture? (K.G.A.1)

Grade 1

Choose a shape to sketch from the picture. Draw a line to split your shape into 2 equal parts. What words describe each equal part? (1.G.A.3)

Grade 2

Choose a shape to sketch from the picture. Draw a line to partition your shape into 3 equal parts. What words describe each equal part? (2.G.A.3)

Grade 3

Choose a shape from the picture and write 2 sentences that describe the shape in as much detail as you can. (3.G.A.1)

Grade 4

Choose a shape to sketch from the picture. Draw any lines of symmetry it has. (4.G.A.3)

Grade 5

Choose a quadrilateral to sketch from the picture. What other quadrilaterals share characteristics with the shape you drew? (5.G.B.3)

Grade

4

The largest colored pencil drawing ever documented is 500 yards long. How many feet is that? Show or explain your reasoning.

Grade K

Point to or use the colors in the picture to complete the sentences.

The ________ pencil is longer than the ___________ pencil.

The ________ pencil is shorter than the __________ pencil.

(K.MD.A.2)

Grade 1

Show 3 pencils in the picture that are in order by their length from shortest to longest. (1.MD.A.1)

Grade 2

Which tool would you use to measure the length of a pencil: a ruler, a yardstick or a meter stick? Why would you use that tool? (2.MD.A.1)

Grade 3

If the shortest pencil in the picture is a half inch, how long do you think some of the other pencils are? Explain or show your reasoning. (3.MD.B.4)

Grade 4

The largest colored pencil drawing ever documented was 500 yards long. How many feet is that? (4.MD.A.2)

Grade 5

The largest colored pencil is located in the Pencil Museum in Cumbria. It weighs 984.05 pounds. How much would 2 of those pencils weigh? (5.NBT.B.7)

Grade

1

From Paige and Grace:

If you give the middle vase of flowers away to a friend, how many flowers would be left?

Grade K

From Sofia:

How many flowers are there in the picture? (K.CC.B.5)

Grade 1

From Paige and Grace:

If you give the middle vase of flowers away to a friend, how many flowers would be left? (1.OA.A.1)

Grade 2

From Syd:

Is the number of flowers odd or even? How do you know?

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From Gavin:

If the vase is 5 inches tall, estimate the height of one of the flowers.

(2.OA.C.3, 2.MD.A.3)

Grade 3

From Jordan:

Each flower has 6 petals. How many petals are there in all? Write an equation that matches your thinking. (3.OA.A.3)

Grade 4

From Michael:

Write and solve a division word problem about the picture. (4.OA.A.3)

Grade 5

From Colby and Oliver:

If each vase of flowers with water weighs 7 ounces, how many pounds do the vases weigh in total? (5.MD.A.1)

Grade 5

If each cardboard box is 22 cm by

15 cm by 5 cm, what is the volume of one box?

Grade K

What shapes do you see in the picture? Where do you see them? How many do you see? (K.G.A.2)

Grade 1

What shapes in the picture could you put together to make a different shape? (1.G.A.2)

Grade 2

How many rectangles do you see? Describe each rectangle in as much detail as possible. (2.G.A.1)

Grade 3

Describe how you might find the area and perimeter of one of the rectangles in the picture. (3.MD.C.6)

Grade 4

Where do you see parallel and perpendicular lines in the picture? What kind of angles do you see? (4.G.A.1)

Grade 5

If each cardboard box is 22 cm by 15 cm by 5 cm, what is the volume of one box? (5.MD.C.5)

Grade

2

Show where you see arrays in the picture.

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Choose an array and describe to friend or family member. See if they can find your array in the picture.

Grade K

Where do you see groups of 2 in the picture? Where do you see 3? Where do you see 4? Where do you see 5? Show where you see other numbers in the picture. (K.OA.A.3)

Grade 1

Priya said she sees 4 + 6 + 5 when she looks at the markers. Where might Priya see the markers that match that expression? (1.OA.A.2)

Grade 2

Show where you see arrays in the picture.

