Showing posts with label Maths. Show all posts
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Monday, September 8, 2014
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Fractions
WALT: Find fractions of a quantity
1. Matthew is a huge rugby league fan and has 28 NRL cards. One quarter of them are Melbourne Storm cards. How many of them are Melbourne Storm cards?
STRATEGY:
28÷4=7
7×1=7
SOLUTION SENTENCE:
There are seven Melbourne cards.
2. In Mark’s class there are 18 children. ⅓ of them are boys. How many boys are in Mark’s class?
STRATEGY:
18÷3=6
6x1=6
SOLUTION SENTENCE:
There are 6 boys in Marks class.
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3. Luke has 32 first cousins. ¾ of them live in Auckland and the rest of them live in Wellington. How many of Luke’s cousins live in Auckland?
STRATEGY:
32÷4=8
8x3=24
SOLUTION SENTENCE:
Luke has 8 cousins that live in Auckland.
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