How do you see it?
Here are some short problems for you to try. Talk to your friends about how you work them out.
Problem
How Do You See It? printable sheet
Here are some questions.
How would you represent them using:
- pictures?
- numbers?
- objects?
Can you think of any other ways of representing them?
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| Zoe had three sweets. Her friend Ranjeet gave her two more. How many sweets does Zoe have now? |
Karala had 8 teddies. She gave 3 of them to her little brother. How many teddies has Karala got now? | Image
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It was Toby's birthday and he had 6 birthday cards. Some more cards arrived in the post and then Toby had 9 cards. How many cards arrived in the post?
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Si had eight balloons. Some popped and he only had five left. How many popped?
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| Some children were walking to school. Three more children joined them. Then there were nine children altogether. How many were walking together at the beginning? |
Marcus had some coins in his pocket. Sadly he lost seven of them and now he only has three coins. How many coins did he have before he lost some?
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Getting Started
Find some Lego figures and toys or objects such as counters to make sense of the problem.
Student Solutions
We had a number of solutions sent in that provided the "answers" to the calculations. Voltaire from Ravenor Primary School in England sent in the calculations explanation as follows:
$1.5$ doing $3+2=5$, $2.5$ doing $8-3=5$ $3.3$ doing $9-6=3$,
$4.3$ doing $8-5=3$, $5.6$ doing $9-3=6$, $6.10$ doing $3+7=10$
Our first contribution to the Primary site, not in English came from Jose at the Esapana Istituto;
Esto es para dos de los problemas. Mi hermana pequeña, Anya ellos lo hicieron por mÃ. Ella tiene cinco años.
Zoe tiene 3 caramelos. Rajneeti le da dos más. 3 +2 = 5 / tres y dos son cinco
Karala tena 8 muñecas.
Ella le dio tres de ellos a su hermana pequeña. ¿Cómo ha Karala muchas muñecas tiene ahora?
As que 8-3 = 5 / ocho menos tres es igual a cinco
Which I think says:
This is for two problems. My little sister, Anya they did for me. She is five years.
Zoe has $3$ candies. Rajneeti gives you two more. $3 +2 = 5$ / three and two are
five
Kerala had $8$ dolls.
She gave three of them to his little sister. How many has Karala
dolls have now?
So $8-3 = 5$ / eight minus three is equal to five
Thank you Jose, for that. Thanks also to Voltaire
Teachers' Resources
How Do You See it?
Here are some little problems.
How would you put them on paper using
- words?
- pictures?
- numbers?
- objects?
- other ways?
Zoe had these three sweets.
Her friend Rajneet gave her two more. How many has Zoe got now?
Karala had 8 dolls.
She gave 3 of them to her little sister. How many dolls has Karala got now?
It was Toby's birthday and he had 6 birthday cards.
The postman brought some more cards for him and Toby now has 9 cards.
How many cards did the postman bring to Toby?
Si had 8 balloons looking bright and bouncy.
Some then popped and he only had 5 left that were bright and bouncy.
How many had popped?
Some children were walking to school together.
Three more joined them.
Now there were 9 children altogether.
How many were walking together first of all?
Marcus had some coins in his pocket.
Sadly he lost 7 of them, now he only
has three coins. How many coins
were there before he lost them?
Why do this problem?
Possible approach
Key questions
Possible extension
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