He traveled 376 miles on Sunday. On Saturday, Tommy drove for nine hours. Tommy was so tired on Friday that he could only drive for two hours. The student adds and subtracts to solve meaningful problems involving whole numbers and decimals. Clarifying Activity Students use information from the newspaper to write original problems involving addition or subtraction with decimals.
Groups trade problems and select a manipulative or draw a picture to solve the problems.
Students then describe their solution strategies and how the manipulatives or pictures were helpful in solving the problems. The student multiplies and divides to solve meaningful problems involving whole numbers. Clarifying Activity Students use centimeter grid paper to build all arrays that represent each number from 1 through 36 and investigate the number of arrays that result. The student multiplies and divides to solve meaningful problems involving whole numbers. They use the pictures to write story problems involving multiplication and division and post the problems for others to solve.