On a scale from 0 to 100 with 10 being not sure, 40 being somewhat sure, 70 being pretty sure, and 100 being very sure.

How sure are you that you will get these three questions correct?

Do you have a goal for solving these math problems? If so, what is it?

Do you have any plans for how to successfully complete these math problems?

Okay, now you will solve the word problems.

When you are done there is an answer space to type your answer.

Last summer, Jon's family found 152 shells at the beach. This summer they were at the beach for 7 days. Each day they found 9 shells.

How many fewer shells did they find this year than last year?

Please take a picture of any scratch work you wrote on the paper.

Describe what you did to solve this question.

Sheldon is baking cookies. He has 3 trays that are the same size. On one tray, he makes 5 rows with 4 cookies in each row. He cannot fit any more cookies on the tray. He fills the second tray completely and only part of the third tray.

How many cookies could Sheldon have made?

Please take a picture of any scratch work you wrote on the paper.

Describe what you did to solve this question.

On a scale from 0 to 100 with 10 being not sure, 40 being somewhat sure, 70 being pretty sure, and 100 being very sure.

(The one about Kara's 35–minute car ride.)

On a scale from 0 to 100 with 10 being not sure, 40 being somewhat sure, 70 being pretty sure, and 100 being very sure.

(The one about Kara's two–and–a–half hour car ride.)

On a scale from 0 to 100 with 10 being not sure, 40 being somewhat sure, 70 being pretty sure, and 100 being very sure.

(The one you used M.)

If you were given another chance to do a similar math problem, what would you need to do to do well?

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Question #5 There are 56 birdhouses at school. Today, 4 classes made more birdhouses. Each class made 8 birdhouses.

How many total birdhouses are there now?

Question #8 Mr. Dent had 32 markers in his classroom. He buys new boxes of markers that have 9 markers in each box. Now, he has 86 markers.

How many new boxes did he buy?

Question #11 Jayson had 274 postcards in his collection. He wanted to give Sam some of his postcards. Jayson gave Sam 8 postcards from each of his collections below:

• Arts
• Sports
• Schools
• Parks
• Beaches
• Sunsets

How many postcards does Jayson have left?

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