Monday November 3rd 5th Grade Math HW

1. Mr. Cline spent $280 in the sports department of a large store. He bought a football jersey for $94 and 6 footballs. How much did each football cost?

Record your answer and fill in the bubbles. Be sure to use the correct place value.

2. An employee at the book store worked a total of 120 hours in 4 weeks. He worked 5 days a week. If he worked the same number of hours per day, how many hours did the employee work each day?

3. Mr. Allen is popping popcorn and filling bowls to place one bowl on each table for Fall Fest Movie Night. The theater room holds 16 rows with 5 tables in each row and 14 rows with 4 tables in each row. Mr. Allen already has 94 bowls of popcorn. How many more bowls does Mr. Allen need to pop?

Which number sentence could you use to figure out how many more bowls of popcorn are still needed?

A. (16 x 5) + ( 14 x 4) + 94 = ?

B. (16 x 4) + ( 14 x 5) - 94 = ?

C.  (16 x 5) x ( 14 x 4) + 94 = ?

D. (16 x 5) + ( 14 x 4) - 94 = ?

4. Solve the above problem using your solution sentence.

5.  List the common factors of 27 and 54.

Tuesday November 4th

1. The table below shows the prices of different types of movie tickets.

Movie Ticket Prices

Type of Movie / Adult Ticket / Child Ticket
General Admission / $10 / $7
Matinee / $8 / $7
Special Event / $14 / $12
3-D / $13 / $10

Mr. Gallego bought 2 adult tickets and 4 child tickets for his family and paid a total of $55. For which type of movie are Mr. Gallego’s tickets?

2. List all of the numbers between 23 and 25 that round to 24. Include whole numbers and decimals.

3. There are 2 red cars and 3 blue cars. The 5 cars contain a total of 12 people. No car has more than 4 people. Every car has at least 1 person. The only cars with the same number of people are the red cars. How many people are in each car?

Red Car
Red Car
Blue Car
Blue Car
Blue Car

4. Emily jogged 2.7 miles on Friday. She jogged 8.4 miles on Saturday, and 7.75 on Sunday. Her husband told Emily that if she jogs 5.65 more miles, she will have jogged 25 miles. Is Emily’s husband correct? Show your proof.

Wednesday November 5th

1. The Humble math department is sending out 981 math tests to 9 schools. It takes about 4 days to print all of the tests and send to schools. How many math tests will each school receive?

Record your answer and fill in the bubbles. Be sure to use the correct place value.

2. Juan has 4 dogs named Tucker, Lilly, Lula, and Max. Lilly eats twice as much food as Tucker. Max eats three times as much food as Lula . Lula and Lilly eat the same amount of food. If all four dogs eat a total of 11 cups of dog food per day, how much food does each dog eat in one day?

3. A cupcake bakery can bake 53 trays of cupcakes in the morning. In the afternoon the bakery bakes 18 more trays of cupcakes than they do in the morning. Each tray holds 16 cupcakes. What is the total number of cupcakes baked in a day?

4. For dinner, Mike buys a steak for $8.38, 2 potatoes for $0.75 each, and a salad in a bag for $2.29. Mike also bought some fruit for dessert. If Mike spent a total of $15.00 on dinner, how much money did he spend on the fruit?

5. Mike read 584 words in 8 minutes. How many words did Mike read each minute?

Thursday November 6th

1.  Wendy’s family is going to a basketball game at the high school. Admission is $5 for children and $8 for adults. Based on this information, which statements are true?

A The admission cost the same for 5 children and 4 adults.

B The admission cost the same for 8 children and 5 adults.

C The admission cost for 8 adults is triple the admission for 5 children.

D The difference in the admission for 8 children and 8 adults is 24.

2. Each of Ted’s marble sets has 25 red, 20 green and 15 blue. Which shows one way to find the total number of marbles Ted has in all 6 of his sets?

A. (25 x 20 x 15) + 6 = m

B. (25 x 6) + (20 x 6) = m

C. (25 + 20 + 15) + 6 = m

D. (25 + 20 + 15) x 6 = m

3.  Frances used small, medium, and large cups to serve punch.

·  She used 242 medium cups

·  She used 79 more medium cups than large cups

·  She used 56 more small cups than large cups.

How many small cups did Frances use to serve punch?

4. A florist sells flowers individually or by the dozen as shown on their sign below.

Becky needs to purchase 11 flowers for her dinner party, but she wants to spend the least amount possible. Should she buy only 11 flowers or should she purchase the entire dozen? What is your reasoning?