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Load the Canoes

Warm-up: count the postGrade 4

Over 200 years ago, a trading post stood on the Qu'Appelle River, in what is now Saskatchewan.

In 1812 a 19-year-old clerk named Cuthbert Grant came to work there. Let's help him count!

Name: ______________________________    Date: ______________

  1. Quick warm-up! How many bags of pemmican are by the door?

    Answer: bags

    How do you know? ___________________________________________________

  2. Kettles are lined up in rows. How many kettles?

    Answer: kettles

    How do you know? ___________________________________________________

  3. Stack 10 bales of furs in 2 equal rows.

    Draw 10 bales of furs in equal rows.

    rows × in each row = 10

    How do you know? ___________________________________________________

  4. Load 8 bags into 2 canoes. Each canoe gets the same number.

    Each canoe gets · Left over

    How do you know? ___________________________________________________

  5. There are 5 canoes. Each one carries 1 kettle for cooking. How many kettles?

    Answer: kettles

    How do you know? ___________________________________________________

  6. 4 canoes come back empty — 0 bags in each. How many bags did they bring?
    • A. 0 bags
    • B. 4 bags
    • C. 1 bag

    How do you know? ___________________________________________________