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Choose an array and describe to friend or family member. See if they can find your array in the picture. (2.OA.C.4)

Grade 3

Record 5 multiplication equations that represent some of the markers in the picture. Record 5 division equations that represent some of the markers in the picture. (3.OA.A.3)

Grade 4

Use the picture to show that 3 is a factor of 12. Use the picture to show that 24 is a multiple of 6. Where do you see other factor and multiple relationships in the picture? (4.OA.B.4)

Grade 5

Complete this expression in as many ways as you can based on the grouping of markers in the picture: ( ____ x ____ ) + ( ____ x ____ ) = _______ (5.OA.A.1)

Grade

1

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In 2019, a 10-year-old girl named Selah became the youngest person to climb the mountain. Are you older or younger than Selah? By how many years?

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Grade K

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How many trees can you count in the picture? (K.CC.B.5)

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Grade 1

In 2019, a 10-year-old girl named Selah became the youngest person to climb the mountain. Are you older or younger than Selah? By how many years? (1.OA.C.6)

Grade 2

People climbing El Capitan need to bring water to drink. The water for one person weighs about 24 lbs. How much will water for two people weigh? (2.OA.1)

Grade 3

The fastest climb of El Capitan was about 2 hours and 24 minutes by Alex Honnold and Hans Florine in 2012. How many minutes was their climb? (3.NBT.A.2)

Grade 4

The Freedom Tower in New York City is 1,776 feet high. How many feet higher is the mountain El Capitan?

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The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world at 2,717 feet. How many feet higher is the mountain El Capitan? (4.NBT.B.4)

Grade 5

On June 3, 2017, Alex Honnold climbed one mountain route in about 4 hours. If he climbed almost the same distance each hour, how many feet did Alex climb in the first hour? (5.NBT.B.6)

Grade

1

Where do you see halves in the picture?

Where do you see fourths in the picture?

Grade K

Which picture has the fewest number of watermelon slices? How many slices does it have? (K.CC.C.6)

Grade 1

Where do you see halves in the picture? Where do you see fourths in the picture? (1.G.A.3)

Grade 2

Sketch a circle to represent a watermelon. Draw lines to show thirds. (2.G .A.3)

Grade 3

How many fourths are in all four pictures altogether? How many eighths are in in all four pictures? Show or explain your reasoning. (3.NF.A.1)

Grade 4

What equivalent fractions do you see represented in the picture? Record them and explain how you know they are equivalent. (4.NF.A.1)

Grade 5

At a watermelon eating contest each contestant was given half a watermelon. If Jada ate ⅖ of her half, how much of the whole watermelon did Jada eat? (5.NF.B.4)

Grade 3

Based on the clock, what time will it be in London

20 minutes from now?

Grade K

How many clocks would need to be added to the wall so there were 10 clocks in all? (K.OA.A.4)

Grade 1

Do any of these clocks show times to the half hour? Show or explain your reasoning. (1.MD.B.3)

Grade 2

Are these clocks closer to 35 minutes past the hour or 45 minutes past the hour? Show or explain your reasoning. (2.MD.C.7)

Grade 3

Based on the clocks, what time will it be in London 20 minutes from now? (3.MD.A.1)

Grade 4

Based on the clocks, what time was it 3 ½ hours ago in Tokyo? (4.MD.A.2)

Grade 5

A centisecond is 0.01 of a second. How many centiseconds are in 10 minutes? In 30 minutes? In 1 hour? (5.NBT.A.2)

Grade

4

A group of penguins on land is called a rookery. Some penguin rookeries can be 700 times as large as the group in this photo. How many penguins would be in that rookery?

