Birthday Math Word Problems
What better way to celebrate students birthdays than by creating original math problems.
Birthday math word problems. Susie needs help figuring out some math problems related to her birthday party. Use your knowledge of addition and subtraction to solve the birthday word problems. If one assumes for simplicity that a year contains 365 days and that each day is equally likely to be the birthday of a randomly selected person then in a group of n people there are 365 n possible combinations of birthdays. When you ve thought it through and are ready look below to check your solution with ours.
Cheryl has a birthday and she. Anna is excited for her eighth birthday party this weekend but she needs some help with the planning. 2 of her shots did not go in the hoop. The list of examples is supplemented by tips to create engaging and challenging math word problems.
These word problems help children hone their reading and analytical skills. For this open ended challenge young mathematicians must make numerical expressions using parentheses exponents and three other operations that equal the number made from the digits of their birth month and day. Math word problem worksheets read explore and solve over 1000 math word problems based on addition subtraction multiplication division fraction decimal ratio and more. Designed around the fourth grade curriculum this math worksheet challenges kids to apply what they know to solve four multi step mixed operations word problems.
Ariel was playing basketball. How many shots were there in total. 120 math word problems categorized by skill addition. In this math worksheet your child will practice solving division word problems.
Hannah s birthdate is october 30 2008. Word problems often seem harder than they really are. Peter s birthdate is january 3 1996. Hannah s birthday hasn t happened yet so her last birthday was in 2016.
1 of her shots went in the hoop. Invite your child to help out by completing these mixed word problems involving addition subtraction multiplication and division. How old will each of them be on august 25 2017. If your child struggles to answer the questions remind her to take it slow and above all show her work.
This in class assignment or formative assessment would fit perfectly into a lesson series on evaluating expressions using the order of operations. An entertaining example is to determine the probability that in a randomly selected group of n people at least two have the same birthday.