Greatest and Least Word Problems (Up to 1,000)
š„ And the winner is... Read the stories about massive scores and giant weights to determine who gets the gold medal.
Concept
You know how to order numbers. Now you just have to find the numbers hidden inside a paragraph! šÆ **The Medal Podium:** * **Greatest / Highest / Most:** The biggest number. (Gold Medal!). * **Middle:** The number in between. (Silver Medal). * **Least / Lowest / Fewest:** The tiniest number. (Bronze!). **Story:** "Tom's pumpkin weighed 145 pounds. Sarah's weighed 210 pounds. Dave's weighed 198 pounds. Who grew the heaviest pumpkin?" * "Heaviest" means Greatest! * The numbers: 145, 210, 198. * Check the hundreds: Sarah has a 2! Everyone else has a 1. * **Sarah wins!**
Try it
Award the medals! **Instructions:** Read the story, find the numbers, and figure out who is the Greatest or the Least. **Mystery 1:** Three kids are playing a video game. Leo scored 450 points. Maya scored 802 points. Sam scored 432 points. Who had the LOWEST score? * "Lowest" means Least! * Numbers: 450, 802, 432. * Answer: _______ had the lowest score. **Mystery 2:** The bakery sold 315 cookies on Friday, 480 cookies on Saturday, and 399 cookies on Sunday. On which day did they sell the MOST cookies? * Answer: _______ **Mystery 3:** A pilot flew 850 miles on trip A, 805 miles on trip B, and 855 miles on trip C. Which trip was the SHORTEST distance? * (Hint: Watch the Tens column! 5, 0, or 5?) * Answer: Trip ___