Grade 2 | MATHEMATICS
WEEK 17 • PRACTICE WORKBOOK • DAYS 81–85
Read the matching lesson in the Week 17 Student Textbook first. Write each answer on the line below its question. Day 85 is answered on your own.
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Day 81: Word Problems with an Unknown
- John Chapman’s nursery had 46 apple seedlings in one row and 38 in another row. How many seedlings were in both rows?
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- A settler had some apple trees. He sold 25 of them and has 47 left. Write an equation with a box for the unknown, then solve it.
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- Rabbit ran 63 yards. Terrapin crawled 29 yards. How many more yards did Rabbit run than Terrapin?
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- Squirrel had 92 pecans. She buried some, and 57 are still on the ground. How many did she bury?
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- Draw a bar model for the settler problem. Explain how it shows which number is unknown.
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Day 82: Two-Step Word Problems
- Squirrel buried 18 pecans on Monday and 25 on Tuesday. Then Blue Jay ate 9 of them. How many pecans are left?
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- A railroad crew laid 35 feet of track in the morning and 28 feet in the afternoon. They need 100 feet. How many more feet must they lay?
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- Fox had 50 berries. He ate 12, then found 23 more. How many berries does Fox have now?
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- Mockingbird sang 16 songs. Wren sang 8 fewer songs than Mockingbird. How many songs did they sing in all?
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- Write the two equations you used for the railroad problem, and explain what the answer to each step means.
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Day 83: Add and Subtract Within 1000
- A nursery grew 456 apple seedlings in spring and 278 in fall. How many seedlings did it grow in all?
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- Solve 803 – 365.
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- A tunnel crew drilled 247 holes one month and 189 holes the next month. How many holes did they drill in the two months?
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- A printer made 600 copies of a song sheet and sold 274. How many copies are left?
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- Explain how to check your answer to 803 – 365 by adding.
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Day 84: Make and Read a Bar Graph
Bar graph: Our Favorite Kind (a sample survey)
- How many people chose tall tales?
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- How many more people chose tall tales than legends?
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- How many people chose fables or songs?
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- Everyone in the survey answered once. How many people did not choose tall tales?
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- Explain how you found the number of people who did not choose tall tales.
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Hands-on task: Survey: favorite kind of story or song
- Ask exactly 10 family members, friends or neighbors: Which do you like best: a fable, a tall tale, a legend or a song?
- Make a tally mark in the table for each answer. Then write the total for each.
- Color the bar graph grid to show your totals.
- In the box, make a picture graph: draw one small circle for each person’s answer, in a row for each kind.
- Write one question that compares two of your bars, and answer it.
| Kind | Tally marks | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Fable | __________ | ____ |
| Tall tale | __________ | ____ |
| Legend | __________ | ____ |
| Song | __________ | ____ |
My question and answer:
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Day 85: Independent Check: Word Problems, Within 1000 and Bar Graphs
Bar graph: Signs of Animals Found
Answer on your own. An adult may read the questions aloud but should not give the answers.
- Some children were at the park. 37 more came. Now there are 91 children. Write an equation with a box for the unknown, then solve it.
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- A tree had 40 apples. Ann picked 15 and Ben picked 18. How many apples are still on the tree?
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- Solve 527 + 396.
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- Solve 700 – 238.
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- Use the bar graph. How many more tracks than nests were found? Explain how you used the graph.
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