This week your challenge is to:
1. Write a word problem as a comment to this post. Think carefully about what strategy you want people to use when they answer it.
2. Answer someone else's problem as a reply to their post. Write next to your answer which number strategy you used.
Strategies:
-Adding or Subtracting ones and tens-Adding or Subtracting using near doubles
-Adding or Subtracting in parts
-Jumping the number line
-Adding or Subtracting by making a tidy number
-Adding or Subtracting by rounding and then compensating at the end
Tracy's mum told her she had 185 minutes to play with her friend, Rebecca.
ReplyDeleteAfter they had played, Rebecca looked at the clock and saw they had already used 43 minutes.
How many minutes did they have left?
Rebecca
Good question. I think I would reverse the problem and work out 43 + ? = 185.
ReplyDeletePhoebe had 2 hours to go to the pool with Tegan. Then Tegan notices that 50 minutes had been by.
ReplyDeleteHow much longer do they have at the pool?
Tegan
i think i know Rebecca's question 43+142=185
ReplyDeletetaylor
i think that i know tegans question
ReplyDelete1 hour and 10 minutes
taylor
Taylor had 119 minutes to play on the i pad and i realized that 39 minutes has been over
ReplyDeletehow many minutes did Taylor have to play on the i pad
TAYLOR
Sam had 243 dollars and he saved up foran iPod touch and the iPod touch was 93.56
ReplyDeleteHow much money did he have left
Taylor
Gemma was at the movies with her BFF Olivia. the movie started at 4:36 but Gemma and Olivia went there 49 minutes early. What time did they arrive?
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zan and me went to the movie and we were 97 minutes late and it started at 6 0clock and ended at10 0clock how late were we and how long was the movie
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george had 1560 gobstoppers and he ate 876 of them how many did he have left
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