Buzzy the Bee A Spring Math Craftivity

Math Word Problem Activity for Grades 2-5

Buzzy the Bee

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I hope this proves to be a fun and engaging project for your stu-dents for Spring!. I love those little activities that students think are fun, and that still meet a few standards. :)

Please note that there are four different versions included here. See below for printing assistance.

To Print: 2nd grade- 6-10 3rd grade- 12-16 4th grade- 18-22 5th grade- 24-28 Happy Teaching!

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s Third Grade Version Answer Key

1. 178 jars left.

2. 6x4=24 4x6=24

3. 303 jars in all

4. Small jar- 1.5 inches Large jar- 3 inches

5. $111 in all.

6. Any acceptable answer

7. A. Buffy B. 360 bottles C. 640 more jars.

Second Grade Version Answer Key

1. 84 jars left.

2. 4+4+4+4+4= 20 5+5+5+5= 20

3. Tuesday- 24 jars 98 jars in all

4. Small jar- 1.5 inches Large jar- 3 inches

5. $62 in all.

6. Any acceptable answer

7. A. Buffy B. 36 bottles C. 14 more jars.

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S Fourth Grade Version Answer Key

1. 240 jars

2. 528 ounces

3. 9,125 jars

4. Hive 1- 65 ounces Hive #2- 156 ounces Hive 2 had 91 ounces more.

5. $1,422.33

6. Any acceptable answer.

7. A. Buffy B. 2,350 C. 7,650

Fifth Grade Version Answer Key

1. 10,000 jars

2. 56,704 ounces

3. 72,585 jars

4. Hive 1- 1,330 ounces Hive 2- 1,812 ounces Hive 2 had 482 more ounces.

5. $7,187.33

6. State- $287.49 Federal- $359.37 Profit- $6.540.47

7. $545 to each bee

Buzzy the Bee SECOND Grade

My name is Buzzy the Bee! My friends and I need your help.

We are WONDERFUL at making honey, but we need your help bottling and selling it to humans!

Solve the problems below and we will be BUZZZZING with excitement.

1. Yesterday, I filled 76 jars of honey. Today, I filled 22 jars of honey. I then sold 14 of the jars. How many jars of honey do I have left?

2. Write two addition equations that represent the number of flowers shown.

_____ + _____ + _____ + _____ + _____ = _______

OR

_____ + _____ + _____ + _____ = _______

3. On Monday, my friends and I sold 14 jars of honey. On Tuesday, we sold 10 more jars than we did on Monday. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, we sold 20 jars each day. How many jars of honey did we sell all week?

4. We have two different sized jars. Measure the height of the jar sizes in inches. (Measure the lines next to the jars)

__________________ __________________

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

14 20 20 20

5. The large jar of honey costs $10.00. The small jar of honey costs $4.00 per bottle. Today, we sold 5 large bottles and 3 small bottles. How much money did we make in all? ________________________

6. Below is a list of bees and the number of jars that each bee bottled today. Make a bar graph of this information. Be sure to label the graph, as well as creating a title.

Buzzy- 10 bottles

Beatrice- 8 bottles

Bert- 6 bottles

Buffy- 12 bottles

7. Answer the questions based on the bar graph.

A. Who bottled the most jars of honey? ___________________

B. How many jars were bottled in all? ______________________

C. We had a goal of bottling 50 jars of honey. How many more jars do we need to bottle to reach our goal? _______________________

Buzzy the Bee Third Grade

My name is Buzzy the Bee! My friends and I need your help.

We are WONDERFUL at making honey, but we need your help bottling and selling it to humans!

Solve the problems below and we will be BUZZZZING with excitement.

1. Last week, I filled 76 jars of honey. This week, I filled 4 times as many jars of honey. I then sold 202 of the jars. How many jars of honey do I have left?

2. Write two multiplication equations that represent the number of flowers shown.

______ x ______ = ________

OR

______ x ______ = ________

3. On Monday, my friends and I sold 28 jars of honey. On Tuesday, we sold 2 times the number of jars that we did on Monday. On Wednesday, we sold 3 times the number of jars that we sold on Monday. On Thursday, we sold 45 jars. On Friday, we sold 2 times the number of jars that we sold on Thursday. How many jars did we sell Monday through Friday?