Grade K

How many penguins are in the picture? Write the number. Is the number of penguins more than 9? (K.CC.B.5 and K.CC.C.7)

Grade 1

If the 5 largest penguins go in the water, how many penguins would be left on the sand? (1.OA.A.1)

Grade 2

These penguins are on the beach. Later in the day, more penguins come to join them. Now there are 32 penguins on the beach. How many penguins joined? Show or explain your reasoning. (2.OA.A.1)

Grade 3

If there were 5 more groups of penguins this size on the beach, how many penguins would there be on the beach? (3.OA.A.3)

Grade 4

A group of penguins on land is called a rookery. Some penguin rookeries can be 700 times as large as the group in this photo. How many penguins would be in that rookery? (4.OA.A.2)

Grade 5

A group of penguins on land is called a rookery. Penguin rookeries can range in size from 5 x 10³ to 7 x 10³ penguins. Does the number 678 fall in this range? Explain how you know. (5.NBT.A.2)

Grade

5

Each folded piece of fabric costs $14.85. If Andre has $90 to spend on fabric, does he have enough money to buy 6 folded pieces? Show or explain your reasoning.

Grade K

How many folded pieces of fabric are in the top row? Write the number. (K.CC.B.5 and K.CC.A.3)

Grade 1

There are 20 folded pieces of fabric in the bottom row. If Andre uses 6 bolts of the fabric for a sewing project, how many bolts would be left in the bottom row? Write an equation to represent your thinking. (1.OA.A.1)

Grade 2

There are 33 folded pieces of fabric in the picture. They were taken from a storeroom that had 91 folded pieces of fabric. How many folded pieces of fabric are left in the storeroom? (2.NBT.B.5)

Grade 3

Each folded piece of fabric is about 30 yards long. How many yards of fabric are in 7 of the folded pieces? (3.NBT.A.3)

Grade 4

Mai is making costumes that need 9 square inches of colorful fabric for trim. If one folded piece of fabric is 8,640 square inches, how many costumes can Mai trim with one folded piece of fabric? (4.NBT.B.6)

Grade 5

Each folded piece of fabric costs $14.85. If Andre has $90 to spend on fabric, does he have enough money to buy 6 folded pieces? Explain how you know. (5.NBT.A.4 and 5.NBT.B.7)

Grade

5

A talatat is a standard-sized stone block that was used in some Egyptian monuments. A talatat is about 27 cm by 27 cm by 54 cm. What is the volume of a talatat?

Grade K

What things do you see in the picture that you could build with blocks? Describe the blocks you would use. (K.G.B.5)

Grade 1

What shapes in the picture seem to be made up of other shapes? Point to them and explain what shapes make them up. (1.G.A.2)

Grade 2

Each tall stone column in the picture is about 79 feet tall. The obelisk, pointed tower, is 95 feet tall. How much taller is the obelisk than a column? (2.MD.B.5)

Grade 3

A talatat is a standard-sized stone block that was used in some Egyptian monuments. Would you expect a talatat to weigh 70 grams or 70 kilograms? Explain. (3.MD.A.2)

Grade 4

Where do you see angles in the picture? What types of angles are they? Sketch them. (4.G.A.1)

Grade 5

A talatat is a standard-sized stone block that was used in some Egyptian monuments. A talatat is about 27 cm by 27 cm by 54 cm. What is the volume of a talatat? (5.MD.C.5)

Grade 1

Use the picture to show which of these equations

is not true:

• 3 + 2 = 2 + 3
• 5 = 3 + 2
• 4 + 1 = 5 - 1

Grade K

How many spoons do you see in the picture? If 3 spoons were taken away, how many would you see? Explain how you know. (K.OA.A.5)

Grade 1

Use the picture to show which of these equations is not true:

• 3 + 2 = 2 + 3
• 5 = 3 + 2
• 4 + 1 = 5 - 1

(1.OA.D.7)

Grade 2

There are about 154 peppercorns in this picture. Write the number 154 in words and in expanded form. (2.NBT.A.3)

Grade 3

There are about 154 peppercorns in this picture. What is 154 rounded to the nearest ten? To the nearest hundred?

