Teen numbers (ten and some ones) Transitional Reasoning Download PDF
5 Math practice questions on Teen numbers (ten and some ones). Questions that build towards applied reasoning.
Questions
- 1.
For a craft activity, a student strings a base loop of 10 beads and adds single loose beads to complete a necklace. She has a bowl of 8 loose beads, but she reserves 5 of them for a friend's project. If she adds all the remaining loose beads from the bowl to her base loop of 10 beads, what teen number of beads is on her necklace?
- 2.
In a classroom reading challenge, a gold badge represents 10 points and each silver star represents 1 point. Lucas currently has 1 gold badge and 4 silver stars. During reading time, he earns more silver stars so that his total score reaches 17 points. How many silver stars did Lucas earn during reading time?
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A baker packs muffins into boxes of 10 and leaves the leftover muffins as loose singles on a display plate. On Tuesday, he bakes 19 muffins, which fills 1 full box of ten and leaves 9 loose muffins on the plate. On Wednesday, he bakes a teen number of muffins that has 1 full box of ten but 5 fewer loose muffins on the plate than Tuesday. What teen number of muffins did the baker make on Wednesday?
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In an art class, students organize mosaic tiles by placing 10 tiles into a tray and keeping leftover tiles as loose singles. Elena starts with 1 full tray of ten tiles and some loose singles on her table. After her partner borrows 3 of the loose singles, Elena is left with 1 full tray and 2 loose singles. What teen number represents the total number of tiles Elena had on her table at the start?
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Mia is organizing markers into boxes that each hold exactly 10 markers, keeping any extra markers loose on her table. She completely fills 1 box and places 6 loose markers next to it, but her teacher then hands her 2 more loose markers to add. If she keeps the markers grouped as a full box of ten and loose ones, how many markers does Mia have in total?

