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The Math Fundamentals Problems are designed for those students who are working to strengthen their basic mathematics skills and who are beginning to make connections between different areas of mathematics. The problems cover approximately the same materials as the NCTM Standards for Grades 3-5.


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Golf Anyone? - Phil Marchal
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Kyle needs some help in figuring out how many buckets of golf balls were hit at the Hook and Slice Driving Range. ... more>>

Good Fences - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Design a fence that will keep the animals happy. ... more>>

Grampa Joe's Great Grandpets - Kristina Lasher
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. Grampa Joe is taking gifts to his grandchildren for their new pets. Can you help him figure out which great grandpet belongs to each grandchild? ... more>>

The Great Flood - Jon Basden
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 3. How much "flood" water did Mr. Basden clean up with his shop vac? ... more>>

Growing Pains - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 4. Predict the height and weight of a child after ten years. ... more>>

High School Reunion - Western Oregon University Pre-service
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 2. Use logic to discover the arrangement of person, car, city, and occupation. ... more>>

Holiday Shopping and Surfing - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Help Charlene calculate the change she'll have left for holiday card supplies after she completes her online shopping. ... more>>

Horton's Clover Hunt - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Find out how fast Horton had to work picking clovers. ... more>>

Hot Dog Day! - Jeffrey Mo
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Determine how many large hot dogs have been ordered for this special day. ... more>>

How Does Your Garden Grow? - Team 7 Red Math Students -- Highland Middle School
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 4. Help the HMS students find out how many ways they can arrange their schoolyard garden. ... more>>

How Much Was That Ticket? - Lisa Lavelle - idea suggested by Jody Newman
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 4. Determine how much I spent at the movie theater. ... more>>

How Safe Is Your Bike? - Chief Brian Craig and Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Compare the bicycle theft rates in three different cities. ... more>>

Idle Ivan and the Troll - Lisa Lavelle
Elementary, difficulty level 2. Idle Ivan makes a deal with a troll... to his disappointment he discovers he knows less math than he thought. ... more>>

Irish Specials - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Calculate the final bill for our St. Patrick's Day dinner last week. ... more>>

Is There Really a Discount? - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Determine which friend is correct about the final price on a sales item. ... more>>

It's an open and shut case! Or is it? - Lisa Lavelle
Elementary, difficulty level 3. A Razzle Dazzle Elementary School locker problem. ... more>>

Jellybean Fractions - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 2. Determine good and bad choices in playing the Jellybean Fractions Game. ... more>>

Jellybean Rectangles - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Have fun figuring out strategy in the Jellybean Rectangle game. ... more>>

Jumping Rope - Leon Roland & class
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Just how long was the rope with which we started? ... more>>

Lawn-Mowing Chore - Judy Ann Brown
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Find the area of the yard that Josh, Sam, and Mark must mow. ... more>>

Lost in Space - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Figure out how big an error the engineers made when they mixed up their units. ... more>>

Lucky Lettuce Land - Kainoa Trotter, et al.
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Help Farmer Lucky fence his lettuce land. ... more>>

Lunch Bunch Budgets - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Determine the number of children needed for the lunch bunch budget to balance. ... more>>

The Mad Hatter's Gone! - Leanne Gater
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Explore a coordinate plane and help the Cheshire Cat find his favorite cheese. ... more>>

Magic Square Jumble - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Help straighten out this magic square. ... more>>

March Madness! - Teaching the Young Learner Class
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Given four clues, figure out which pair of friends won a basketball game. ... more>>

The Math Teacher's Ties - Brentwood College School - Math 12(1)
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Read the rhyme and determine the number of ties the math teacher has in his wardrobe. ... more>>

McPrincipal's Night at McDee's - Antonietta D.
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 4. Just how much did the teachers from Mathematics Elementary School sell (and earn) in their charity drive? ... more>>

Mean Jellybeans - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Take a look at averages with Mr. Cal Q. Later and his class. ... more>>

Meters of Money - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Help Ms. Juncos's class determine the amount of money they will raise with this metric project. ... more>>

A Million in Time - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. "Human beings can expect to live a million..." Use your conversion skills to determine which unit of time best completes this statement. ... more>>

Mini-Movie Theater Seating - Chrissy Stewart (adapted)
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 3. How many rowdy kids can sit in the Mini-Movie Theater? ... more>>

Monmouth Mountain Bikes - Kristina Lasher
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. How many mountain bikes will have the highest level of safety testing? ... more>>

More Balloons - Lisa Lavelle
active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 5. Here's a more difficult problem based on our balloon color preferences. ... more>>

More Mowing Madness - George Miller and Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Where should Matt and Georgette change places to evenly split their "Matt-mowing" work? ... more>>

Movie Line Madness - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Determine what time it will be when Odysseus and Penelope finish taking care of their movie customers. ... more>>

Mowing Madness - George Miller and Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Using a special "Matt-mowing" technique, find the dimensions of the last rectangle to be mowed in a 48 ft. by 64 ft. yard. ... more>>

Ms. Newton's Secret - Jeanne Fitzgerald
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Can you discover the secret of Ms. Newton's age? ... more>>

Multiplication Mystery - Ya. I. Perelman (translated from Russian by Valentina Sokolskaya)
active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Decipher this cryptic multiplication problem to uncover the final product. ... more>>

Mystery Numbers - CanSchoolNet - revised
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Fill in the missing numbers on an ancient scroll. ... more>>

Neighborhood Watch - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Find out how many trips will be made around the neighborhood in this watch program. ... more>>

The New Rug - Lisa Lavelle
Elementary, difficulty level 3. Find the number of squares needed to cover the Reading area. ... more>>

Odd (and Even) Dates - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. Can you figure out these curious dates? ... more>>

Odds vs. Evens - Kristina Lasher
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Can Jerome and Kiya use what they know about probability to make their games fair? ... more>>

Oh, Brother! - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. Aidan is how many days younger than T.J.? ... more>>

The Olympic Distance - Shrawan Khanna & Class
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 4. Determine how many kilometres the Russian Olympic team members will travel in attending the 2002 Winter Olympics. ... more>>

Olympic Rings Repair - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Help answer Jellybean's question about the Olympic rings. ... more>>

Operation Challenge - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 2. Help Inger and Tarik complete Ms. Madril's multiple-choice challenge. ... more>>

Our Favorite Balloon Colors - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 4. Determine the number of submitters who listed blue as their favorite balloon color. ... more>>

Payment in Kind - Lisa Lavelle (adapted)
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 3. Determine the spouses of three kind women based on the details of their inheritance. ... more>>

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