1. Allow students to use whatever tools they need to solve problems. Some students will choose to use manipulatives, while others will want to make drawings. Encourage warriors to practice their mental math skills. !2. It is important that students share their solutions. Modeling a variety of problem-solving techniques makes students aware that there are different paths to the correct answer. !3. Teach student to follow problem-solving strategies:

• Read the problem carefully more than one time. Think about it as you read.

• mark the important information in the problem. • What is question does the problem ask? • What words will help you know how to solve the problem (in

all, left, how many more, etc.)? • What facts will help you answer the question?

!• Think about what you need to do to solve the problem (add,

subtract, multiply, or divide). • Solve the problem. Does your answer make sense? • Check your answer.

Using this book:

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There were 16 schools at the

regional track meet. An average of

14 runners were on each school

team. How many runners were at the

track meet?

When the teams arrived, the

temperature of the room was 72.6

degrees. By the time the meet

started, the temperature had gone

up 5.6 degrees. What was the

temperature of the when the meet

started?

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One coach wanted her team to run

4 laps to warm up before the track

meet. To complete each lap, they

had to run 400 meters. How far did

each runner run?

Lumumba finished the first race in 1

minute and 15 seconds. Sankara

finished 12 seconds faster than

Lumumba. Shaka finished 8 seconds

faster than Sankara. How long did it

take Shaka to finish?

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Use the clues below to determine who placed first, second, third, fourth, and fifth in

the 100-meter medley.

!When you know that a name and a place do not go with each other, make an X under

the place and across from the name. When you know that a name and place do go

together, write YES in the box. You can then X that name and place for all others.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5thSizweJumaMaliJaliaEmek

aClues:

1. Sizwe finished the race in second place.

2. The runners who place first and fourth have names that start with the same

letter

3. Mali finished immediately after Juma.

4. Jalia finished before Emeka.

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!The Camara family started their

garage sale one half hour after the

Tyehimba family. The Tyehimba

family started their garage sale one

hour before the Akoto family, who

started theirs at 8:30 a.m. At what

time did the Camara family start

their garage sale?

Sadiku picked out a small drum for

$3.50. If she gave the family a ten-

dollar bill, what is the fewest number

of bills and coins that she could

receive as change?

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At the end of the day, the Shabazz

family announced that all items were

half price. If the sticker on a jacket

read $3.00, how much would it sell

for?

Taja and her friend Mazina made a

one-gallon pitcher of bissap drink

because it was so hot. They drank 5

glasses that each held 2 cups of

bissap drink. How much bissap

drink was left in the pitcher?

Express the answer in two different

ways. (hint: There are 4 cups in 1

quart and 4 quarts in 1 gallon.)

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Person Amounts of Money Collected

Malcolm $4, $1, $3, $.75Marley $2, $2, $1.50, $10

Olu $5Tosin $3, $1.75, $7

Chinua $4, $1, $9, $.50, $8

Sadiku’s family recorded the amounts of money that were collected at their garage

sale.

What was the average amount of money that the five people in Sadiku’s family

collected during the adage sale?

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Igwe wants to sit in the front seat on

the bus on the trip to the Marcus

Garvey Museum. The front seat is

the full width of the bus and seat 5

students. If Igwe selects his place on

the seat at random, what is the

probability that he will sit at either

end by a window?

The sixth grade class from W.E.B

Dubois Middle School is going to

the zoo on a field trip. There are 270

students who want to on the field

trip. If the school requires one adult

for every 15 students, how many

adults will be needed for the trip?

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The regular price for admission to

the Marcus Garvey museum is

$7.00. There is a 25% discount off

the price of each ticket for school

groups. How much will each ticket

cost with the discount?

The statue of Marcus Garvey

weighs about 7 tons. How many

pounds does that statue weigh?

(Hint: 1 ton equals 2,000 pounds)

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What is the area of the exhibit?

The exhibit on Kemet has the following shape.

15 feet

20 feet

10 feet

32 feet

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During intermission, Samire bought

a bottle of water for 79 cents. If she

paid with a one dollar bill, what are

three different combinations of

coins that she could have received

as change?

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There were three Fela Kuti concerts.

The first concert had 953 people in

attendance. The second and third

concerts each had a full house of

1,100. What was the average number

of people at the three concerts?

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The tickets for the Stevie Wonder

concert are selling for $12.00.

Kwadwo is going to the concert with

a group of 25 people. There is a

discount of 1/5 off each ticket for

groups. How much will each ticket

cost after the discount?

!!

The stage lights for the concert

were suspended on a metal rack

constructed in three sections. The

bottom section was 12 feet tall. The

section above that was 3 yards tall.

The top section was only 35 inches

tall. How tall was the entire metal

rack in feet and inches?

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Use the clues below to determine what number seat each of these five students

sat in for the concert.

!Use the clues to help you fill in the seat numbers in the top row. When you know

that a name and a seat number do not go with each other, make a X under the

seat number and across from the name. When you know that a name and seat

number do go together, write YES in that box. You can then X that name and seat

number for all others.

Clues:

1. The seats were numbered consecutively, starting with 10 and ending with seat

number 14.

2. Kori and Themba sat in the odd-numbered seats.

3. Wale’s seat number is three more than Kori’s seat number.

4. Ogbe’s seat number is two less than Makao’s seat number.

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