Challenge your students to apply their math skills int he context of fall leaves!
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade:
Ask your students to color the image. Then use the image to answer each question.
1. Kevin collected 10 leaves. Mary collected 7 leaves. Abe collected 6 leaves. How many leaves do they have altogether?
2. Josh collected 57 leaves to make a collage. He has 27 red leaves; 18 yellow leaves and the rest are orange. How many orange leaves does Josh have?
3. Mary is making a wreath out of fall leaves. Each wreath needs 20 leaves. Mary has 85 leaves. How many more leaves does she need to be able to make 5 wreaths? Use words and numbers to support your answer.
3rd – 5th Grade:
1. Luke raked leaves for 2 hours and 15 minutes. Brian raked leaves for 80 minutes. How many more minutes did it take Brian to rake the leaves than it did for Luke to rake his leaves? Use words and numbers to support your decision.
2. Violet has raked the leaves in her yard into one large pile. The pile is 8 feet long, 4 feet wide and 2 feet deep. It is recommended that a leaf pile needs to be at least 4 feet deep to be safe for children to jump into it. Describe how Violet can rearrange her leaf pile, so it is safe for her and her siblings to jump into the pile. Use words and numbers to support your answer.
3. Breanna is creating leaf stringers to decorate her front door. She needs 8 leaves for every 6 inches of stringer. The stringer needs to be 10 feet long. How many leaves does Breanna need? Use words and numbers to support your answer.
6th – 8th Grade:
1. The white oak tree is known for its beautiful burgundy color in the fall. One oak tree has approximately 450,000 leaves. The park has 20 oak trees. How many leaves should the park expect to pick up or mulch in the fall? Justify your answer.
2. Linda is making fall decorations using the leaves she has collected. She has spent 10 hours collecting leaves and another 40 hours making the decorations. She has 15 decorations to sell. She sells each decoration for $35. Her total expenses to make the decorations is $10. If she successfully sells all the decorations, then what is her average hourly pay? Justify your answer.
3. Paul and Bryson both earn money in the fall by raking and collecting leaves. Table 1 provides details for each person and the time it takes to rake leaves.
Which person has a better plan for earning money? Justify your answer.
High School:
Kate, Janet and Nikki both earn money in the fall by raking and collecting leaves. Table 1 provides details for each person and the time it takes to rake leaves.
1. Write an equation to represent the amount of money (y) Kate earns based on (x) hours of work.
2. Nikki claims that she earns the most per hour of work. Do you agree or disagree with Nikki’s claim? Justify your decision.
3. Janet claims that they would all earn more money if they worked together. Do you agree or disagree with Janet’s claim? Justify your decision.