Grade
3

Math in Our World: Gymnastics

Sasha loves to do gymnastics. She tries to record how many different exercises she does each day.

Sasha forgot to record the number of cartwheels she did Monday. She knows it was more than 10.

She didn’t count the number of flips she did Tuesday, but she knows it was at least 5.

A table shows exercises for Monday and Tuesday. Cartwheels: Monday blank, Tuesday 12. Flips: Monday 8, Tuesday blank. Back handsprings: Monday 17, Tuesday 18.
  1. Use pictures, models, or numbers to show what is happening.
  2. What do you notice? What do you wonder?
  3. What math questions can you ask about this situation? Answer all the questions you can!
  • How many cartwheels could Sasha have done on Monday?
  • How many flips could Sasha have done on Tuesday?
  • Use a number line to show the total number of back handsprings Sasha did.
  • Show your work to someone, and explain your thinking. Did they understand?
  • Ask whether they have any other questions you can answer!
  • Which activity do you enjoy? Maybe it’s dance moves. Or it could be jumping jacks. Pick one or more and have fun doing them today. Count how many you do. Or count how many minutes you do this activity. Record your results. Try to do more tomorrow.
  • Keep track of how many more you were able to do the next day. Keep track for a week and see how many you were able to do in a week!
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