LESSON 5 Mr. Green's Giant Gumball Jamboree

Mr. Green sells giant gumballs for 20¢ each.

Solve Questions 1–6. Be prepared to show or tell how you solved each problem.

  1. How much will 3 gumballs cost?
  2. How many gumballs can I buy with 140¢?
  3. How much will 10 gumballs cost?
  4. How many gumballs can Chris buy with $2.50?
  5. Chris has $1.75 and wants 8 gumballs. Does he have enough money?
  6. Mr. Green used a list to organize the costs of the gumballs. What are some other tools he could use to organize this data?

Use the Buying Giant Gumballs pages in the Student Activity Book to solve problems using patterns in a data table and a graph.