Grade 4
& 5
Horizons
Daily Math Challenge
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
Sunday |
Find the sum of all the ages of people living in your home. |
In what year will you be double your current age? In what year will you be triple your current age? |
What number am I? |
Figure your age in months. How many months old are you? |
Have a scavenger hunt for real-world examples of right angles. |
Count the number of
windows and doors in your home. Determine if these numbers are odd or even. |
Find a chapter book you want to read. If you read this book in exactly one week, how many pages would you have to read each day? |
Make a list up to 100 of all the multiplication facts that are doubles (ex. 1 x 1). Do you notice any patterns? |
Write a schedule for tomorrow that includes hours and minutes of your activities. |
What fraction of the people that live in your house are adults? |
Record the temperature for 5 days. What is the difference between the highest and lowest temperature? |
How many hours did you
sleep last night? Bedtime:________
Woke up:________ Hours:___ Minutes:___ |
I am thinking of an even number. It is greater than 7 x 6 and less than 6 x 10. It has a factor of 7. What is it? |
See how many different ways you can divide 36 colored pencils equally. Write a division equation for each way you find. |
A vet saw 26 dogs in one day. How many paws did she treat? |
There are 20 legs in the farmyard. What animals are there? Draw a picture. |
Choose a book. Without opening it, estimate the number of pages in the book. Open the book and find out! How close was your estimate? |
If you bought 2 ice creams every day this week, how many ice creams would you buy? |
Stand in the same spot in the morning, in the afternoon, and in the evening. What did you notice about your shadow? |
It takes 97 licks to finish a freeze-pop. It takes 72 licks to finish a fudgesicle. About how many more licks does it take to finish a freeze- pop? |
If a candy bar costs 87¢ and you pay with a one dollar bill, how much change will you get? |
A package of popsicles has 6 popsicles. How many packages would you need for 18 kids? |
Count out 24 objects. Divide them into 2 groups. How many are in each group? Do the same for 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12 groups. |
Fold a piece of paper in half 2 times. Open it. How many rectangles? Now, fold it in half 3 times. How many rectangles? 4 times? Can you find a pattern? |
Weigh yourself. Find something in your house that weighs about the same as you. |
How many different number sentences (equations) can you make that have a sum of 12? |
Each daisy has 6 petals. How many petals on 5 daisies? |
How many minutes are in 2 hours? What is something that takes 2 hours to do? |