(3.NBT.A.1)

Grade 4

There are about 154 peppercorns in this picture. The number of mustard seeds is about 10 times the number of peppercorns. About how many mustard seeds are there? (4.OA.A.1)

Grade 5

A grain of salt is 0.03 cm long. How many millimeters long is a grain of salt? (5.NBT.A.2 and 5.MD.A.1)

Grade 5

In the paint tray, the distance between the paint pots is 0.5 centimeters and the width across each paint pot is 3 centimeters. Which of these could be the dimensions of the paint tray in meters?

32 m by 14.5 m

3.2 m by 1.45 m

0.32 m by 0.145 m

Grade K

Point to objects in the picture that complete these sentences:

_________ is next to _________.

_________ is above __________.

_________ is below __________. (K.G.A.1)

Grade 1

Where would you draw a line to show half of the piece of paper? Can you show half of the paper in a different way?

(1.G.A.3)

Grade 2

Where would you draw a line to show a third of the piece of paper? Can you show a third of the paper in a different way? (2.G.A.3)

Grade 3

The paper is about 9 inches long and 7 inches wide. Find the area and perimeter of a piece of the paper. (3.MD.C.7 and 3.MD.D.8)

Grade 4

Where do you see parallel and perpendicular lines?

Where do you see acute, obtuse, and right angles? (4.G.A.1)

Grade 5

In the paint tray, the distance between the paint pots is 0.5 centimeters and the width across each paint pot is 3 centimeters. Which of these could be the dimensions of the paint tray in meters? (5.MD.A.1)

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32 m by 14.5 m

3.2 m by 1.45 m

0.32 m by 0.145 m

Grade 2

Where do you see arrays in the picture? Describe the array to someone and ask them to find the array you described.

Grade K

How many cars can you count in the picture? (K.CC.B.5)

Grade 1

How many more cars would need to park on the street for there to be 20 cars in all? (1.OA.A.1)

Grade 2

Where do you see arrays in the picture? Describe the array to someone and ask them to find the array you described. (2.OA.C.4)

Grade 3

Describe an array you see in the picture. Write a multiplication equation to represent the array you described. Can you find another? (3.OA.A.3)

Grade 4

Complete this sentence in as many ways as you can using objects in the picture:

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There are ____ times as many ______ than _______.

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(4.OA.A.1)

Grade 5

Complete this equation based on the grouping of objects in the picture:

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( ____ x ____ ) + ( ____ x ____ ) = _______?

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Can you think of another way? (5.OA.A.1)

Grade K

Point to the objects in the picture as you complete these sentences:

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_________ is taller than ___________.

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_________ is shorter than __________.

Grade K

Point to the objects in the picture as you complete these sentences:

_________ is taller than ___________.

_________ is shorter than __________.

(K.MD.A.2)

Grade 1

Point to the objects in the picture as you complete this sentence:

__________ is taller than _________ which is even taller than _________. (1,MD.A.1)

Grade 2

Kiran says the fabrics hanging on the wall are about 6 feet in length. Elena says they are about 2 meters in length. Explain why both Kiran and Elena could be right.

(2.MD.A.2)

Grade 3

One of the striped fabrics weighs about 428 grams, and one of the brown fabrics weighs about 457 grams. What is the weight of these 2 fabrics together? (3.MD.A.2)

Grade 4

One of the rectangular-shaped fabrics is 72 inches long and 30 inches wide. What is the area and perimeter of this piece of fabric? (4.MD.A.3)

Grade 5

Each folded fabric has a volume of 432 cubic inches. How many folded fabrics can fit inside a shipping box with the dimensions of 1 foot by 1 foot by 2 feet?

(5.MD.C.3 and 5.MD.A.1)

Grade K

How many ice pops have sticks in them? How did you count them?

Grade K

How many ice pops have sticks in them? Explain how you counted them. (K.CC.B.5)

Grade 1

How could you sort the ice pops into 2 categories? How could you sort them into 3 categories? Create a representation to show how you sorted them. (1.MD.C.4)

Grade 2

Create a bar graph that shows the number of ice pops that are one color, striped, or a different pattern. What questions can you ask about the data in your bar graph? (2.MD.D.10)

Grade 3

Write a multiplication equation to represent the number of ice pops in the puzzle. (3.OA.A.1)

Grade 4

Each ice pop is 3 inches long in the puzzle. Describe how you can use that information to estimate the area and perimeter of the puzzle. (4.MD.A.3)

Grade 5

The puzzle comes in a box that is 11 inches by 2 inches by 13 inches. What is the volume of the puzzle box?

