D.E.O.E.G. WORKSHEET 1 (Bagels, Roaches and More!)

Name:________________________ Date: ____________
Class: ___________
D.E.O.E.G. WORKSHEET 1 (Bagels, Roaches and More!)
Use D.E.O.E.G. to solve the word problems below (remember … β€œWORK OF ART”!)
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1. Josephine eats πŸ‘ 𝟐 bagels on Monday and πŸ’ πŸ‘ bagels on Tuesday. How many bagels does
she eat in total?
__ DECORATE by circling, boxing, or underlining important parts of the problem.
__ ESTIMATE by drawing pictures and thinking it through. About how large should your answer be?
__ Decide how you’ll OPERATE! Will you add, subtract, multiply, or divide, and in what order will
you put the numbers?
__ EVALUATE! Do your calculations below:
__ Is your answer GREAT? __ Is it reasonable (does it match your estimate)? __ Are there units
on it?
2. In Hawaii, there are giant cockroaches, each about 𝟏
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inches long. If you lined up several
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of these roaches, how many cockroaches would it take to make πŸ“ πŸ‘ inches?
__ DECORATE by circling, boxing, or underlining important parts of the problem.
__ ESTIMATE by drawing pictures and thinking it through. About how large should your answer be?
__ Decide how you’ll OPERATE! Will you add, subtract, multiply, or divide, and in what order will
you put the numbers?
__ EVALUATE! Do your calculations below:
__ Is your answer GREAT? __ Is it reasonable (does it match your estimate)? __ Are there units
on it?
Name:________________________ Date: ____________
Class: ___________
D.E.O.E.G. WORKSHEET 1 (continued)
Use D.E.O.E.G. to solve the word problems below (remember … β€œWORK OF ART”!)
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3. At the ultimate national hot dog eating contest, Billy Bob eats exactly πŸ’ 𝟐 hot dogs
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per minute. How many hot dogs will he eat in 2πŸ‘ minutes?
__ DECORATE by circling, boxing, or underlining important parts of the problem.
__ ESTIMATE by drawing pictures and thinking it through. About how large should your answer be?
__ Decide how you’ll OPERATE! Will you add, subtract, multiply, or divide, and in what order will
you put the numbers?
__ EVALUATE! Do your calculations below:
__ Is your answer GREAT? __ Is it reasonable (does it match your estimate)? __ Are there units
on it?
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4. At the same contest, there are πŸ“ πŸ” hot dogs sitting in front of Sammy Jo. Before she can
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eat them, Mary Lou swoops in and takes πŸ‘ πŸ’ hot dogs? How many does Sammy Jo have left?
__ DECORATE by circling, boxing, or underlining important parts of the problem.
__ ESTIMATE by drawing pictures and thinking it through. About how large should your answer be?
__ Decide how you’ll OPERATE! Will you add, subtract, multiply, or divide, and in what order will
you put the numbers?
__ EVALUATE! Do your calculations below:
__ Is your answer GREAT? __ Is it reasonable (does it match your estimate)? __ Are there units
on it?