MATHEMATICS Grade 4

Week Week
by Essentials WEEK
5

Calculate! Looking Out For Math

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Use only the Use four right triangles cut from two squares.
How many different polygons can you create?
5 3 - and = keys to show 20.
Sketch each polygon you find.
Keys can be used more than once.
How did you do this?

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3 - = 1
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Thinking Mathematically
What place in North Carolina
has the highest elevation ?
Fraction Action
What place in North Carolina has the lowest This is half of set Q. Add on to make
elevation? What is the difference between the the whole set.
highest and the lowest places?

What is the elevation of your town?

Where did you find this information?
This is one-third of set S. Add on to
How do contour maps show elevation?
(1.05) make the whole set.

1 3
4 Exploring Data
2 What are the favorite books of
fourth graders? This is two-thirds of set J. Add on to
make the whole set.
Design a study to investigate
this question. Are there ways to
gather this information other
than asking the students? Who
might be interested in this
information?
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 Pieces of Eight 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 284,935 453,829 359,842 259,348 895,432 935,428

Materials:
Number cubes.
Number of Players:
2-4 2 245,893 529,438 389,452 594,832 485,392 423,985
Rules:
1. Every players rolls the
cubes and chooses one
of the spaces he or she 948,325 942,385 843,529 938,425 824,593 284,953
rolled. For example if 3
the player rolls a 1 and
3, the player may

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choose, (1, 3) or (3, 1)
4 823,459 538,924 325,984 829,534 532,984 593,824
2. The player with the 8 in
the place with the
largest value wins the
round. In case of a tie
the player with the 5 982,453 954,823 342,958 583,249 935,248 358,294
largest number wins.

3. Play 15 rounds. The

player who wins the
most rounds wins the 6 423,589 498,235 358,924 394,285 459,238 834,529
game.

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 Keeping Skills Sharp
1. 447 + 2,816 = 3. 14 x R = 126

2. 6,493 - W = 4,304 4. 160 4 =

5. K 5 = 16

6. 1 nickel + 2 quarters + 8 pennies + 3 dimes

7. 10 pint = ___ quarts

8. What digit is in the thousands place: 534,068

9. Ned and Sue traveled with a tour group of

80 members. Half of them went to the zoo.
They went through the zoo in four equal groups .
How many people were in each group?

10. They went in the zoo shop. Sue bought four stuffed
animals for $5.00 each. Ned bought two posters for
$7.50 each. How much money did they spend?

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3 - = 1 (1.05)
4
Solve this!
Use only the numbers 1 to 5, one time each. Place them in this diagram. The sum in each
direction must be the same. Try to find 3 different solutions.

Now try to do it with the numbers 6 to 10.

Show your solution on another paper.
Is there a strategy that helps you?

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 Grade 4

To the Teacher WEEK

5
Calculate!
One possible solution:
53 - 33 = 20

Problem of the Week Fraction Action

4 2 3 Set Q

3 5 2 1 3 5 5 1 2

1 4 4
Set S
Notice one solution starts with the largest
numbers in the range in the middle circle,
another solution with the smallest number
and then the middle number of the range.

Set J
7 8 7
6 10 9 10 6 7 6 8 10

8 9 9

Directions to Students: Number your paper from

Mental Math 1 to 8. Write your answers as the questions are called
out. Each question will be repeated only once.
Keeping Skills Sharp
1. 20 less than 67 1. 3,263
2. 7 + 20 - 3 + 4 2. 2,189
3. What hundred is 371 closer 3. 9
to: 300 or 400? 4. 40
4. 85 + 9 5. 80
5. 20 4 6. 93
6. Value of 3 quarters and 2 dimes 7. 5
7. Number of inches in 1 foot 8. 4
8. How many apples in 2 dozen? 9. 10
10. $35

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 MATHEMATICS Grade 4
Week Week
by Essentials WEEK
6

Calculate! Looking Out For Math

How old will you be when you
Cut out a quadrilateral.
are 1,000 weeks old?
Tear off the corners.
Paste the corners side by side so each corner
touches the same point. What do you notice?
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Try this for two other kinds of quadrilaterals.

+ 2 +
3 - = 1 Write about what happened.
4
Thinking Mathematically
Work with a partner. Choose a number be-
tween 11 and 32. Take that many counters.
Divide your counters into equal groups. Do
this for at least 10 different size groups. Record Fraction Action
your results on a chart like this:
Leftovers Put a point on the number line to
Your # # in Each Group # of Group Remainder
show where the fraction should be.
30 4 7 2 2 ________________________
3 0 1
For which size groups did you have no left-
overs? Why do you think this is true? 5 ________________________
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6 0 1

3 (Review circle graphs)
1 3 ________________________
4
2 0
2 Exploring Data 1 2

Count the number of counties in each of the three

5 ________________________
North Carolina regions. Graph information on a
circle graph. To make a circle graph, begin with a
4 0 1 2
strip with one hundred squares. Use green to
represent coastal plain counties, yellow - piedmont 11 ________________________
counties, and brown - mountain counties. Color a 4 2 3
square for each county and roll the tape into a
circle. From the center of the circle, draw a radius
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learn from your graph? (4.01)

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 Multiplication Mark Off
Use a regular deck of
cards to play this game.
Let Aces = 1, Jacks = 12 20 16 40 18 27 64
11, Queens = 12, and
Kings = 0.

Directions: Each 100 36 4 56 24 30 12

player has 10 markers.
At a turn, the player
draws two cards and
multiplies. If the 63 0 49 72 25 8 48
product is uncovered
on the board, the player
may capture the spot.

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The first player to
capture 10 spots wins. 48 10 60 0 14 26 9

54 32 27 35 56 49 21

30 16 63 40 144 18 72

42 28 15 60 81 6 24

(Review multiplication facts)

 Keeping Skills Sharp
1. 188 + 72 + 3405 = 2. 2,678 - 499 =

3. 45 9 = 4. 200 4 =

5. 8 x 70 =

6. 12 feet = ___ yards

7. Number of sides on 3 hexagons

8. >, <, or = ?? 2,685  2,865

9. Cody gets $5.00 for allowance each Saturday.

On Monday, he bought a yo-yo for $1.25.
On Tuesday, he played 5 video games for
$0.50 per game. How much has he spent?

10. Does Cody have enough left to buy a poster for $1.50?

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3 - = 1
4
Solve this! A Christmas Tree farmer in North Carolina has 24
trees to plant. In how many different rectangular
arrays can she plant her trees?
Sketch your solutions.

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 Grade 4

To the Teacher WEEK

6
Calculate! Fraction Action
Answer: 19 years old. Students should Students need to develop a "fraction sense". Is a
have the opportunity to share their fraction closer to 0, closer to one whole, or greater
strategies. than one whole? This activity can provide an
assessment of students fraction sense.
Thinking Mathematically
A good literature connection is 17 Kings Problem of the Week
and 42 Elephants by Margaret Mahy. Solutions: 6 x 4, 2 x 12, 1 x 24, 8 x 3
Discuss with the students the idea of Rectangular arrays are a geometric model for
dividing equally the 42 elephants among multiplication. Students need to have multiplication
the 17 kings. Looking at the recorded modeled as groups and as arrays. This leads into
student data, students should see that understanding area.
leftovers are based on multiples.

Directions to Students: Number your paper from

Mental Math 1 to 8. Write your answers as the questions are called
out. Each question will be repeated only once.
Keeping Skills Sharp
1. Write four thousand three 1. 3665
hundred 2. 2179
2. 21 - 5 + 3 + 3 3. 5
3. Nearest ten cents: 82 4. 50
4. 120 - 3 5. 560
5. 45 15 6. 4
6. Jane had 3 quarters. She spent 40 cents. 7. 18
How much does she have left? 8. <
7. Number of days in 3 weeks 9. $3.75
8. Half of 46 10. No

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 MATHEMATICS Grade 4
Week Week
by Essentials WEEK
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(5.02)
Looking Out For Math
Calculate! On a geoboard, construct polygons
I am thinking of a number. When I add 55 to having these attributes:
it and then multiply it by 2, I get 310. What is a) just one right angle
my number? b) exactly two right angles
c) six right angles
I am thinking about a number. If I multiply it d) three right angles and seven sides
by itself three times I get 625. What is my e) no right angles
number? f ) as many right angles as you can

Record your polygons on a geoboard record

sheet. (3.02)
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3 - = 1
4
Thinking Mathematically
Write a story that is illustrated Fraction Action
by this equation:
Divide a geoboard into halves in as
many different ways as you can.
2 . 12 - 15 = 9 Draw your

(5.02) solutions on
the geoboard

recording sheet.
1 3

2
4
Exploring Data
Working with a partner, get a calculator. Have How many squares are in each half?
your partner time you for fifteen seconds as you
count by ones by entering
1 + = = =. Record your ending number. Time Is this
your partner for 15 seconds. Record that
geoboard
number. Survey your classmates and present
the class data as a bar graph. divided

into halves?