(5.MD.C.5)

Grade 2

Describe how 4 bean bags could land on the point markers to get a score of 180 points. Is there another way to get 180 points with 4 bean bag tosses? Explain or show your reasoning.

Grade K

Are there more circle markers or more bean bags? (K.CC.C.6)

Grade 1

Choose numbers from the picture to complete the comparisons:

_______ > _________

_______ < _________

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Can you complete the comparisons another way? (1.NBT.B.3)

Grade 2

Describe how 4 bean bags could land on the circles to create a total score of 180 points. Is there another way to get 180 points with 4 bean bag tosses? Explain. (2.NBT.B.6)

Grade 3

If the 7 bean bags were thrown and all landed on the circle marker for 40, how many points would be scored? (3.NBT.A.3)

Grade 4

Priya tossed the 7 bean bags. There were 2 that landed on 50, 3 that landed on the 30, and 2 that landed on the 20 point circle marker. Write and solve an equation that matches Prya’s tosses to find her score. (4.OA.A.3)

Grade 5

Tyler tossed the 7 bean bags. Write a mathematical expression to represent Tyler’s score based on this description of his tosses: Tyler scored the sum of 3 fifty point tosses and 4 thirty point tosses. (5.OA.A.2)

Grade 1

Each red chili pepper is about 1 inch long. About how many red chili peppers would be the same length as 1 cucumber? Explain or show your reasoning.

Grade K

Use the picture to complete these sentences:

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_______ is longer than ___________.

_______ is shorter than __________ . (K.MD.A.2)

Grade 1

Each red chili pepper is about 1 inch long. About how many red chili peppers would be the same length as 1 cucumber? Explain your reasoning. (1.MD.A.2)

Grade 2

Each carrot is about 3 inches long. Draw a line that you think is about 3 inches long. Measure your line with a ruler to see how close you are. (2.MD.A.2)

Grade 3

If 1 carrot weighs 12 grams, what is the weight of 8 carrots? Explain or show your reasoning. (3.MD.A.2, 3.NBT.A.3)

Grade 4

Kiran shopped for carrots and okra. He bought 3 pounds of carrots at $1.50 a pound and 4 pounds of okra at $2.49 a pound. How much did Kiran spend on the vegetables? (4.MD.A.2)

Grade 5

Elena bought 20 ounces of carrots, 26 ounces of cucumbers, and 18 ounces of chili peppers. About how many pounds of vegetables did Elena buy?

(16 ounces = 1 pound) (5.MD.A.1)

Grade 5

The smallest of these young cows weighs about 447 pounds. What is this weight in ounces?

(16 ounces = 1 pound)

Grade K

How many more cows would make 10? (K.OA.A.4)

Grade 1

How many more cows would make 17? (1.OA.A.1)

Grade 2

Is the number of ears on all of the cows odd or even? Explain your reasoning. (2.OA.C.3)

Grade 3

The smallest of these young cows weighs about 447 pounds and the largest weighs 503 lbs. How much more does the larger cow weigh? (3.NBT.A.2)

Grade 4

Three of the cows in the photo weigh 447 lbs, 489 lbs, and 503 lbs. How much do the 3 cows weigh altogether? (4.NBT.B.4)

Grade 5

The smallest of these young cows weighs about 447 pounds. What is this weight in ounces? (16 ounces = 1 pound) (5.NBT.B.5 and 5.MD.A.1)

Grade

Mai has these 4 large clay pots at her house. Andre has 6 times as many clay pots at his house. How many clay pots does Andre have?

Grade K

How many large clay pots do you see? Write the number.

