Showing posts with label Maths week 2015 - Day 2 problems. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 11 August 2015

MATHS WEEK 2015 - Day 2 Problms

Here are your challenges for Tuesday:

Junior Problem


Miss Breen has baked chocolate chip cookies for her family.  Her son sneakily eats 5 of them when she isn't looking. Her son has eaten one quarter (1/4) of the cookies. How many cookies does Miss Breen have left for the rest of the family?

Senior Problem


Emma is making 2 pizzas. She cuts each of her pizzas into sixths.  She has 36 pieces of pineapple to spread evenly on her 2 pizzas.  How many pieces of pineapple will be on seven/sixths (7/6) of the pizzas?


Students: Write your answer in the comments area with your name/class
Teachers: please send photos of student thinking to Miss Breen :-)

Good Luck!

Come back tomorrow for new challenges!


Here is a photo of student thinking (senior problem) in Room 7 today:


Here are some photos of Room 18 working hard on the junior problem today: