NAME ______________________________ DATE _______________

DAILY PRACTICE

Leg Riddles

Birds have 2 legs.

Dogs have 4 legs.

Ladybugs have 6 legs.

  • 1 There are 48 legs, and they all belong to dogs. How many dogs are there?

  • 2 There are 3 ladybugs, 7 dogs, and 13 birds in the house. How many legs are there all together?

  • 3 There are 36 legs in the house. All the legs belong to birds, dogs, and ladybugs. How many of each creature—birds, dogs, and ladybugs—might be in the house?

    (There are many possible answers. How many can you find?)

    Birds Dogs Ladybugs
         
         
         
         

NOTE

Students solve multiplication and division problems in story problem contexts.


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Table of Contents

Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Arrays, Factors, and Multiplicative Comparison Unit 2 Generating and Representing Measurement Data Unit 3 Multiple Towers and Cluster Problems Unit 4 Measuring and Classifying Shapes Unit 5 Large Numbers and Landmarks Unit 6 Fraction Cards and Decimal Grids Unit 7 How Many Packages and Groups? Unit 8 Penny Jars and Towers