In July 2025, people in the Philippines celebrated after building the world’s largest claw machine! This giant game set a new Guinness World Record and let crowds try their luck at grabbing jumbo prizes. Imagine how fun it would be to play a real arcade game that's taller than a house!
Solve these addition problems:
1. 34 + 25 = ____
2. 58 + 16 = ____
3. 41 + 27 = ____
Circle all the odd numbers:
22, 17, 50, 31, 44, 29
Imagine you win three coins from the claw machine: a quarter, a nickel, and a dime. How much money do you have? Write your answer in cents and as a number of dollars (for example: 40 cents or $0.40).
1. 63 can be written as 60 + 3.
2. 78 can be written as ____ + 8.
3. Write 54 as tens and ones.
4. 92 = ___ tens and ___ ones.
5. 46 can be shown as 40 + ___.
6. Write 35 as tens and ones.
Ziggy walks the boy to school for 8 days in a row. On 3 of those days, they see a neighbor joining them. How many days do they walk alone?
If Ziggy and the boy are joined by 5 more friends on Friday, how many friends walk with them in total that day?
1. The school's walkway is 20 feet. How much longer is it than a 12-foot driveway?
2. If the boy's backpack is 14 inches tall, and Ziggy is 9 inches tall, how many inches taller is the backpack?
3. The lunch bench is 48 inches long. How much longer is it than a 30-inch desk?
4. A student's shoe is 8 inches long and Ziggy's paw is 2 inches long. How many inches longer is the shoe?
1. 46 + 23 = 69
2. 17 + 62 =
3. 53 - 28 =
4. 89 - 16 =
5. 35 + 44 =
6. 77 - 51 =
The canoeists saw 6 ducks and then 8 more joined them as they paddled to help the foal.
How many ducks did they see altogether?
If 5 ducks flew away, how many ducks were left?
The rescue started at 2:15 PM. It took 30 minutes for the canoeists to return the foal to its mom.
What time did they finish the rescue?
In the Philippines, a shopping mall set a Guinness World Record by building the world’s largest claw machine. This huge machine let people try their luck to grab prizes in front of a big crowd. The event took place in July and brought lots of excitement to shoppers in the mall.
What does the word 'Guinness World Record' mean in the passage?
Write one complete sentence about what happened at the mall using your own words.
Read the intro. What is the main idea of the passage?
In England, a friendly black-and-white cat named Ziggy walks a young boy named Matthew to school every morning. Ziggy soon became famous, greeting people along the way and making everyone in the neighborhood happy. Now, Ziggy is even up for a special national cat award because he brings the whole community together!
Circle the collective noun in each sentence below. A collective noun stands for a group of people, animals, or things.
Example: Ziggy was the star in a group of fans at school.
Read the sentences and add an adjective from the word bank to describe Ziggy or Matthew.
Word Bank: cheerful, helpful, brave, friendly
Ziggy is a cat who lives in a loving neighborhood in England. Each school day, Ziggy walks with a boy named Matthew to the school gates. Along the way, Ziggy meets people and brings smiles to their faces because he is so friendly. People in the community now know and love Ziggy.
Two people canoeing on a river in France were surprised when they spotted a foal stuck in the water. The foal had gotten separated from its mother. The canoeists quickly helped the little horse hop onto their canoe and paddled it back upstream, where the foal was reunited with its mom on the riverbank.
Complete each sentence below by choosing the correct collective noun from the word bank.
Word Bank: herd, team, group, family
Change the verbs in parentheses to the correct past tense to complete each sentence about the foal rescue.
Example: The foal ran (run) to its mother.
When the canoeists saw the foal, it was struggling in the river. It could not climb out on its own. The two people gently helped it onto their canoe. They paddled the foal back up the river until it reached its waiting mother.
Look at the picture of a claw machine at the front of the room (or imagine one you have seen). List three properties you could observe about this claw machine using your senses. For example: color, size, material, sound, etc.
The claw in the machine can move up, down, left, and right. Draw arrows to show the directions the claw can move. Then, explain (with words or a short sentence): Why do you think the claw needs to move in different ways?
Circle the items that are nonliving (they do not eat, grow, or move by themselves):