Start at this number and count to 75. (K.CC.A.2 and K.CC.A.3)

Grade 1

Mai has these 4 large clay pots at her house. Clare has 13 large clay pots at her house. How many more clay pots does Clare have than Mai? Explain or show your reasoning. (1.OA.A.1)

Grade 2

Mai has these 4 large clay pots at her house. Mai has 18 fewer clay pots than Noah has at his house. How many clay pots does Noah have? (2.OA.A.1)

Grade 3

The large clay pots are shipped in crates of 6. How many claypots are in 8 crates? (3.OA.A.3)

Grade 4

Mai has these 4 large clay pots at her house. Andre has 6 times as many clay pots at his house. How many clay pots does Andre have? (4.OA.A.2)

Grade 5

Each of these large clay pots sells for $238. If Jada has $900 does she have enough money to buy 4 of them? Explain your answer. (5.NBT.B.5)

Grade 4

What questions about lines, angles, or shapes can you ask about the picture? Ask someone to answer your questions.

Grade K

What questions about shapes can you ask about the picture? Ask someone to answer your questions. (K.G.A and K.G.B)

Grade 1

What questions about shapes can you ask about the picture? Ask someone to answer your questions. (1.G.A)

Grade 2

What questions about shapes can you ask about the picture? Ask someone to answer your questions. (2.G.A)

Grade 3

What questions about shapes can you ask about the picture? Ask someone to answer your questions. (3.G.A)

Grade 4

What questions about lines, angles, and shapes can you ask about the picture? Ask someone to answer your questions. (4.G.A)

Grade 5

What questions about two-dimensional figures can you ask about the picture? Ask someone to answer your questions. (5.G.B)

Grade 2

There are 7 nuts in this bowl. Clare has a different bowl with 23 nuts in it. How many fewer nuts are in this bowl compared to Clare’s bowl? Show or explain your reasoning.

Grade K

There are 7 nuts in this bowl. How many more to make 10?

(K.OA.A.4)

Grade 1

Priya bought a small bag of nuts. She put 7 nuts in the bowl. There were 9 nuts left in the bag. How many nuts were in the bag when Priya bought it? Show or explain your reasoning. (1.OA.A.1)

Grade 2

There are 7 nuts in this bowl. Clare has a different bowl with 23 nuts in it. How many fewer nuts are in this bowl compared to Clare’s bowl? Show or explain your reasoning. (2.OA.A.1)

Grade 3

There are 7 nuts in the bowl. If everyone at a family party – 2 tables of 8 guests each – were to have a bowl like this, how many nuts would there be in all? (3.OA.D.8)

Grade 4

There are 7 nuts in the bowl. The number of corn kernels in the bowl is 43 times greater than the number of nuts in the bowl. How many corn kernels are in the bowl? (4.OA.A.2 and 4.NBT.B.5)

Grade 5

One of the nuts is about 0.032 m long and a kernel of corn is about 0.009 m long. Write these decimals in word form. Make a comparison statement using < or > about the decimals.

(5.NBT.A.3)

Grade

4

The weight of an egg is about 57 grams, what is the weight, in grams, of a dozen eggs?

Grade K

What could you measure in the picture? Complete the sentences:

There is more ____________ than ____________.

There is less _____________ than ___________.

(K.MD.A 1 and K.MD.A.2)

Grade 1

Complete the sentences:

Compared to the scissors the _____________ is longer.

Compared to the scissors the _____________ is shorter.

(1.MD.A.1)

Grade 2

The markers in the picture are about 5 inches long. If you lined up all the markers you see, how long would the line be? (2.MD.B.5)

Grade 3

Would the water in the three bowls be less than, greater than, or about equal to a liter? Explain. (3.MD.A.2)

Grade 4

The weight of an egg is about 57 grams, what is the weight, in grams, of a dozen eggs? (4.MD.A.2 and 4.NBT.B.5)

Grade 5

The weight of an egg is about 57 grams, what is the weight, in kilograms, of a dozen eggs? (5.MD.A.1)

Grade

3

A group of dolphins is called a pod. This pod has 6 dolphins in it. How many dolphins are in 4 pods of this size?

