Unit 4 Contents

Solve the following problems in your head. You may use your desk number line to help you. The prices are listed on the picture of the fruit stand. Explain your thinking.

1. Sam has $1.00 to spend. He wants to buy bananas. He thinks, “19¢ is almost 2 dimes. If I count by tens, I can find out how many bananas I can buy.” Sam starts counting,
   
   “Ten, twenty, one banana, thirty, forty, two bananas…”
   
   Finish Sam's counting. How many bananas can he buy?
1. How many cents are in one quarter?
2. How many cents are in two quarters?
3. How many cents are in three quarters?
1. How many quarters are in $1.00?
2. How many quarters are in $1.50?
3. How many quarters are in $2.50?
4. How many quarters are in $4.00?
4. Pretend you are going to the fruit stand with quarters.
1. Do you need two or three quarters to buy a bunch of grapes?
2. How many quarters do you need to buy one plum?
5. Sam has $1.00 to spend. Can he buy four plums?
6. With $1.00, can Sam buy a bunch of grapes and one pear?
7. Sam loves apple cider. If he uses his dollar to buy one quart of cider, what else can he buy?
8. Liz has $1.50.
1. How many pears can she buy?
2. How many plums can she buy?
9. Can Liz buy three apples and one pear?
10. If Liz buys a quart of apple cider, what else can she buy?
11. Can Liz buy one apricot, one apple, and one bunch of grapes?

Check-In: Question 12

12. If you had $2.00 to spend at the fruit stand, what would you buy? Show or tell your estimation strategy.