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In this activity, you will be asked some wordy problems and must use maths to work out the answers.

 

Example

There are 8 children on a bus.

3 get off.

How many are left?

 

a bus in snow

 

Answer

This is a subtraction or take away.

8 - 3 = 5

Five children are left.

 

Don't be put off by all the words, there will be some sort of calculation to do in there somewhere!

 

Learning how to read a question and work out what sort of calculation is needed is a really important skill. So, if you can get to grips with these, you will be a super maths wizard!

 

wizard

 

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