Miss Szymanik brought 15 puzzles for her class. ⅕ of the puzzles were for 10 - 12 year olds. How many of the puzzles were for 10 - 12 year olds?
What is the context of the question?
Miss Szymanik brought some puzzles for 10-12 year olds.
What is the question asking us to do?
It is asking us to figure out how many puzzles can go to the 10-12 year olds
Show your working (what division or multiplication facts helped you):
15 divided by 5 = 3
Then we can go 5 x 3 =15
Answer: 3 of the puzzles were for 10 - 12 year olds.
Mr Moran brought some cake to share for his birthday last week. It was cut into 18 pieces. ⅙ of the pieces were chocolate flavoured. How many chocolate flavoured pieces were there?
What is the context of the question?
Mr Moran brought some cakes.
What is the question asking us to do?
The question is asking us to figure out how many
Show your working (what division or multiplication facts helped you):
18 6=3
6 x 3=18
Answer: 3 of the pieces of cake were chocolate.
Mr Burt brought 35 new chromebooks for students. ⅖ of them didn’t have bags. How many chromebooks still needed bags?
What is the context of the question?
Mr Burt brought some chromebooks for student.
What is the question asking us to do?
It is asking us to figure out how many chromebook bags students need.
Show your working (what division or multiplication facts helped you):
35 5 = 7
35 5 = 7
7 + 7 = 14
Answer: 14 chromebooks still needed bags.
Mrs Lagitupu brought 100 new cameras. ⅖ of them were Sony brand. How many Sony brand cameras did she buy?
What is the context of the question?Mr lagitupu brought 100 new cameras.
What is the question asking us to do?The question is asking us to figure out how many sony cameras are there.
Show your working (what division or multiplication facts helped you):
100 5=20
5x20=100
Answer: 20 of the cameras were Sony brand.
Miss Parrant brought 21 pairs of rugby boots for her Rippa team. 3/7 of them were Adidas brand boots. How many adidas brand boots did Miss Parrant buy?
What is the context of the question?
Miss Parrant brought some rugby boots for her rippa team.
What is the question asking us to do?
It is asking us to figure out how many adidas boots were there.
Show your working (what division or multiplication facts helped you):
21 7 = 3
21 7 = 3
3 + 3 = 6
Answer: 6 of the boots were Adidas brand boots.
Mrs Moala brought 28 ice blocks to share with her class. ¾ were lemonade flavoured. How many lemonade flavoured ice blocks were there?
What is the context of the question?
Mrs Moala brought some ice blocks to share with her class.
What is the question asking us to do?
It is asking us to figure out how many ice block were lemon flavoured.
Show your working (what division or multiplication facts helped you):
28 4=7
28 4=7
28 4=7
7 + 7 + 7= 21
Answer: 21 ice blocks were lemonade.
