6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

Choose a strategy from the list or use another strategy

you know to solve each problem.

0 9. Dan started with a 36-in. strip of wicker.

He cut two 11
^58 
-in. pieces. Does he have

enough left over to cut two 6
^12 
-in. pieces?

10. Ben cut wicker strips to make a basket. He cut
    two 8
    ^34
    -in. strips and one 6
    ^12
    -in. strip from
    one long piece. He had
    ^58
    in. of wicker left over.
    How long was the original piece of wicker?


11. Write the next five numbers in this series:
    
    ^2
    2

3

4


, 
^1

1

1

2


, 
^2

2

1

4


, 
^5

6


, 
^1

2

9

4


, 
^3

4


.

12. Mr. Cortez spent $10.25 of his money on wicker each
    week for 2 weeks. Next he collected $4.65 and $6.70
    from students. Then he had $45.53 to spend. How much
    money did he have originally?


13. Nedra made a basket handle using three pieces of wicker.
    The first piece was 9 in. long, the second was
    
    1
    2
    in.
    longer than the first, and the third was
    
    3
    4
    in. shorter
    than the second. How much wicker did she use?

Use the diagram for problems 14 –16.

14.How much wider is the thick wicker than the thin?

15.Jason makes a basket using the medium width

wicker. The basket is as tall as 8 strips of the

wicker. Is the basket taller than 4 inches?

16.Arlene’s basket is 9 strips tall. The pattern

is thin, thick, thick, thin, thick, thick, and

so on. How tall is Arlene’s basket?

Thin Wicker

Medium Wicker

Thick Wicker

 156 
in.

 176 
in.

1 
^18 
in.

Widths of Wicker

Use These Strategies

Work Backward

Use More Than One Step

Use a Diagram

Find a Pattern

Use Simpler Numbers

Write an Equation

Make a Table

17. Plan a wicker basket of your own. Then write a
    problem about it. Have a classmate solve it.

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