Grade K

How many dolphins do you see in the picture? How many more to make 10? (K.OA.A.4)

Grade 1

These are the dolphins left swimming together after 11 dolphins swam away. How many dolphins were swimming together before? (1.OA.A.1)

Grade 2

A group of dolphins is called a pod. Is the number of dolphins in this pod odd or even? Show or explain your reasoning. (2.OA.C.3)

Grade 3

A group of dolphins is called a pod. This pod has 6 dolphins in it. How many dolphins are in 4 pods of this size? (3.OA.A.3)

Grade 4

A group of dolphins is called a pod. Typically the largest pod will be 5 times as large as the group in the picture. How many dolphins are in a largest pod? How many dolphins would be in 11 large pods? (4.OA.A.2)

Grade 5

The spinner dolphin ranges in length from 4.2 feet to 7.7 feet. What is this range of lengths in inches? (5.NBT.B.7 and 5.MD.A.1)

Grade 3

About what fraction of the tart has been eaten? What fraction is left on the plate?

Grade K

Which tart slice has more strawberries on it? How many more strawberries does it have than the other slice?

(K.CC.C.6)

Grade 1

Describe how the tart has been split. Which of these words will you use to describe the pieces: half, fourth, or quarter? (1.G.A.3)

Grade 2

Draw and partition a circle to represent the tart. Describe what you drew using words such as half or fourth. (2.G.A.3)

Grade 3

About what fraction of the tart has been eaten? What fraction is left on the plate? (3.NF.A.1)

Grade 4

A fractional part of the tart remains on the plate. If there are 3 more plates with the same amount or tart left on each, how many tarts would that be altogether? (4.NF.B.3)

Grade 5

Clare and Mai equally shared the fraction of a tart that is left on the plate. How much of the whole tart did each girl eat? (5.NF.B.7)

Grade 2

Where do you see an array in the picture? Write an addition equation to represent the number of objects in the array.

Grade K

Are there more or less than 10 tools in the picture? How do you know? (K.CC.C.6)

Grade 1

What story problem could you write about the tools? Ask a friend to solve your story problem. Work together to agree on an equation to represent the story problem.

(1.OA.A.1 and 1.OA.A.2)

Grade 2

Where do you see an array in the picture? Write an addition equation that could represent the number of objects in the array. (2.OA.C.4)

Grade 3

Where do you see objects in the picture that could be represented by these expressions?

5 x 2

4 + 4

4 + 3 + 3 x 3

(3.OA.A.3 and 3.OA.D.8)

Grade 4

Priya has a box of 150 screws. She is making birdhouses that need 8 screws each. Does Priya have enough screws to make 18 birdhouses? If so, how many screws will be left over? (4.OA.A.3)

Grade 5

Explain how each of these expressions represent the objects in the picture:

10 + 5 + 9 + 3 + 4 + 2

(2 x 5) + 5 + (3 x 3) + 4

Can you write a different expression that includes parentheses to represent the objects? (5.OA.A.1)

Grade 1

What shapes do you see in the picture? What smaller shapes make up the larger shapes?

Grade K

What shapes do you see in the picture? Can you build what you see with things around you? (K.G.A.1 and K.G.B.5)

Grade 1

What shapes do you see in the picture? What smaller shapes make up the larger shapes? (1.G.A.2)

Grade 2

How many rectangles do you see in the picture? Do you see half of a rectangle in the picture? (2.G.A.1)

Grade 3

Where do you see 4-sided shapes in the picture? What are the names of the 4-sided shapes you see? (3.G.A.1)

Grade 4

Where do you see parallel and perpendicular lines in the picture? Where do you see acute, obtuse, and right angles in the picture? (4.G.A.1)

Grade 5

How many different types of quadrilaterals do you see in the picture? Name them. How are they the same? How are they different? (5.G.B.3)

Grade

K

Describe things you see in the picture using the words above, below, beside, or next to.

