Gold Rush Math Problems by Sarah Shen https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj en-us 2019-03-05 03:56:29 UTC 2026-03-20 10:09:36 UTC hello@padlet.com Jack and Praiseworthy are stacking a claim which is 40 strides long. Then they put a 10 meter rope on each side. How much area will that be? ~ Thejas https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569297984 This is me Gold Rush Problem (GRP)]]> 2021-05-28 17:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569297984 Arshia: Gold Rush Problem https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569298369 It was Jack's first day at the mining area. Pitch Pine Billy asks Jack if he had a piece of land of 321 inches as the length and 43 inches as the width, what will be the perimeter and area of the land? What should Jack answer?]]> 2021-05-28 18:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569298369 Gold Rush Problem Sushanth https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569298902 Angels Camp is giving free plots of land to miners who know how to stake their claim. You will be provided with 4 stakes, a piece of rope that measures 80 meters and a pickaxe to mine gold in your claim. Angel's Camp's mining celebration starts tomorrow and the fields are getting really crowded and you must stake claim quick. The celebration states that you must maximize the plot of land you have to win a free dinner at Grizzy Bears shop. How can you plot your land so that you have the most area your can make with 80 meters of rope and four stakes?]]> 2021-05-28 18:00:19 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569298902 Gold Rush Problem-Karthik https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569299306 Jack and Praiseworthy received some land. Jack's land was 8 meters by 5 meters and Praiseworthy's land was 10 meters by 10 meters. What is the total area of the land plot. 

Ans. 40+100=140 sq. meters ]]> 2021-05-28 18:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569299306 Gold Rush Math Expedition: Navelan https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569299538 Jack and Praiseworthy stake a claim which is 80 meters long for each side at Gravediggers hill but then they start working with Quartz Jackson if they combine their land How much more land will they get? ^m^ ~ Navelan. Explain clearly and be creative. Peace Out]]> 2021-05-28 18:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569299538 John Merner owns a piece of land in the mother lode during the Gold Rush. The length is 25 meters, and the width is 15. He finds gold in an area 7 meters wide, and and the width is 5 meters. He also finds gold in an area 6 feet wide, and 9 feet long. How much of the land he owns does not have gold? https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569299761 Solution: He has 375 square meters  of land. He finds gold in an area of 35 square meters. He also finds gold in an area of 54 square meters. 35+54=89. 375-89=286. So, he owns 286 square meters of land that does not have gold.]]> 2021-05-28 18:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569299761 Amiel's Gold Rush Problem: https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569300122 Jeremiah wants to stake a claim. He decides to partner up with three good friends of it. They all combine rope to get a total of 300 meters of rope. They decided they needed the largest possible claim. What is the area of the largest possible claim? What is the rule to get the greatest area. Explain how you got to your answer. 


Answer: I drew a model that was 75 x 75. I know that 75 x 75 is 5625. So, the largest area of the shape is 5625. (Rule: Closer to a square, the larger the area.)]]> 2021-05-28 18:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569300122 Gold Rush Problem Shree https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569300492 There was a prospector named James he wanted to stake a claim. The claim he was given was 60 by 9 what was the area of the claim? Then Jeremy wanted to find out if he can make a bigger claim out of a 40 meter rope. Explain your answer in 2-3 sentences.
 ]]> 2021-05-28 18:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569300492 Mukund's Gold Rush Problem. https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569300577 Billy found nugget that was 7 centimeters in width, and twice as much in length.  What is the area of Billy's gold nugget?]]> 2021-05-28 18:00:54 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569300577 Aaryan J's Gold Rush Problem https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569301274 Q: Tom is in the gold rush. He wants to know how much gold he has found for now in ounces. He has found ten pounds of gold for now. How much ounces of gold has Tom found? A: So 1 pound is 16 ounces so multiply 10 by 16. you get 160 ounces. So Tom has 160 ounces of gold for now.]]> 2021-05-28 18:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569301274 Hansa's Gold Rush Problem https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569301636 There were five gold miners. Each miner has a square piece land. The width of the land is 10 meter and the length is also 10 meters long. What is the perimeter of all the miners land. 

