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