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Monday, 27 July 2015

WALT - write a word problem from a given number sentence then solve the problem.

Natalia 27.7.15
WALT - write a word problem from an given number sentence then solve the problem.                                                                                                     

1. 341- 297=
Sally got paid and she got 341 dollars then she bought toys for 297 dollars. How much money  does she have left?
Working:
340 - 297=
300 - 200=100
40- 90= 50
7- 0 = 7
100- 50= 50
50 - 7= 43 dollars

2. 224 + 977=
Jeremy had 224 books and he bought 977 more how many books does Jeremy have now?
Working:
200 + 900=1100
20 + 70= 90
4 + 7 = 11
1100 + 90 + 11= 1201 Books

3. 28 ÷ 7=
Joseph had 28 lollies he wanted to share it between 7 people.  How many lollies would each person get?
Working:
28÷ 7=4 because 7 x 4= 28 each

4. 12 x 10
Jack had 12 lollies and Milly had 10 times more. How many lollies does Milly have?
working:
10 x 10= 100
11 x 10 = 110
that means-
12 x 10 = 120 lollies

5. ½ of 34=
Lakai had 34 cookies and she gave half to his older sister.   How many cookies did Lakai give her older sister?
Working:
½ 30 = 15
½ 4= 2  Then that means- 15 + 2= 17