In the Philippines, a giant claw machine has set a new Guinness World Record! This massive arcade game, filled with prizes, was part of a special event celebrating fun and games. People gathered to try their luck and win toys, and now this machine holds the record as the world’s largest claw machine!
Solve:
247 + 386 = _____
Show your work below.
Draw a rectangle and shade in 2/4 of it. Then, write whether this is the same as 1/2.
Look at the following list. Put a checkmark (✓) next to all the rectangles:
In a small village in England, a smart black-and-white cat named Billy walks a boy named Zack every day to his school. Their friendship has brought people together, and Billy is now up for a special national cat award! People in the village smile when they see Billy helping Zack each morning on their way to school.
Billy walks Zack to school each day. If they walk to school and back home 2 times each day, how many trips does Billy make in 5 days?
Write a multiplication equation to show your answer.
Zack says there are about 86 people in the village who know Billy.
Round 86 to the nearest ten.
How many people do you think know Billy now?
One week, the village held a vote for Billy. If 245 people voted for Billy and 168 people voted for another cat, how many more votes did Billy get?
1. 6 × 4 = 24
2. 7 × 5 =
3. 3 × 8 =
4. 2 × 9 =
5. 5 × 6 =
6. 8 × 3 =
Ziggy meets Matthew at his house at 8:07 each morning. School starts at 8:30.
What time do they arrive if their walk takes 14 minutes?
If Ziggy leaves at 8:20 instead, how many minutes does it take to reach school by 8:30?
1. On Monday, 5 people wave at Ziggy and Matthew. How many more on Tuesday if 7 people wave?
2. If 3 people join their walk on Wednesday, what is the total?
3. On Thursday, 2 more people join than on Monday. How many join on Thursday?
4. If they walk to school for 4 days, and each day the number of people is: 5, 7, 3, 6, what is the total number of different people who joined?
5. What is the difference between the largest and smallest number of people walking with them in a day?
6. If the average number of people for 2 days is 6, and one day has 5 people, how many people on the other day?
This week, an adventurous group of canoers in Ireland spotted a foal stuck in deep water! Working together, the group paddled over and helped the foal climb into their canoe, guiding it safely downstream to its happy mother.
1. 635 + 148 = 783
2. 920 - 384 =
3. 263 + 405 =
4. 557 - 232 =
5. 812 + 91 =
6. 660 - 157 =
The canoers saw three horses, including the rescued foal, standing on the riverbank. Each horse ate 4 apples as a snack after the rescue.
How many apples did the horses eat in all?
The canoe paddle is 3 1/2 feet long. A foal's hoof print measures 2 1/4 inches long. What is the difference in their lengths, in inches?
1. 7 × 30 = 210 2. 6 × 40 = 3. 5 × 80 =
4. 3 × 50 = 5. 9 × 20 = 6. 4 × 70 =
City workers saw 4 alligators in 3 different sewer tunnels. Each tunnel had the same number.
How many alligators were in each tunnel?
If there were 2 more tunnels with the same number of alligators, how many alligators would there be in all?
The workers started looking for the alligator at 9:15 a.m. It took them 27 minutes to find it.
What time did they find the alligator?
In July 2025, a giant claw machine broke a Guinness World Record in the Philippines! The machine is huge, colorful, and full of prizes. People lined up at a busy shopping mall, hoping to grab something special. This record-setting event happened on a sunny day and brought lots of excitement to the crowd.
In the passage, what does the word "prizes" mean? Use clues from the text.
A) Toys and goodies you can win
B) Rules you must follow
C) Machines you can fix
Pick one thing you would try to win from a giant claw machine. Write one complete sentence about what you would do. Start your sentence with "I would try to win..."
Read the intro again. What is the main idea of the passage?
A) The claw machine took a long time to build.
B) A giant claw machine in the Philippines broke a world record in a mall.
C) People play claw machines every day.
In England, a friendly black cat named Ziggy walks a young boy named Matthew to school every day. Ziggy became so famous, people in the town started talking about him online. Now Ziggy is nominated for a special UK National Cat Award for bringing people in the community together.
Fill in the blanks with the correct verb form. Example: Every day, Ziggy walks with Matthew.
Read the passage and use clues to figure out the meaning of the bold word.
Ziggy is a celebrity in his small town. He has become quite well-known because he greets Matthew every morning and joins him for the walk to school.
What does the word celebrity mean in this passage?
Ziggy the cat loves joining Matthew on the walk to school. Every morning, Ziggy waits at the doorstep until Matthew is ready. Then, together, they walk through the neighborhood. Sometimes, Ziggy even sits quietly in the school office, making both students and staff smile.
Who walks with Matthew to school?
Where does Ziggy sometimes wait after arriving at school?
A pair of canoers paddling down a river in Ireland spotted a baby horse, or foal, stuck in the water. Working together, they gently pulled the foal out and placed it in their canoe, giving it a ride back to its mom waiting on the shore.
Read each sentence about the foal rescue. Circle the best word from the word bank to fill in each blank.
Word Bank: canoe, rescue, river, foal
1. The baby horse is called a _____.
2. The people saw the animal in the _____.
3. They used a _____ to help the animal.
4. They planned a quick _____ to save it.
Combine the ideas in each pair of sentences about the foal rescue, using and, but, or because. Example: The foal was in the river. The canoers saw it. → The foal was in the river, and the canoers saw it.
1. The canoers saw the foal. They wanted to help.
2. The foal was scared. It stayed calm in the canoe.
3. The mother horse waited. The foal was safe.
4. The river was cold. The foal needed to get out.
The foal had wandered away from its mom and ended up stuck in the river. Two people in a bright blue canoe saw the little horse splashing, struggling to get out of the water. They carefully lifted the foal into their boat. The foal stayed still while they paddled to the riverbank where its mom waited.
Why did the foal need help?
How did the canoers rescue the foal?
List three physical properties you might notice if you saw the world’s largest claw machine in person. For each property, explain how you could measure or observe it (for example: height, color, texture).
Draw a quick picture of how a claw picks up a prize inside the machine. Then write one sentence explaining how a force is used to move the claw and grab a prize.
If the claw machine is filled with different types of prizes (like stuffed animals, balls, and boxes), how could you sort these prizes into groups? List two ways you could classify them and give an example for each way.