UNDERSTANDING AND READING WORD PROBLEMSDo Now’s for Lessons 1-8

Lesson 1

I went to the store and bought a gallon of milk and three oranges. The gallon of milk cost $0.87. If I spent $2.97 total at the store, how much did each orange cost?

Lesson 1

A bus is carrying a certain number of passengers. At the first stop, one third of the passengers exit the bus. At the second stop, only one eighth of the passengers stay on the bus. At the third stop, passengers enter and the number of people on the bus doubles. At the final stop, all 8 people exit. How many passengers were originally on the bus?

Write an equation to represent this scenario.

Lesson 2

Skill Cards 1. What coin is this?

2. What coin is this?

3. What coin is this?

4. How many quarters are in one dollar?

5. How many dimes are in one dollar?

6. How many nickels are in 25 cents?

Page 2 of Manual Josh had 4 nickels and 2

quarters. He traded all of his change for dimes. How many dimes did he get?

Lesson 2

I have 7 quarters, 15 pennies, and 20 dimes. I exchange these coins for nickels.

Draw a diagram that represents the coins you have and the amount of money you have.

Write an equation using the variables Q, P, D, and N, with N representing the number of nickels you would receive for trading in Q number of quarters, P number of pennies, and D number of dimes.

Now, plug in the values of the problem, and solve the problem.

Lesson 2

Anita buys sweaters at $20 per sweater plus Amazon’s $15 shipping and handling fee. If she has $90, how many sweaters can she buy?

Lesson 2

b) Josephine can buy sweaters in Montbello at $20 each. She can buy them in Castle Rock for $18 each, but she’ll need to spend $30 on gas. How many sweaters would she need to buy to make it worth the cost?

Lesson 3

Skill Cards 7. How much is this?

8. How much is this?

9. What combination of coins equals seventy-five cents?

10. What combination of coins equals forty-two cents?

11. What is another combination of coins that equals this amount?

12. What is another combination of coins that equals this amount?

Page 5 of Manual Anthony bought some gifts

for his brothers. He received $5.48 in change. In addition to a $5 bill, what combination of coins could he have received?

Lesson 3

I bought some gifts for my siblings. Emily really likes One Direction. I bought her the Taylor Swift “Red” CD. The One Direction CD cost $14.99, but the Red CD was $2.50 cheaper. Sydney and Grace each wanted Ugg boots, which cost $129.00. I bought my brother Sam some measuring cups for his kitchen. They were cheap, only $7.87 total. Because those boots were way too expensive, I bought Sydney and Grace each Hollister gift cards with $25 on them. How much more money did I spend on Emily than I spent on Sam?

Underline the question!

Now Solve!

Lesson 4

Skill Cards 13. How many items are in a dozen?

14. How many ounces are in one pound?

15. How many milligrams are in one gram?

16. How many grams are in one kilogram?

17. How many ounces do these potatoes weigh?

18. How many kilograms does this pumpkin weigh?

Page 14 of Manual A hardware store sells light

bulbs for $6.00 a dozen. Mrs. Chi bought 4 packages of a dozen for her company. Each light bulb costs $_____.

What do you need to know to fill in the blank?

Lesson 4

When I was born, I weighed 9 pounds, 8 oz. What was my weight, in ounces?

Lesson 4

A “baker’s dozen” is 13 (bakeries often throw in an extra when you order a dozen). I bought a dozen donuts at Asenath’s Bakery, which kindly gave me 13 donuts. At Heaven-Leigh’s Bakery, they stiffed me and only gave me 12. Asenath charged me $2.89 total. Heaven-Leigh charged $2.69 total. Which bakery had the better price per donut?

Lesson 4

My dog weighs 31 kilograms (about 70 pounds!). What is his weight in milligrams?

Lesson 5

Skill Cards 19. How many inches are in one

foot?

20. How many feet are in one yard?

21. How many centimeters are in one meter?

22. How many feet are in one mile?

23. What is the length of the pencil, in inches?

24. What is the length of the key, in centimeters?

Page 19 of Manual Tamika is raising money for

charity. For every kilometer that she runs, she gets $1.00 from every person in her family. She ran 10 kilometers.

What else do you need to know to find how much money Tamika raised for charity?

Lesson 5

Lesson 6

Skill Cards 25. What does this symbol mean?

26. What does this symbol mean?

27. What does this abbreviation stand for?

28. What does this abbreviation stand for?

29. What does this abbreviation stand for?

Page 24 of Manual Miguel bought a sandwich

for $3.75 and a drink for $1.35. He had a $10 bill.

Miguel’s change =

Lesson 6

A group of students are going to a movie and will all share one bag of popcorn. A movie ticket costs $6.50 and a bag of popcorn costs $2.00. Luis, Edgar, and Maria each draw a graph to represent the group’s total cost, given the number of people going to the movie. For each graph, write a sentence explaining why the graphs are incorrect. Then draw the correct graph.

Total cost $

# of people

Total cost $

# of people

Total cost $

# of people

$2 $2

Lesson 7

Skill Cards 30. How much money do I have? Do I

have enough to buy a pound of apples?

31. How much money do I have? How many balls can I buy?

32. I have this many eggs. I need a half dozen eggs for my recipe. Do I have enough eggs?

33. I have this much money in coins, and I spend $0.55. How much change will I get back?

34. I have a $5 bill, and I spend $3.45 at the store. How much change will I get back?

Page 28 of Manual Malaya earns $50 a

day. She worked 3 days last week and four days this week. Which expression shows how much Malaya earned for those two weeks?

Lesson 7

Lesson 8

Skill Cards No skill cards for today.

Review skill cards that were difficult from the last two weeks.

Not in Manual. Solve in Notebook.

My bank balance is currently -$60 (I owe $60 to the bank). My mom and dad agree to each put the same amount of money in my bank to help me out. If my new bank balance is now $30, how much money did each of my parents put into my bank account?

Lesson 8