{"id":71936,"date":"2020-05-12T13:19:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T17:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/?page_id=71936"},"modified":"2020-05-25T13:53:38","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T17:53:38","slug":"organizing-supplies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/math\/math-grades-4-6\/problem-solving-prompts\/organizing-supplies\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizing Supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Problem Solving Prompts<\/h5>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-71937 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/david-pennington-T-GjUWPW-oI-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"Pencils laying side-by-side.\" width=\"800\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/david-pennington-T-GjUWPW-oI-unsplash.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/david-pennington-T-GjUWPW-oI-unsplash-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/david-pennington-T-GjUWPW-oI-unsplash-768x277.jpg 768w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/david-pennington-T-GjUWPW-oI-unsplash-1024x370.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/david-pennington-T-GjUWPW-oI-unsplash-165x60.jpg 165w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/david-pennington-T-GjUWPW-oI-unsplash-1140x412.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/david-pennington-T-GjUWPW-oI-unsplash-945x341.jpg 945w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/david-pennington-T-GjUWPW-oI-unsplash-750x271.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Learning Goals:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Solve problems involving the multiplication and division of whole numbers<\/li>\n<li>Communicate mathematical thinking orally and visually<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Challenge:<\/h2>\n<p>Mr. S. is planning for next year and is ordering the school supplies his students will need.<br \/>\nPencils come in bags of 8.<br \/>\nGlue sticks come in packages of 4.<br \/>\nErasers come in boxes of 6.<br \/>\nHe is planning to create a packet of supplies for 24 students total.<br \/>\nEach student packet will have three pencils, one glue stick, and two erasers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many bags of pencils, packages of glue sticks, and boxes of erasers will he need to order to create these 24 student packets?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Questions and Prompts to Support your Child:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What did you do first? Why?<\/li>\n<li>Which school supply was the most straightforward to figure out? Why?<\/li>\n<li>How do you know that you\u2019ve found the correct amount to be ordered for each school supply?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Extensions &amp; Adaptations:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>If struggling with calculations, have a calculator handy!<\/li>\n<li>If having trouble getting started, think about working backwards from the completed student packets &#8211; what do these totals mean for ordering each item?<\/li>\n<li>Think about adding some additional supplies to each student packet that you think would be important. What packaging amounts would make sense for initially ordering these items?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: Adapted from University of Waterloo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca\/resources\/potw.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CEMC Problem of the Week Database<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning Goals: Solve problems involving the multiplication and division of whole numbers, Communicate mathematical thinking orally and visually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15985,"featured_media":0,"parent":72920,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71936","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71936\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}