10 x 10 = 100 100 divided by 4 = 25 25 x 5 = 125 square meters -Hansa]]> 2021-05-28 18:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569301636 Dhriti Gajavada https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569301732 Ava owns a piece of land. The length is 20 meters. The width is 10 meters. What is the perimeter of the land?]]> 2021-05-28 18:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569301732 Jiya https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569301794 There were three prospectors in a large piece of land measuring 5 2/4 miles. The first one had 2/4 of it.  The second one had 1 3/4 of it. The third one had 3/4 of it. What is he total amount of the area that is not used already?]]> 2021-05-28 18:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569301794 Ritisha's Gold Rush Problem https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569301825 Pitch-Pine Billy owns a large plot of land. The area of it is 200 square meters. The perimeter of his land is 108 meters. What is the length and the width of his land. ]]> 2021-05-28 18:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569301825 Evangeline's Gold Rush Problem: https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569302285 Oliver was taking a walk and then saw a man selling gold. Oliver decided that he would buy some for his family. He bought 70 ounces of gold. How many pounds did he buy?]]> 2021-05-28 18:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569302285 Samantha https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569302377 Lily happened to own a plot of land and it was 23 m wide and 45 m long.  The Land Lady offered to expand her plot to 30 m wide and 45 m long. How much land does Lily have? Explain how you can use a graph to solve this problem.]]> 2021-05-28 18:01:35 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569302377 Aaryan L's Gold Rush Problem https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569302431 Three pals wanted to share their claims. Each man had 100 square meters. What could the length and width the pal's claims after they combine their claims? It could be a square or a rectangle.]]> 2021-05-28 18:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569302431 Arush's Gold Rush Problem https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569302574 John found 12 pounds of gold, how many ounces did he find?]]> 2021-05-28 18:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569302574 Gold Rush problem https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569302832
John owns a 20 by 20 square feet plot of land near the mother Lode. Each square foot has $10 worth of gold. How much money is John going to make? -Pragun]]> 2021-05-28 18:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569302832 Gold Rush Problem (Jessica) https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569303798 James owned a big piece of land that. The length was 18 meters. The width was 6 times as much as the length. He thought his land was too big and gave 4 meters away. Then he got two meters of land. Then, he gave 24 meters of land away. What was the area of his land?]]> 2021-05-28 18:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569303798 Chetan's Gold Rush Problem https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569304652 Jarred owns 2 cabins. Each cabin is $12. If Jarred buys 6 more cabins, how much money does Jarred spend in all?]]> 2021-05-28 18:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569304652 Tom got a piece of land that was 3 by 5 miles to mine for gold and Steve got a piece of land that is 7 by 8 miles wide to mine for gold. How much more land does Steve have than Tom? https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569304736 Srinithi's Gold Rush Problem

Answer:  5Γ—3=15, 7Γ—8=56. 56-15=41

Steve's amount of land is 41 miles greater than Tom's amount of land

]]> 2021-05-28 18:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569304736 Krish https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569307977 The area of the mother lode was 496 square meters and 4 people were sharing it equally and wanted different looking spaces. If no land was left over then what is a possible perimeter of one person saying that the width had to be over 30 and the length over 20?]]> 2021-05-28 18:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569307977 Debansh https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569311997 Jimmy got 80 ounces of gold, How many pounds did he get?]]> 2021-05-28 18:04:26 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569311997 Gold Rush: Sanvi https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569315459 Jack and Praiseworthy got a rectangular land. One side was 250 meters and the other side was 130. What is the perimeter and what is the area? Explain!