Unit 1 Module 4

Answer Key

Session 5

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| DATE

Agree or Disagree? page 1 of 2

Choose 5 of the 6 problems on this page and the next. For each one you choose, write
whether you agree or disagree. Then explain your thinking using numbers, words, and/
or labeled sketches. Explanations and work will vary.
Do you agree or disagree? Explain your thinking.

The 5th graders set up 20 rows of chairs with 25 chairs in

each row for the assembly. Mrs. Lord asked if theyd set
up enough chairs for all 552 students. Kamil said he could
skip-count to find out how many chairs there were in all,
and then theyd know if they had enough.

Agree (Kamil is correct).

The track at the high school is 400 meters. After she ran 6
times around the track, Isuko said shed gone more than 2
kilometers.

Agree (Isuko is correct).

3

Mr. Madison needs 175 granola bars for the 5th grade field
trip. The bars come in boxes of 10. Hell need to buy 17
boxes to have enough.

Disagree (he would only have 170 bars from 17

boxes, so he'd be 5 bars short).
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Unit 1 Module 4

Answer Key

Session 5

NAME

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Agree or Disagree? page 2 of 2

Do you agree or disagree? Explain your thinking.

To multiply 247 4, you can do these smaller problems and add them together:
200 4
44
74

Disagree (200 4, 40 4, and 7 4 would work).

There are 46 kids in the After-School Club. Today theyre

going to the pool at the Community Center. If each minivan
can take 6 kids, theyll need 8 minivans for all the kids.

Agree.

Brad wants to package his baseballs in sets of

100. Bethany says the box that will take the least amount
of cardboard for 100 baseballs is one with a base of 2 5
and a height of 10.
CHALLENGE

Disagree. For example, a 5 5 4 box has a

smaller surface area (130 sq. units) than a
2 5 10 box (160 sq. units).

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