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1.

5.

2.

6.

3.

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CORN SHUCKS!
( 3 to 8 players)
You will need 3. The next player tosses all six
6 dice dice and must make a number
paper and pencil between the other two. If the
player cannot, he or she says
Game rules "shucks" and is out of the
game. If the player can, he or
1. The first player tosses all six dice she writes the number
and makes the largest possible between the first and last
six-digit number with those numbers.
digits. Suppose the dice show
these digits: 6, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1. That 4. The next player tosses the dice
order makes the largest possible and must also make a number
number for those dice. The between the first and the last
player writes that number at the number. It should be written
bottom of a sheet of paper. so that all the numbers on the
paper are in order from top to
bottom. If the player cannot
make a number between the
largest and smallest, or if he
or she writes the number so
that the numbers are not in
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order from top to bottom, the
player says "shucks" and is out
2. The next player tosses all six
of the game.
dice and makes the smallest
possible number for those
5. The players continue taking
digits. The player writes that
turns until only one person is
number at the top of the same
left in the game. That player
sheet of paper.
is the winner.
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 Keeping Skills Sharp
1. 8 + 22,042 + 398 + 25 = 2. 8,203 - 6,892 =

3. 3 x 40 = 4. 16 x 3 =

5. 56 8 =

6. Which figure is not a polygon:

a. trapezoid b. cone c. rhombus d. hexagon

7. Nick had 3 quarters. He spent 40 for a popsicle.

How much money did he have left?

8. 60,000 + 300 + 50 + 9 =

9. Cathy and Judy bought some postcard packets. Altogether there

were 48 cards. Cathy bought three packets with 8 cards each.
The packets Judy bought had 12 cards in each. How many
packets did Judy buy?

10. Each of the 6 teachers at Apple Valley School has 21 students.

Next week 11 students are moving away. After they move, how
many students will be left?

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3 - = 1
4
Solve this!
Cecil has a Mysterious Money Machine that will double
any amount of money placed in it and add $5.00 to the
doubled amount. Yesterday, he placed a certain amount of
money in the box, got a new amount, then placed the new
amount back in the box. Then he had $51.00. How much
money did he first place in the Mysterious Money
Machine?

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 Grade 4

To the Teacher WEEK

7
Calculate! Problem of the Week
1) Answer 100 Answer: $9. Start with final number
"Working backward" is one effective and work backwards with opposite
strategy operations.
2) 5 51 - 5 = 46, 46 2 = 23, 23 - 5 = 18,
"Guess and Check" is an effective 18 2 = 9
strategy.

Thinking Mathematically Fraction Action

Students may be writing story Show students a geoboard divided
statements rather than story problems. into halves on the overhead if
Discuss with them how to write a prob- possible.
lem if one part of the equation is un-
known. For example: 32-19=___ Ask how many single squares are on
requires a question in the story. one half. (8) Have volunteers show
other ways to divide the geoboard
Exploring Data into halves. Demonstrate how 2 1/2
This activity uses the constant function of half squares equals a whole square, 1 2
3 4
a 4-function calculator. Be sure your as in this division: 5 6
calculator has a constant function and be 7
aware of how to use it. Some Half of 2 squares also equals one 1/2
calculators may require keying in +1=, =, square as in this figure: 1/2 + 1/2 = 1 square (the
=. Extensions: 1) Time the experiment 8th square)
for 30 seconds 2) Use + 2 =, =, = or other 1/2 of two squares = 1
constants.
Students work in pairs to find and record ways to
divide the geoboard in half.

Directions to Students: Number your paper from

Mental Math 1 to 8. Write your answers as the questions are called
out. Each question will be repeated only once.
Keeping Skills Sharp
1. 30 less than 58 1. 22,473
2. 5x2+3-4 2. 1311
3. Round to ten: 73 3, 120
4. 25 + 15 4. 48
5. 27 9 5. 7
6. 20 minutes after 7:45 6. b cone
7. Number of ounces in 2 pounds 7. 35
8. Double 21 8. 60,359
9. 2
10. 115
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 MATHEMATICS Grade 4
Week Week
by Essentials WEEK
8

Looking Out For Math

Calculate! How many triangles can you find?
The keys 7 and 8 are broken
and do not work on your 275
calculator. How would you +823
do this problem on the
calculator without using
those keys?
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3 - = 1
4
Thinking Mathematically Create a new triangle puzzle.
How many kernels of
unpopped popcorn are in a level quarter
cup? How many cups of popped corn
does one quarter cup yield? (First,
estimate your answers, then experiment.) Fraction Action
How many quarter cups do you need to Divide a geoboard into fourths in
count to talk about the typical number? as many different ways as you can.
Discuss range and median. Record your solutions on a geoboard
(4.02) record sheet.

