North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores
Grade 3 – Math Scavenger Hunt – ANSWER KEY
1. You’re going to the aquarium today! Mom gave you $20.00 to spend. It costs $9.00 for you to get in to the aquarium. How much will you have left to spend?
$______$11.00______
Mountain Gallery:
2. Trout like cool water. The aquarists keep the trout water between 53°F and 64°F all year so the trout can survive.
Circle the temperatures at which our trout would be healthy in:
62.4°F 52.9°F 51.8°F 60.6°F
54.5°F 61.0°F 63.7°F 65.2°F
Piedmont Gallery:
3. The fish in the Falls Lake Reservoir exhibit get fed three times a week, an X means they were fed and an O means they were not. Fill in the missing parts of the pattern:
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday / SundayX / O / X / O / X / O / O
Coastal Plains Gallery:
4. Our herpetologist looked at 8 baby alligators for the alligator exhibit. He picked 6 to bring back to the aquarium. Once back, his boss decided to send 4 of those alligators to an aquarium in Florida. How many alligators were left to put on exhibit?
______2 Alligators______
Tidal Waters Gallery:
5. Look at the TV monitor on the wall by Caretta’s Cove. At what times can you watch the DIVE SHOW?
_____10:30 am______and ____2:30pm______
Marsh Boardwalk Snake House:
6. Most of the snake exhibits in the snake house are which shape?
Cube Cylinder Diamond
Ocean Gallery:
7. Take a look at the octopus exhibit. Can you find him? An octopus has eight arms. One out of eight equals 1/8 .
a. What does two out of eight equal? __2/8 or 1/4___
b. How about four out of eight? __4/8 or 1/2____
8. The Living Shipwreck exhibit window is 10 feet high. The water inside of it is 15 feet deep. How many feet of water can’t we see? ______5_____feet
Well done Math-a-maniacs! Here is a joke for the road.
Why did the Math book cry?
Answer: Because it had too many problems!
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