Wednesday, 1 April 2020

Maths - Addition and subtraction

WALT: solve addition and subtraction word problems using
place value partitioning.

There were 275 sheep on Ben's farm.
He sold 167 sheep to his neighbor.
How many sheep were left on his farm?

In this problem, I will subtract 167 from 275; so
275 - 167 = ?
First, I will subtract 100 from 200:       200 - 100 = 100

Then, I will subtract 60 from 70;            70 -   60 = 10

Finally, I will subtract the ones, 5 - 7 but it is not possible because 5 is smaller than 7, 
so I will add 10 to 5 to make it 15; now I can subtract 7 from 15, so 15 - 7 = 8.

Then, I will add 100 to 8: 100 + 8 = 108

So, 108 sheep will be left on Ben's farm


By Genevieve


2 comments:

  1. WEll done Genevieve. You have explained your strategy very well. Keep up with your work.

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  2. Great work Genevieve, I really liked how you explained your strategy and how you done your addition and subtractions keep up the good work.

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