3 How many squares are in each

1
4 fourth?
2 Exploring Data



Brainstorm ways in which a region's How would you
prove this geoboard
counties could be organized. (For ex-
ample, alphabetize, square miles, date of is divided into
origin, rural or urban, etc.) Choose a fourths?

region, organize the counties in several
ways and create interesting displays.


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1. Each student needs a game board and at least
20 markers. The same brown bag is shared
Beaufort
2.
by all players.
Place one set of fraction bars in the bag.
Bingo
Each student takes a turn drawing a fraction bar from
the bag and marking one fraction on his gameboard which
is equivalent to the fraction shown on the fraction bar. After each
turn, return the bar to the bag.
3. The winner is the first student to cover 4 in a row.

1 3 2 1 3
4 4 3 12 6
1 5 1 2 2
2 12 3 4 6
4 0 4 3 3
4 3 6 3 12
10 2 8 5 4
12 2 12 6 12
7 0 9 1 11
12 2 12 6 12
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 Keeping Skills Sharp
1. 67,192 + 34,501 = 2. 8,002 - 3,999 =

3. 132 4 = 4. 64 8 =

5. 5 x 300 =

6. Which figure(s) is a reflection (flip) of

a b c

7. 2 gallons = ____ quarts

8. Nearest ten thousand to: 378,402

9. If each car will hold one driver and 5 students, how many cars
will be needed to take Mrs. Wilson's 28 students on their field
trip?

10. In the village of Etowah, there are 76 places to live.

Eighteen are apartment buildings, the rest are houses.
There are 32 brick houses. All other houses are
wooden homes. How many wooden homes are there?

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3 - = 1
4
Solve this!
If vowels are worth 9, consonants made with only line segments are
worth 4 and letters with curved lines are worth 7, how much is
NORTH CAROLINA worth? Find the following:
a. the county worth the most.
b. the county worth the least.
c. any counties worth the same as North Carolina.

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 Grade 4

Calculate!
To the Teacher WEEK
8
9 x 9 = 81 Fraction Action
9 x 99 = 891 Use the geoboard record sheet Blackline
9 x 999 = 8991 Master found in Week 18. There are 4 squares
9 x 9999 = 89991 in each fourth. To prove that the geoboard is in
So: 9 x 99999 = 899991 4ths, students might record on paper and cut to
compare, or count squares and halves of
Thinking Mathematically squares.
It is important for students to have many
experiences predicting outcomes and
planning experiments to check their
predictions. They need to learn that good
scientists and mathematicians make
predictions which are often proved wrong, Exploring Data
and that it is from these experiences that An extension of this would be for students to
they learn new ideas. It is equally
important that they understand the need for set up a spread sheet with their data, sort their
lots of data before we can talk about a data, use the chart function to display data in a
"typical" outcome. (The law of large number of ways. Which charts show the data
numbers says that the more data you have, appropriately?
the closer your results will be to a
mathematically typical outcome.) Their
answer to the last question should generate
some good discussion. This could be an
ongoing experiment which students could
do at home.

Game: Beaufort Bingo - 4

You could make the game more
challenging by allowing the students to
mark all fractions equivalent to the one on
the fraction bar. Insist that they prove the
equivalence before marking the fraction.

Directions to Students: Number your paper from

Mental Math 1 to 8. Write your answers as the questions are called
out. Each question will be repeated only once.
Keeping Skills Sharp
1. Write: five thousand two hundred seven 1. 101,693
2. 12 + 5 + 11 - 3 2. 4,003
3. Nearest dollar: $4.71 3, 33
4. 16 + 8 4. 8
5. 16 8 5. 1500
6. 15 minutes before 8:00 6. a, c
7. Number of ounces in 4 cups 7. 8
8. Half of 44 8. 8 ten thousands
9. 6 cars
10. 26
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