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Problem Solving

Term 3 - Week 9

Name:

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WALT: Use different strategies to solve word problems

There were 20 birds in a big tree down at Pt England Reserve. Mr Baxendine went walking down to the beach in the morning and saw ¼ of the birds fly away.

How many birds stayed in the tree?

Work this problem out in your book then take a photo of it and add it here to show how you solved it.

Explain in a few sentences how you solved this problem:

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WALT: Use different strategies to solve word problems

Outside Room 9 & 10 there are 48 shoes. Over outside the Year 6 classrooms there are 89 shoes. �

How many shoes does Team 4 have at school today?

Work this problem out in your book then take a photo of it and add it here to show how you solved it.

Explain in words how you solved this problem: