The Leafy Greens Lesson Plans

Math #5

PROBLEMS AT THE BALLPARK

OBJECTIVES: Student will reinforce understanding of division and fractions.


  1. Hannah earns $10.00 per game for selling items at the ballpark. She wants to buy a bike that costs $80.00. How many ball games will she have to work to earn enough money to buy that bike?

  2. Jess takes a break in between games and eats 2 hot dogs and 4 of broccoli bites for lunch. He cuts each hot dog in 3 sections so he can share with Hannah. How many pieces of hot dog were there?

  3. The fourth grade class only bought baseball cards as souvenirs at today's game. There are a total of 80 students in the fourth grade. They have about 480 baseball cards altogether. About how many baseball cards does each fourth grader have?

  4. There are a total of 24 boxes of cracker jacks in the concession stand. They are divided up on 3 shelves in the concession stand. How many boxes are on each shelf?

  5. Zach has been to games at the ballpark 18 times in the past 6 years. If he went to the same number of games each year, how many games did he go to this year?

  6. Mr. William gave 1 ticket to the teacher and 42 free ball game tickets to the third grade class. Each student got 3 tickets. How many students are there in the third grade class?

  7. There are 3600 fans at the ballpark today. They are seated on 200 rows. How many fans are on each row?

  8. Mr. William has 21 baseballs lined up in 3 equal rows on the playing field. How many baseballs are in each row?

  9. Of the 33 third graders at the ball park, 1/3 of them bought souvenirs. How many did NOT buy souvenirs?

  10. There are 10 ball players practicing on the field. 1/2 of them have bandages on their arms. How many players do not have bandages?


TEACHER SUGGESTIONS: Show students standard 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, and 1 cup measuring cups and discuss measurements. Challenge students to correctly measure rice, popcorn kernels, or other dry ingredient.

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