WALT: Use our knowledge of place values, fractions and decimals to solve word problems

Correctly label the place value houses below. Watch out for the decimal point!

Write the following numbers in numeric form

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1. Two thousand three hundred and sixteen
2. One hundred and twenty eight
3. A thousand six hundred and fifty
4. Eight hundred and eleven
5. Seven thousand and thirty two

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• How many tens in all of the number 154?
• How many hundreds in all of this number - 34 609?
• What is the number for 72 groups of ten?
• What is the number for 8 groups of ten?

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Answer as many questions as you can. Look back on your blog to remind you!

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Answer as many questions as you can. Look back on your blog to remind you!

Answer these questions and complete the following sentences

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1. What is a fraction?
2. All fractions are ________ of a ________.
3. Each fraction has two parts: _______________ and ________________
4. The top number of a fraction is called the ________________.
5. The bottom number of a fraction is called the __________________.

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Answer as many questions as you can. Look back on your blog to remind you!

QUESTIONS

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1. There were 30 fruit kebabs on the plate. Pam ate half of them. How many fruit kebabs did Pam eat?
2. There are 50 stars in the sky but half are blocked by a cloud. How many stars can you see?
3. You have 24 books. Each quarter of the shelf should have the same number of books on it. How many books go on each quarter of the shelf?
4. You have 16 lollipops. A quarter of them are red. How many red lollipops do you have?
5. There are 15 oranges. A third goes to each of Tom’s friends. How many oranges does each friend get?
6. You have 24 stickers. They get spread evenly between the triplets. How many stickers does each triplet get?

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QUESTIONS

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7. There are 7 people with long hair. That is only a quarter of the people in the room. How many people in the room altogether?

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8. It took Tim 12 minutes to pick 32 apples. If he was picking for 3 minutes, how many apples will he have picked?

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9. There were 15 bad apples in the bag. That was only a third of the bag. How many apples were there in the bag?

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QUESTIONS

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1. John needs $2.50 but only has 70 cents. How much more money does he need?
2. Sarah walks 3.3 kilometers to school. Tina walks 6.14 kilometers to school. How much further does Tina have to walk than Sarah?
3. Maria has 7.45 metres of wool. She uses 4.9 metres to knit herself a beanie. How much wool does Maria have left?
4. Gina swam 3.9 metres along the beach, had a rest then swan a further 5.32 metres. How far did Gina swim altogether?