Writing our own word problems

Problem Solving

• Mrs D had 94 lollipops in her bag. She saw Sam and gave him 62 lollipops. In total how much does Mrs have left?

• Ambi saved 82 dollars to go rainbow’s end. She had given her brother 48 dollars. How much did she have now?

• Sarah had 246 dinosaur. She has given away Sita 78 dinosaurs. How many did sarah have left?

• Povia had 945 barbie dolls for a garage sale. Kane saw a garage sale on and brought 468 barbie dolls. How much did Povia have left?

• Malae brought 145 fizzy drinks for Genesis birthday. Jamaine brought another 98 fizzy drinks for Genesis birthday. Altogether how many fizzy drinks are there.

This week in maths we were focussing on word problems. To help us understand if a question is addition and subtraction, we wrote our own word problems. This helped us to think about the keywords. We then swapped our problems with a friend and tried to solve their problems using the strategies we have learnt.