Week 27ThursdayWord Problems with Equal Groups
1Warm-up: What Comes Next?

2-min Fluency Warm-up — What comes next? Fill in the blank.

2, 4, 6,

5, 10, 15,

10, 20, 30,

4, 6, 8,

2Word Problems: Groups in Real Life

Read carefully. Think: how many groups? How many in each group? Draw if it helps!

A classroom has 5 tables. Each table seats 4 students. Every seat is taken. How many students are in the classroom?

Draw or write your thinking:

students

Grandma plants 3 rows of tomato plants in her garden. Each row has 6 plants. How many tomato plants did she plant?

Draw or write your thinking:

plants

An egg carton has 2 rows with 6 eggs in each row. How many eggs fit in the carton?

Draw or write your thinking:

eggs

3Two-Step Problem

Solve step by step. Write each answer as you go.

Step 1: find the total on the tray. Step 2: subtract what was sold.

1. A bakery tray holds 4 rows of 5 cookies. The baker fills one whole tray, then sells 8 cookies. How many cookies are left on the tray?

4Number Talk: Same or Different?

Number Talk — Explain WITHOUT counting every dot.

A:

B:

Do A and B have the same number of dots?

My thinking:

Rosa has 4 boxes of 3 crayons. Sam has 3 boxes of 3 crayons.

Who has more? How do you KNOW without counting?

My thinking:

5Challenge: Create Your Own

Create Your Own Word Problem

Write an equal-groups word problem about something you like (stickers, dinosaurs, snacks...). Use the words "rows" or "groups." Then solve it.

My picture or thinking:

Answer: