Illinois Expedition Task Cards
Illinois Expedition
IAR Math Practice: Operations & Word Problems
TASK CARDS: 1-4
1
The Tall Tower
The Willis Tower in Chicago is 1,450 feet tall. The Old Water Tower is only 154 feet tall.
How many feet taller is the Willis Tower than the Old Water Tower?
Standard: 4.NBT.4
2
Corn Maze Mania
An Illinois farm grows 8 times as many bushels of corn as it does pumpkins. If the farm grew 1,240 bushels of pumpkins this year...
How many bushels of corn did the farm grow?
Standard: 4.OA.1
3
Springfield Bound
There are 348 students from Jefferson Elementary going on a field trip to Springfield. Each bus can hold 42 people.
What is the fewest number of buses needed to take every student on the trip?
Standard: 4.OA.3
4
Souvenir Shop
Maya bought 4 Illinois keychains for $6 each and 3 postcards for $2 each. She paid with a $50 bill.
How much change should Maya receive?
Standard: 4.OA.3
Illinois Expedition
IAR Math Practice: Operations & Word Problems
TASK CARDS: 5-8
5
The Big Game
The Chicago Bears sold 62,450 tickets for Sunday's game and 58,912 tickets for Monday's game.
How many tickets were sold in all for both games?
Standard: 4.NBT.4
6
State Park Planting
Park rangers at Starved Rock are planting 24 rows of oak trees. Each row will have 15 trees.
How many total oak trees will the rangers plant?
Standard: 4.NBT.5
7
Wind Turbine Power
A wind farm in McLean County has 125 wind turbines. Each turbine generates 45 kilowatts of power every hour.
How many total kilowatts do all 125 turbines generate in one hour?
Standard: 4.NBT.5
8
Deep Dish Delivery
A pizza shop made 1,152 deep-dish pizzas. They want to put them into boxes that hold 6 pizzas each.
How many boxes will the shop need to hold all the pizzas?
Standard: 4.NBT.6
Illinois Expedition
IAR Math Practice: Operations & Word Problems
TASK CARDS: 9-12
9
Lincoln's Books
A library has 3,456 books about Abraham Lincoln. They want to display them equally on 8 large shelves.
How many books will be placed on each shelf?
Standard: 4.NBT.6
10
Navy Pier Crowd
In July, Navy Pier had 85,320 visitors. In August, it had 12,450 fewer visitors than in July.
How many people visited Navy Pier in August?
Standard: 4.NBT.4
11
School Supplies
A school district in Peoria ordered 15 boxes of pencils. Each box contains 144 pencils.
How many total pencils did the school district order?
Standard: 4.NBT.5
12
Savings Goal
Leo is saving for a trip to the Shedd Aquarium. He has $48. The total cost of the trip is 5 times the amount he has saved so far.
What is the total cost of the trip?
Standard: 4.OA.2
Illinois Expedition Answer Key
Illinois Expedition: Teacher Answer Key
4th Grade Math IAR Operations & Word Problems
Standard
Answer
Calculation/Strategy
1
4.NBT.4
1,296 feet
\(1,450 - 154 = 1,296\)
2
4.OA.1
9,920 bushels
\(1,240 \times 8 = 9,920\)
3
4.OA.3
9 buses
\(348 \div 42 = 8\) R12 (Need 9th bus)
4
4.OA.3
$20 change
\(50 - (24 + 6) = 20\)
5
4.NBT.4
121,362 tickets
\(62,450 + 58,912 = 121,362\)
6
4.NBT.5
360 trees
\(24 \times 15 = 360\)
7
4.NBT.5
5,625 kilowatts
\(125 \times 45 = 5,625\)
8
4.NBT.6
192 boxes
\(1,152 \div 6 = 192\)
9
4.NBT.6
432 books
\(3,456 \div 8 = 432\)
10
4.NBT.4
72,870 visitors
\(85,320 - 12,450 = 72,870\)
11
4.NBT.5
2,160 pencils
\(144 \times 15 = 2,160\)
12
4.OA.2
$240 total
\(48 \times 5 = 240\)
Teaching Tips:
- Remainders: Task Card #3 requires students to interpret the remainder. Ensure they understand that the "math answer" is 8 R12, but the "real-world answer" is 9.
- Standards Focus: These cards focus heavily on 4.NBT and 4.OA standards, which are highly emphasized in the IAR.
- Multi-Step: Encourage students to identify all hidden questions in multi-step problems like Card #4.
