10050.0
Using Geometry
Determining Probability and Averages
BOOK B
Using Algebra
STAMS SERIES
STRATEGIES
TO
ACHIEVE
MATHEMATICS
SUCCESS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Strategy One
Strategy Two
Using Estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Strategy Three
Applying Addition
Strategies OneThree
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REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Strategy Four
Applying Subtraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Strategy Five
Applying Multiplication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Strategy Six
Applying Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Strategies FourSix
REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Strategy Seven
Strategy Eight
Strategy Nine
Using Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Strategies SevenNine
REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Strategy Ten
Strategy Eleven
Strategy Twelve
Strategies TenTwelve
REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Strategies OneTwelve
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Strategy
One
Look at the chart. Then answer the questions or follow the directions.
hundreds
(100)
tens
(10)
ones
(1)
You just reviewed information about place value and writing numbers.
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Look at each group of numbers. Write the number that comes before
or after a number.
a. 16, 17, ___, 19
b. ___, 30, 31, 32
c. 97, 98, 99, ___
d. ___, 110, 111, 112
You just reviewed the order of counting numbers.
Look at each row of items. Answer each question about the position of
the colored item in the row.
a.
Start
Start
Work
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hundreds
(100)
tens
(10)
ones
(1)
You use number sense when you think about the place value
of each digit in a number.
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Theo made his own place-value chart. Theos chart shows the
number of ants in his ant farm. Study Theos chart. Think about the
number the chart shows. Think about the place value of each digit in
the number. Then do Numbers 1 through 4.
hundreds
(100)
tens
(10)
ones
(1)
Work
with a partner.
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296
This answer is correct
because 296 is written
two hundred ninety-six.
7 tens
This answer is correct
because 7 tens equals 70,
and the 7 in 579 is in the
tens place.
7 hundreds
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When you count, you tell what number comes before or after
another number.
Theo counted the cars in his toy car collection. He used different
ways to count the cars. Do Numbers 7 through 10.
7. Theo counted 38 cars. What
number comes after 38?
37
39
40
36
8. Theo has 6 sports cars in his
collection. In what place is the
sports car that is shaded?
Start
first
second
third
fourth
Box 1
549
4 8 12
10
Box 2
3 7 10
628
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How Many
7
4
11
15
101
11
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A test question about number sense may ask for the place value
of a digit in a number.
A test question about number sense may ask you to know a number
in its different forms.
A test question about number sense may ask for the total number
of items in two or more groups.
R
NILE
IVER
Start
first
second
12
third
fourth
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Theos class watched a movie about storms. Read what Theo did
after watching the movie. Then do Numbers 17 and 18.
Twisters
Theo and his classmates watched
a movie about different kinds of
storms. Then Theo and two other
students worked together to make a
poster about tornadoes, or twisters.
They drew a picture to show the
shape of a twister. They also listed
many facts about twisters.
June
3
5
4
6
July
4
7
6
6
9
4
2
4
August
16
16
12
16
13
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