tray

Everyday

1. A tray is a flat board with low edges for carrying food, cups or plates. tree →
2. A baking tray is a flat metal sheet for baking in the oven. tree →
3. An ice cube tray holds water to freeze into cubes. tree →
4. A tray on a desk holds papers. tree →

In the lessons

Maths: a container holding equal amounts (cookies per tray), an equal group: total = trays × per tray; trays = total ÷ per tray; arrays of muffins in rows and columns. Everyday: lunch tray, tea tray, seed tray, paint tray.

Examples

• Each tray holds 12 cookies. tree →
• She baked 4 trays of muffins. tree →
• 36 cups fit on 3 trays. tree →
• How many trays are needed for 50 cookies? tree →
• Carry your lunch tray carefully. tree →
• Fill the ice cube tray and put it in the freezer. tree →
• The muffin tray has 3 rows of 4 holes. tree →
• Put your finished work in the tray on my desk. tree →
• On the tray there was bread, roast chicken, fruit. tree →

Note

Countable: a tray, trays. Equal groups: total = trays × per tray; trays = total ÷ per tray. Trap: round up when every item must fit (50 cookies, 12 per tray: 5 trays).