Word problems 2015

Kuraia 27/07/15

Word problems

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

• Mary saw 341 people at the mall in the morning . Then when she went back to the mall she saw 297 people at the mall . How much people left the mall ?

341- 297 = 44 People left the mall

340 - 290 = 50

50 - 7 = 43 + 1 = 44 people left the mall ✔

• Kate saved up 224 dollars . The one year later she saved up 977 dollars . How much money does she have altogether ?

224 + 977 = 1201 dollars kate has altogether

200 + 900 = 1100

20 + 70 = 90

4 + 7 = 11

1100 + 90 = 1190 + 11 = 1201 dollars kate has altogether ✔

• Billy had 28 marbles . She had to put them separately into 7 boxes . How much marbles will go in each box ?

28 7 = 4 because 4 x 7 = 28

A = 4 marbles in each box ✔

• Mele had 10 boxes filled with 12 papers in each box . How much papers does she have altogether ?

12 x 10 = 120 papers altogether

10 x 10 = 100

2 x 10 = 20

100 + 20 = 120 papers altogether  ✔

• Charlotte bough 34 lollies to share between her 2 brothers . So charlotte decided to give them the same amount of lollies . How much lollies will her brothers each get .  

½ of 34 = 17 lollies each

½ of 30 = 15

½ of 4 = 2

So then 15 + 2 = 17  lollies each ✔