Formative Instructional and Assessment Tasks

Packaging Soup Cans

4.NBT.1-Task 3
Domain Numbers and Operations in Base Ten
Cluster Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers.
Standard(s) 4.NBT.1 Recognize that in a multi-digit whole number, a digit in one place represents ten
times what it represents in the place to its right.
Materials Paper and pencil, activity sheet, base 10 blocks (optional) , Virtual base ten blocks can be
found here: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_152_g_1_t_1.html
Task Packaging Soup Cans

There are 202 soup cans are in the factory. A crate will hold 200 cans. A case will hold 20
cans. The rest of the cans go into individual boxes. The factory wants to use as few
packages as possible.

1. How many crates, cases, and individual boxes will you need to hold the 202 soup cans?
2. If you only had cases and individual boxes, how many of each would you need?
3. If you only had individual boxes, how many would you need?
4. What did you notice about the number of crates and cases in Part A compared to Part
B? Explain your reasoning.

Rubric
Level I Level II Level III
Limited Performance Not Yet Proficient Proficient in Performance
Students provide Students provide correct Students provide correct answers to all problems.
correct answers answers on all but one Solutions: 1) 1 crate, 0 cases and 2 individual
on two or fewer of the parts above. boxes, 2) 10 cases and 2 individual boxes, 3) 202
of the parts individual boxes,4) The explanation says something
above. about the trading of 1 crate for 10 cases. In Part A
we needed 1 crate and 0 cases. In Part B, there we
needed 10 cases.

Standards for Mathematical Practice

1. Makes sense and perseveres in solving problems.
2. Reasons abstractly and quantitatively.
3. Constructs viable arguments and critiques the reasoning of others.
4. Models with mathematics.
5. Uses appropriate tools strategically.
6. Attends to precision.
7. Looks for and makes use of structure.
8. Looks for and expresses regularity in repeated reasoning.

NC DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION FOURTH GRADE

 Formative Instructional and Assessment Tasks
Packaging Soup Cans
There are 202 soup cans are in the factory. A crate will hold 200 cans. A case will
hold 20 cans. The rest of the cans go into individual boxes. The factory wants to
use as few packages as possible.

1. How many crates, cases, and individual boxes will you need to hold the 202 soup
cans?

2. If you only had cases and individual boxes, how many of each would you need?

3. If you only had individual boxes, how many would you need?

4. What did you notice about the number of cases in Part A compared to Part B?
Explain your reasoning.

NC DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION FOURTH GRADE