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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Fractions.

WALT: Find fractions of a quantity


1. Matthew is a huge rugby league fan and has 28 NRL cards. One quarter of them are Melbourne Storm cards. How many of them are Melbourne Storm cards?


STRATEGY: 28÷4= 7
7x1=7



SOLUTION SENTENCE:
There are 7 Melbourne  storm card all together.


2. In Mark’s class there are 18 children. ⅓ of them are boys. How many boys are in Mark’s class?  


STRATEGY: 18÷3=6
6x1=6



SOLUTION SENTENCE:
There are 6 boys in Mark’s class.


3. Luke has 32 first cousins. ¾ of them live in Auckland and the rest of them live in Wellington. How many of Luke’s cousins live in Auckland?


STRATEGY:24÷ 4=8
8x3=24
SOLUTION SENTENCE:
There are  24 cousins that live in Auckland.

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