2nd Grade Problem of Day – Set

#2

Frank has 4 nickels. He spends 3 of his 4 nickels

on gum. a. Does Frank spend all of

his nickels on gum? _______

b.What fraction of his nickels does Frank spend on gum?_________

Popcorn

Cupcakes

Ice Cream

Each stands for 2 votes.

Ms. Gina’s class voted for their favorite afternoon snack. Look at the graph below. It shows the number of students that voted for certain snacks.

What would be a good title for this pictograph? __________How many students voted for popcorn? ___________Which snack got the most votes?_____________________Popcorn got ___________ more votes than cupcakes.How many students voted in this survey? ________________

Look at this shape.

a. What shape do you see? ____________

b. If a square was made using Popsicle sticks, how many Popsicle sticks would be needed?________________

c. How many Popsicle sticks would we need for 2 squares? ____________

3 squares?_____________

Linda loves Beanie Babies. She has eight Beanie

Babies on her dresser and six on her bed.

a.Write the number sentence that tells how many Beanie Babies Linda has altogether. ______________________________________

b. Write the number sentence that tells the difference in the number of Beanie Babies on Linda’s dresser and the number of Beanie Babies on Linda’s bed.

__________________________________________

Suppose you wanted to cover the inside of each figure with little

squares. ( All squares are the the same

size.)

•Which figure would take the most squares to cover it? _________

•Which figure would take the fewest squares to cover it? _________

The second grade class visited the library. Jen selected a book

with sixty-three pages.

a. How many digits would it take to represent the number sixty-three? _____

b. Write the number sixty-three? __________________

c. The number sixty-three has _____ “ty” packages and __________ extras.

Today in art class you may choose one item from each of

the lists to create your picture. Make a list of your choices.

Crayons

Markers

Art paper

Coloring book

List A List B

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Look at this traffic light!

• The traffic light is made up of what shapes? _______________

• For every traffic light a car passes, there are _______ circles and _____ rectangles.

• Tom passes three traffic light on his way to school. Tom sees ______ circles and ____ rectangles.

Brooke and Cora picked flowers for their mom. Brooke picked 4 flowers. Cora picked 3

more flowers than Brooke!

A. Draw the flowers that each girl picked.

B. Which girl picked more flowers? _____

C. Added together, Brooke and Cora picked a sum of ___________ flowers.

The triplets, Billy, Bob, and Brandon are having a birthday party for their

sixth birthday. •Draw a clock that shows 2:30!•Write another way to say 2:30:

___________________________• Draw the triplets, their cake, and the candles on the cake.

If the triplets – Billy, Bob, and Brandon each invite 3 friends, how many people will be at their party? _______

If each child gets 1 party hat and 3 balloons, how many party hats and balloons will the parents need to buy? ______ balloons _____ party hats

There are 8 boys and 4 girls that attend the triplets’

party. a. Write a number sentence that

shows how many children attend the birthday party altogether.

b. Write a number sentence that shows the difference between the number of boys and the number of girls that attend the birthday party.

Here are some of the presents the triplets

received. Find the one that is the heaviest and explain

your answer in your journal.

Five girls go into a bakery and each order the same number of donuts. The

baker takes these donuts off the tray and bags them.

USE YOUR COUNTERS!

Jimmy’s sister was born the second Sunday of January. Whatis the date of his baby sister’s birthday? _________________

If his sister would have been born a week later, what would her birthday be? ____________________________

Mr. Jones plants cucumbers on two rows in his garden. He has 8 cucumber plants on one row

and 9 cucumber plants on another row.

A. Write a number sentence showing the total number of cucumber plants

Mr. Jones plants on both rows.B. Write the 2 number related facts

that match this situation.

Write a fraction to show the shaded part of each

picture.

__________________ _________________

Dan took these coins out of his pocket for his

afternoon snack.

• How much does Dan’s snack cost? (Write answer in a complete sentence.)

Mr. Green went to the bank. He cashed a

check for 468 dollars. The cashier gave him _____ hundred dollar bills, _____ tens and

_______ ones.

Randy counted 236 stars in the sky. Dennis counted 10 more than Randy. Dennis counted ______ stars.