Moose Math Day 5

Which is Farther? How much farther?Today you are going to be solving problems involving distance. You are going to use the data table to the right to solve each problem.

Let’s look at number one and work it together:

Which is Farther? How much farther?What is the distance from Orlando to Minneapolis?

What is the distance from Orlando to Denver?

How much farther?

Should we add or subtract?

How should the equation be written?

1,568

1,842

1,842 - 1,568

Activity:Complete with Shoulder Partner using

data table on following slide

Which is Farther? How much farther?

Independent Work

Discussion: One StepLet’s look at problem 2 on page 67 together.

This problem had more than one step. Who can retell the story in your own words?

How did you go about solving this problem?

What operations did you use?

Based on your work over the past few days, what are some things we need to think about when we solve addition and subtraction problems?

Independent Worksheets

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