4. We have two different sized jars. Measure the height of the jar sizes in inches. (Measure the lines next to the jars)

__________________ __________________

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

28 45

5. The large jar of honey costs $12.00. The small jar of honey costs $4.50 per bottle. Today, we sold 7 large bottles and 6 small bottles. How much money did we make in all? ________________________

6. Below is a list of bees and the number of jars that each bee bottled today. Make a bar graph of this information. Be sure to label the graph, as well as creating a title.

Buzzy- 100 bottles

Beatrice- 80 bottles

Bert- 60 bottles

Buffy- 120 bottles

7. Answer the questions based on the bar graph.

A. Who bottled the most jars of honey? ___________________

B. How many jars were bottled in all? ______________________

C. We had a goal of bottling 1,000 jars of honey. How many more jars do we need to bottle to reach our goal? _______________________

Buzzy the Bee Fourth Grade

My name is Buzzy the Bee! My friends and I need your help.

We are WONDERFUL at making honey, but we need your help bottling and selling it to humans!

Solve the problems below and we will be BUZZZZING with excitement.

1. Four bees were working on bottling honey. They each bottled 12 jars per hour. If we each worked for 5 hours bottling honey, how many jars did we bottle in all?

2. Inside of each jar, there are 2 cups of honey. (one cup = 8 ounces). How many ounces of honey would there be in 33 jars?

3. On Monday, my friends and I sold 423 jars of honey. On Tuesday, we sold 6 times the num-ber of jars that we did on Monday. On Wednesday, we sold 3 times the number of jars that we sold on Monday. On Thursday, we sold 445 jars. On Friday, we sold 10 times the number of jars that we sold on Thursday. How many jars did we sell Monday through Friday?

4. In beehive #1, there was 325 ounces of honey. We bottled 1/5 of the honey. How many ounces did we bottle from hive #1? In beehive #2, there was 624 ounces of honey. We bottled 1/4 of the honey. How many ounces were bottled from hive #2?

Which hive did we bottle more honey from? How much more? __________________________

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

423 445

5. The large jar of honey costs $12.25. The small jar of honey costs $4.18 per bottle. Today, we sold 97 large bottles and 56 small bottles. How much money did we make in all? ________________________

6. Below is a list of bees and the number of jars that each bee bottled today. Make a bar graph of this information. Be sure to label the graph, as well as creating a title.

Buzzy- 850 bottles

Beatrice- 450 bottles

Bert- 50 bottles

Buffy- 1,000 bottles

7. Answer the questions based on the bar graph.

A. Who bottled the most jars of honey? ___________________

B. How many jars were bottled in all? ______________________

C. We had a goal of bottling 10,000 jars of honey. How many more jars do we need to bottle to reach our goal? _______________________

Buzzy the Bee Fifth Grade

My name is Buzzy the Bee! My friends and I need your help.

We are WONDERFUL at making honey, but we need your help bottling and selling it to humans!

Solve the problems below and we will be BUZZZZING with excitement.

1. Fifty bees were working on bottling honey. They each bottled 25 jars per hour. If we each worked for 8 hours bottling honey, how many jars did we bottle in all?

2. Inside of each jar, there are 2 cups of honey. (one cup = 8 ounces). How many ounces of honey would there be in 3,544 jars?

3. On Monday, my friends and I sold 423 jars of honey. On Tuesday, we sold 16 times the num-ber of jars that we did on Monday. On Wednesday, we sold 13 times the number of jars that we sold on Monday. On Thursday, we sold 5,445 jars. On Friday, we sold 10 times the number of jars that we sold on Thursday. How many jars did we sell Monday through Friday?

4. In beehive #1, there was 3,325 ounces of honey. We bottled 2/5 of the honey. How many ounces did we bottle from hive #1? In beehive #2, there was 3,624 ounces of honey. We bottled 2/4 of the honey. How many ounces were bottled from hive #2?

Which hive did we bottle more honey from? How much more? __________________________

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

423 5,445

5. The large jar of honey costs $12.25. The small jar of honey costs $4.18 per bottle. Today, we sold 397 large bottles and 556 small bottles. How much money did we make in all?

6. We had to pay both federal and state taxes on the money we made from our honey. The state tax rate was 4% and the federal tax rate was 5%. How much tax did we have to pay in state and federal taxes combined?

What was our profit after paying our taxes?

7. After paying our taxes, we split the profits evenly among 12 bees. Rounded to the nearest dollar, how much did each bee receive?