WALT: use a range of different strategies to solve problems.
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At the school sports day Noah counted 348 adults and 187 students. How many people were there altogether?
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Noah got $276 from busking at the school gates on sports day. Last weekend he got another $127. How much did he have then?
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The SPCA wants to buy twenty new cat beds. The cost from one sop is $542 and from another is $398. What is the difference in cost?
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The cost to feed one dog at the SPCA for a year is $936. The cost to feed a cat is $678. How much more does a dog cost to feed each year than a cat?
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Max’s class raised $876 for the SPCA. Jess’s class raised $954. How much more did Jess’s class raise?
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Before Mia went tramping she bought 15.4 of rope to make guy ropes for her tent. She cut lengths of 2.7 m, 2.8 m, 1.9 m and 1.8 m. How much rope did she have left?
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Mia’s pack weighed 26.4 kg. She took out here spare boots which weighed 1.7 kg. How much did her pack weigh then?
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One Saturday 70 students picked up rubbish in their city. They each worked for 3 hours. How many hours did students work altogether?
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The rubbish filled 20 large bins. Each bin held about 4 cubic metres. About how many cubic metres of rubbish were collected altogether?
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144 children went to the Climb a Tree activity on Family Fun Day. They climbed in groups of 6. How many groups climbed the tree?
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56 people went on a fishing trip. They were put into groups of 7. How many equal groups were there? How many people were left over?
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