Happy 6th Week of Summer!

Some thinking questions ......

What real life situation might the number $25 000 describe?
Hint: Think of people or money.

You read a five-digit number. How many words might you say? Think of all the possibilities. Which numbers use the fewest words? Which numbers use the most words?

What are all the ways you could describe 23 117. Think of all the forms of a number (e.g. expanded form (numbers and words), base-ten blocks, words etc.).

You use three words to write a four-digit number on a cheque. List four numbers you could be writing. Then write the numbers in words. What do you notice about the numbers that you wrote?

If a number is closer to 22 000 than 23 000, what do you know about the number?

A hockey arena holds about 13 244 people. About how many games would it have to sell out for there to be 100 000 sold?

About how long would it take to travel 100 000 mm?
Hint: 1000 mm = 1 m     1 km = 1000 m   Average walking speed is about 5 km per hour

Model two improper fractions with a denominator of 10. How are they the same? How are they different?

Is there a fraction between 40/100 and 5/10? Explain your answer.
Hint: Find an equivalent fraction for 5/10

Write a sentence that includes: 2/3, 1/2 part, greater.

Pencils come in packs of 10. You have __.1 packs of pencils. How many pencils might you have? How many could you not have?

__.__ and __ __.__ are close together. What could go in the blanks?

A fraction and decimal are quite close together on a number line. What might the two numbers be?

Which is greater:  __ __ __ or __ __ . __? Does it depend what is in the blanks?

I'll post possible solutions next week. THINK HARD! Use all the different kinds of problem solving strategies.