Grade K

Describe things you see in the picture using the words above, below, beside or next to. (K.G.A.1)

Grade 1

How many trees can you count in the picture? If there were 10 more trees how many would there be in all?

(1.NBT.C.5)

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Grade 2

How many trees can you count in the picture? If there are 21 trees on the next path, how many trees would there be in all? (2.NBT.B.6)

Grade 3

Some trees grow about 9 inches in a year. About how long would it take one of these trees to grow 72 inches? (3.NBT.A.3)

Grade 4

One of these trees is 100 years old. The child is 4 years old. How many times older is the tree than the child? (4.OA.A.2)

Grade 5

One of these pine trees is 120 feet tall. The child is about 4 feet tall. What fraction of the tree’s height does the child represent? Explain your reasoning. (5.NBT.B.5)

Grade

3

What types of quadrilaterals do you see in the picture? Describe how they are the same and how they are different. Use words such as corners, vertices, sides, and angles.

Grade K

How many triangles do you see in the picture? (K.G.A.2)

Grade 1

What shapes do you see in the picture? What smaller shapes make up the larger shapes? (1.G.A.2)

Grade 2

What shapes do you see in the picture? Sketch them. (2.G.A.1)

Grade 3

What quadrilaterals do you see in the picture? Describe how they are the same and how they are different. Use words such as corners, vertices, sides, and angles. (3.G.A.1)

Grade 4

Describe the angles you see in the picture. What kind of angles are they? (4.G.A.1)

Grade 5

Complete the sentences:

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The __-sided and __-sided shapes in the picture can be called ____________.

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The __-sided shapes in the picture can be called ____________, but they cannot be called __________________. (5.G.B.4)

Grade

2

What measuring tool is shown in the picture?

What are some things this tool is best for measuring?

What is something this tool would not be good for measuring?

Grade K

How could you sort the objects you see into groups? How many objects are in each group? (K.MD.B.3)

Grade 1

Complete the sentences:

The ________ is longer than the _______ and the________.

The ________is shorter than the _______ and the________. (1.MD.A.1)

Grade 2

What measuring tool is shown in the picture?

What are some things this tool is best for measuring?

What is something this tool would not be good at measuring? (2.MD.A.1)

Grade 3

Would the weight of all the buttons most likely be 2 grams or 2 kilograms. Explain. (3.MD.A.2)

Grade 4

One of the spools of thread has 100 yards of thread on it. How many feet are in 100 yards? How many inches?

(4.MD.A.1)

Grade 5

One spool has 588 inches of pink thread on it and one spool has 2,424 inches of green thread on it. What is the difference, in feet, between the amount of thread on these two spools? (5.MD.A.1)

Grade

1

In this neighborhood, there are some large cube houses and 13 small cube houses. If there are 20 cube houses in the neighborhood, how many large cube houses are there?

Grade K

How many doors do you see? How did you count them? (K.CC.B.5)

Grade 1

In this neighborhood, there are some large cube houses and 13 small cube houses. If there are 20 cube houses in the neighborhood, how many large cube houses are there? (1.OA.A1)

Grade 2

The builders planned to build 55 cube houses, but only 38 were built. How many were not built? (2.OA.A.1)

Grade 3

Some of the cube houses have been converted into hotel rooms. The cost of one of these hotel rooms is about $90 for each night. How much would it cost to stay for 3 nights? (3.NBT.A.3)

Grade 4

Each of the 38 cube houses have 5 rooms. How many rooms are there in the whole cube neighborhood?

(4.OA.A.3)

Grade 5

The floor space in each cube house is around 1080 square feet distributed over 4 floors. Of the 1080 square feet of living space, only 270 square feet is usable due to the steep angles of the floors. Write an expression that represents the amount of floor space on each floor that is not usable. (5.OA.A.1)

Grade

4

Every ring-tailed lemur has 13 stripes, called rings, on their tails. How many rings are on the tails of all of the lemurs in the picture?

Grade K

How many lemurs do you see? How many more lemurs are needed to have 10 lemurs in all? (K.OA.A.4)