Welcome back to Math Mondays! Challenge your students this week with various questions related to back to school, schedules, lockers, and more! Remember to return each week for Math Mondays with new themes and engaging questions!
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade:
- Ms. Garcia’s classroom is room number 5. What classroom number is before hers?
- Jasmine is in the 1st grade. She met her teacher on August 1. The first day of school is on August 4. How many days passed between Jasmine meeting her teacher and going to school on the first day?
- Ms. Garcia needed more desks. The custodian moved in 7 new desks. Ms. Garcia now has 25 desks. How many desks did she have before the new desks were moved in? Use words and numbers to support your answer.
3rd – 5th Grade
1. Ms. Garcia’s class has 31 students. All students are either 8 or 9 years old. How many students are 9 years old if 26 of the students are 8 years old? Use words and numbers to support your answer.
2. There are 4 classrooms of 4th grade students. Table 1 shows the number of students in each classroom. Table 1: 4th Grade Classrooms
- 207 has 32 students
- 208 has 34 students
- 209 has 31 students
- 210 has 33 students
Is there a better way to divide the 4th grade students more evenly between all 4 rooms? Use words and numbers to support your decision.
3. Ms. Garcia has 32 students in her classroom. She wants to make pods of desks with either 4 or 6 students in each pod. How many pods do you recommend she have in her class? Use words and numbers to support your answer.
6th – 8th Grade
1. Students arrive at school at 8:52 am. First period begins at 9:00 am. Jackson needs to get from the bus to their locker, and to the first-class period during that time. The total distance for Jackson is about 450 feet. Jackson walks at a rate of 4.6 feet per second. How long can Jackson spend at his locker and make it to class on time? Justify your decision.
2. Micah is a 7th grade student with a locker that measures 12 inches in width, 15 inches in depth, and 2.5 feet in height. He plans to install 2 shelves inside the locker and requires 1 foot of space for a backpack and coat. Determine the appropriate size for the shelves. Justify your answer.
3. There are 415 eighth-grade students in the school. 15 eighth graders participate in band while 62 participate in a fall sport. What percent of the eighth-grade students participate in either band or a fall sport? Justify your answer.
High School
There are 8 math teachers, and each teacher has 6 classes each day. There is a total of 15 algebra I classes, 14 geometry classes, 10 algebra II classes and the rest are precalculus, calculus, and advanced statistics.
1. Brian just received his schedule and is checking with his friends to see who he has class with. Brian and 5 of his friends are all in geometry. What is the likelihood that Brian has his math class with any of his friends? Justify your answer.
2. Shawn has E lunch. Lunches begin at 11:00 with A lunch, with the next lunch group beginning every 20 minutes. What time does Shawn have lunch? Justify your answer.
3. Megan is organizing her locker. Her locker is 12 inches wide, 15 inches deep and 2.5 feet tall. Her largest textbook is 14 inches by 12 inches by 2.5 inches. Megan wants to add 3 shelves to her locker, one for books, one for materials (pencils, pens, etc.) and one for snacks. She wants at least 1 foot at bottom of her locker to put her jacket when needed. What do you suggest she use for the dimensions of her shelves? Justify your answer.