T4T Gr 4 C3 task-Filling the Auditorium
This task is from Tools for NC Teachers. Students solve an open-ended task that involves addition and subtraction of three-digit numbers. Part 3 aligns to 4.NBT.6. This is remixable.
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Filling the Auditorium
On a field trip, three different schools send their fourth graders across town to the high school auditorium for a math competition. Each school sends between 120 and 170 students each. There are 417 students total.
Part 1:
How many students could have come from each school? Show your thinking.
Part 2:
Find another possible solution to this task. Show your thinking.
Part 3:
If the number of students from each school was
the same, how many students came from each school? Explain how you found your solution.