Reteach and Skills Practice Workbook

14–3
Name
Skills Practice
Date
Problem-Solving Strategy: Make a Model
Solve. Use the make a model strategy.
1. There are 4 jars of fingerpaint in a box. Each child will get 2 jars to
use to paint. If there is a class of 16 children, how many boxes of
paint will they need?
4NS3.0, 4MR2.3
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2. Ron walked to the store which was 8 blocks away. Then he
walked 6 blocks to the park. He had to stop back at the store
because he forgot to get something, and then he went home.
How many blocks did he walk?
3. There were 3 cats at the pet shop. The first cat had 6 kittens. The
other two cats each had 8 kittens. What was the total number of
cats in the pet shop after the kittens were born?
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4. If you have a box of 96 crayons that you want to share with 11
classmates, how many crayons will each classmate receive?
Hint: Don’t forget to keep crayons for yourself.
5. Write a problem that can be solved by making a model. Then, ask
a classmate to solve the problem.
Grade 4 259 Chapter 14