Plants and Mega Pixels

2nd Grade

This plant is in the 5th stage of it’s lifecycle. This is when the flower blooms. For your mom’s birthday you want to get her as many flowers as you can. You can pay for 44 flowers, but your dad said he would pay for 152 flowers. How many flowers will your mom have for her birthday?

If you are stuck, try this:

•Estimate what your answer should be. Will it be more than 100?

•Use the base ten blocks to figure it out.

In the 5th stage of the life cycle of a flowering plant, the flowers have bloomed. In the garden, 3flowers have bloomed. There are 8 anthers in each flower. How many anthers are there in all?

If you are stuck, try this:

•Draw a picture to figure out the answer.•Use our lima beans as manipulatives to

represent each anther.

Answers

•1. 196 flowers•4. 96 anthers