Week 7 Problem Solving

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Walt use the strategy ‘add, don’t subtract’

During an egg and spoon race, Zamera walked 53m before dropping the egg. Chance walked 39m before dropping the egg. How much further did Zamera walk, compared to Chance?

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Walt subtract decimals

During some rainy weather, a big muddy puddle formed on the field. Room 10 went out to measure the length of this puddle. Eden measured the puddle to be 13.5m long. Ben measured the puddle to be 14.2m long. What is the difference (in metres) between the length which Eden measured and the length which Ben measured?

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SCREENCAST - solve this problem by yourself

In the staff room, there is a mysterious case of disappearing cups! At the start of term 2, there were 43 cups. At the end of week 6, there were only 29 cups left! How many cups have gone missing?

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