πŸ˜„πŸ˜„πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜€πŸ™‚]]> 2021-05-28 18:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569315459 https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569322564 2021-05-28 18:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569322564 Arush's Gold Rush ProblemJohn found 12 pounds of gold, how many ounces did he find?favorite2Gold Rush: SanviGold Rush: SanviJack and Praiseworthy got a rectangular land. One side was 239 meters and the other side was 128. What is the perimeter and what is the area? Explain!πŸ˜„πŸ˜„πŸ˜ƒfavorite1Jack and Praiseworthy are stacking a claim which is 40 strides long. Then they put a 10 meter rope on each side. How much area will that be? ~ ThejasJack and Praiseworthy are stacking a claim which is 40 strides long. Then they put a 10 meter rope on each side. How much area will that be? ~ ThejasThis is me Gold Rush Problem (GRP)favorite3DebanshDebanshJimmy got 80 ounces of gold, How many pounds did he get?favorite2KrishKrishThe area of the mother lode was 500 square meters and 4 people were sharing it equally and wanted different looking spaces. If no land was left over then what is the perimeter of one person plus the perimeter of another?favorite2Tom got a piece of land that was 3 by 5 miles to mine for gold and Steve got a piece of land that is 7 by 8 miles wide to mine for gold. How much more land does Steve have than Tom?Tom got a piece of land that was 3 by 5 miles to mine for gold and Steve got a piece of land that is 7 by 8 miles wide to mine for gold. How much more land does Steve have than Tom?Srinithi's Gold Rush Problemfavorite2Chetan's Gold Rush ProblemChetan's Gold Rush ProblemJarred owns 2 cabins. Each cabin is $12. If Jarred buys 6 more cabins, how much money does Jarred spend in all?favorite3Gold Rush problemGold Rush problemJohn owns a 20 by 20 square feet plot of land near the mother Lode. Each square foot has $10 worth of gold. How much money is John going to make? -Pragunfavorite3Gold Rush Problem (Jessica)Gold Rush Problem (Jessica)James owned a big piece of land that. The length was 18 meters. The width was 6 times as much as the length. He thought his land was too big and gave 4 meters away. Then he got two meters of land. Then, he gave What was the area of his land?favorite2Aaryan's Gold Rush ProblemAaryan's Gold Rush ProblemThree pals wanted to share their claims. Each man had 100 square meters. What could the length and width the pal's claims after they combine their claims. favorite3Evangeline's Gold Rush Problem:Evangeline's Gold Rush Problem:Oliver was taking a walk and then saw a man selling gold. Oliver decided that he would buy some for his family. He bought 70 ounces of gold. How many pounds did he buy?favorite2SamanthaSamanthaLily happened to own a plot of land and it was 23m wide and 45 m long. The Land Lady offered to expand her plot to 30 m wide and 45 m long. She gave one half to her father and his men, one seventh to her cousin, and the rest to herself. How much land does Lily have?favorite3JiyaJiyaThere were three prospectors in a large piece of land measuring 5 2/4 miles. The first one had 2/4 of it. The second one had 1 3/4 of it. The third one had 3/4 of it. What is he total amount of the area that is not used already?favorite4Dhriti GajavadaDhriti Gajavada Ava owns a piece of land. The length is 20 meters. The width is 10 meters. What is the perimeter of the land?favorite2Ritisha's Gold Rush ProblemRitisha's Gold Rush ProblemPitch-Pine Billy owns a large plot of land. The area of it is 200 square meters. The perimeter of his land is 108 meters. What is the length and the width of his land. favorite3Hansa's Gold Rush ProblemHansa's Gold Rush ProblemThere were five gold miners. Each miner has a square piece land. The width of the land is 50 meter and the length is also 50 meters long. What is the perimeter of all the miners land. 50x50= 2500 square meters favorite2Aaryan J's Gold Rush ProblemAaryan J's Gold Rush ProblemQ: Tom is in the gold rush. He wants to know how much gold he has found for now in ounces. He has found ten pounds of gold for now. How much ounces of gold has Tom found? A: So 1 pound is 16 ounces so multiply 10 by 16. you get 160 ounces. So Tom has 160 ounces of gold for now.favorite2Arshia: Gold Rush ProblemArshia: Gold Rush ProblemIt was Jack's first day at the mining area. Pitch Pine Billy asks Jack if he had a piece of land of 321 inches as the length and 43 inches as the width, what will be the perimeter and area of the land? What should Jack answer?favorite1Mukund's Gold Rush Problem.Mukund's Gold Rush Problem. Billy found nugget that was 7 centimeters