Grade 4 - Progress in Mathematics

Loon Lake

Moon Lake

Spoon Lake

90 miles

125 miles

80 miles 70 miles

Use these Strategies

Use More Than One Step

Choose the Operation

Logical Reasoning

Interpret the Remainder

Guess and Test

Choose a strategy from the list or use another

strategy you know to solve each problem.

9. Ray heard a loon’s call at 7:48 A.M. and
   again 13 minutes later. What time did
   he hear the second call?


10. Mary glues 8 pine needles onto each
    postcard. She has 130 pine needles.
    How many postcards can she make?


11. The distance across Loon Lake is 2 miles.
    Mary rows the boat 2640 yd across.
    How far away is she from the other side?


12. Six cabins are about evenly spaced along the
    3 km perimeter of Moon Lake. About how
    far apart are the cabins?


13. There were 325 yd of line on Ray’s
    fishing reel. He cuts off 18 feet of line.
    How much line is left on the reel?


14. The family leaves Loon Lake at 9:00 A.M.
    and arrives home at 5:30 P.M. Mr. O’Hara
    drives the first half of the trip and then
    Mrs. O’Hara drives. About what time does
    Mrs. O’Hara start driving?

Use the map for problems 15 and 16.

15. About how long will it take to get from
    Loon Lake to Moon Lake at a rate of
    50 miles per hour?


16. From Moon Lake, Joe wants to visit both
    Loon and Spoon lakes. What is the distance
    of the shortest route? the longest route?

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