Treasure Hunter Warm-up
20 + 30 =
100 − 50 =
25 + 25 =
60 − 20 =
The Great Math Scavenger Hunt! Hunt around your home to solve each clue.
Solve each clue by exploring your home. Bring your answers back for a prize star!
Clue 1: Count the chairs in your home. Is that number odd or even?
Hint: Pair them up!
Answer:
Clue 2: Find a clock. What time is it right now?
Hint: Hour hand first, then minutes.
Answer:
Clue 3: Find something shaped like a rectangle. What is it?
Hint: Doors? Books? Windows?
Answer:
Clue 4: Count all the shoes by 2s. How many pairs? How many shoes?
Hint: One pair = 2 shoes.
Answer:
Clue 5: Find 3 coins. How much money is that all together?
Hint: Start with the biggest coin.
Answer:
Clue 6: Measure a spoon with your ruler. How many cm long is it?
Hint: Line up the 0!
Answer:
Number Talk — Explain WITHOUT counting again.
You counted 7 pairs of shoes. Without counting the shoes one by one, how do you KNOW how many shoes there are? What trick did you use?
My thinking:
Challenge
Super Hunter Bonus: Find the LONGEST thing in your room and the SHORTEST thing. Estimate how many of the short thing would fit along the long thing:
Extra star: Count something in your home by 5s (fingers, toes, nickels...). What did you count and how many?