in width, and twice as much in length. What is the area of Billy's gold nugget?favorite3Gold Rush Problem ShreeGold Rush Problem ShreeThere was a prospector named James he wanted to stake a claim. The claim he was given was 60 by 9 what was the area of the claim? Then Jeremy wanted to find out if he can make a bigger claim out of a 40 meter rope. Explain your answer in 2-3 sentences. favorite2Amiel's Gold Rush Problem:Amiel's Gold Rush Problem:Jeremiah wants to stake a claim. He decides to partner up with three good friends of it. They all combine rope to get a total of 300 meters of rope. They decided they needed the largest possible claim. What is the area of the largest possible claim? What is the rule to get the greatest area. Explain how you got to your answer. Answer: I drew a model that was 75 x 75. I know that 75 x 75 is 5625. So, the largest area of the shape is 5625. (Rule: Closer to a square, the larger the area.)favorite3John Merner owns a piece of land in the mother lode during the Gold Rush. The length is 25 meters, and the width is 15. He finds gold in an area 7 meters wide, and and the width is 5 meters. He also finds gold in an area 6 feet wide, and 9 feet long. How much of the land he owns does not have gold?John Merner owns a piece of land in the mother lode during the Gold Rush. The length is 25 meters, and the width is 15. He finds gold in an area 7 meters wide, and and the width is 5 meters. He also finds gold in an area 6 feet wide, and 9 feet long. How much of the land he owns does not have gold?favorite3Gold Rush Problem-KarthikGold Rush Problem-KarthikJack and Praiseworthy received some land. Jack's land was 8 meters by 5 meters and Praiseworthy's land was 10 meters by 10 meters. What is the total area of the land plot. Ans. 40+100=140 sq. meters favorite2Gold Rush Math Expedition: NavelanGold Rush Math Expedition: NavelanJack and Praiseworthy stake a claim which is 80 meters long for each side at Gravediggers hill but then they start working with Quartz Jackson if they combine their land How much more land will they get? ^m^ ~ Navelan.favorite3Gold Rush Problem SushanthGold Rush Problem Sushanth Angels Camp is giving free plots of land to miners who know how to stake their claim. You will be provided with 4 stakes, a piece of rope that measures 80 meters and a pickaxe to mine gold in your claim. Angel's Camp's mining celebration starts tomorrow and the fields are getting really crowded and you must stake claim quick. The celebration states that you must maximize the plot of land you have to win a free dinner at Grizzy Bears shop. How can you plot your land so that you have the most area your can make with 80 meters of rope and four stakes? https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569326544 2021-05-28 18:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569326544 https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569326898 2021-05-28 18:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569326898 Gold rush problem by Aarav. Praiseworthy had 13 nugget of gold, he found 2 more nuggets of gold, each gold weighs 10 grams and each of them are worth 67 dollars, if he sold 7 nuggets how many dollars will he have. https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569396598 and how many nuggets will he have, also how many pounds do the remaining gold weigh]]> 2021-05-28 18:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569396598 Ayana's Gold Rush Problem 3676651 https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569432318 On the way to California, Jack and Praiseworthy have $7.50. Once they finish gold mining, they still have their $7.50 plus 38 more gold nuggets. How much money do they have in all, if one gold nugget is worth $9.13? ]]> 2021-05-28 18:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569432318 Jack and Praiseworthy found a gold nugget that was worth 30 dollars. Jack wants another four-shooter so they bought another four-shooter. https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569668168 2021-05-28 20:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569668168 Sydney's Gold Rush Problem https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569778721 Mark found 9 nuggets of gold. If each nugget is worth $10.50, how mush money does he have in all?]]> 2021-05-28 21:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569778721 Jack wanted another four-shooter, so he used his gold nugget. The nugget was 30 dollars, and the four-shooter was 26 dollars, if Jack bought the four-shooter using the nugget, what will be his change? https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569780425 2021-05-28 21:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/shen_sarah/4dkr9o1z3qj/wish/1569780425