MATHS PROBLEM SOLVING



Each week we have a Maths problem to solve at home. 
Bring your answer and working out to Miss Campbell before school. 
Turn that Maths brain on and go for it!!

Drink Bottles
How many 250ml bottles can be filled with 30L of water?




Show Time

A school of 235 pupils together with 15 teachers and 17 parents are going to a show at the Regent. They will travel there by bus. Each bus has 44 seats and everyone must sit in a seat.
How many buses do they need for the trip?



 



Sunday Swimmers


At Wet and Wild Waterworld, 190 people attended the Sunday session. 30 people went on the slides and 50 used the high board. Of the rest, four times as many stayed in the wading pool as those went into the swimming lanes. How many people used each facility?

High board:
Swimming lanes:
Slides:
Wading pool:



 
When you add together two numbers the answer is 51.
One number is three less than the other.

What are the two numbers?





You get in a lift at floor number 12.
Go up 1 floor
Go down 8 floors
Go up 3 floors
Go down 2 floors
Go up 9 floors
Get off the lift


What floor are you on?

23 comments:

  1. Jorja18 June 2012 at 13:33

    12+1=13 13-8=5 5+3=8 8-2=6 6+9=15

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  2. Madison18 June 2012 at 13:43

    12+1=13 13-8=5 5+3=8 8-2=6 6+9=15
    My answer is 15

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  3. Devon5 September 2012 at 16:40

    week 8=15

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  4. Devon5 September 2012 at 16:45

    week 9, 27+24=51

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  5. Isaac J6 September 2012 at 13:51

    24+27=51

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  6. Jade9 September 2012 at 22:27

    Week 8=15

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  7. Devon11 September 2012 at 16:37

    Sunday Swimmers
    High board:50
    Swimming lanes:22
    Slides:30
    Wading pool:80

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  8. Josh12 September 2012 at 16:58

    3=15

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  9. Sophie12 September 2012 at 17:30

    For the sunday swimmers these were my answers:
    High board:50
    Swimming lanes:22
    Slides:30
    Wading pool:88

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  10. Sophie12 September 2012 at 17:32

    24+27=51

    This is my answer that I got.

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  11. Anonymous20 September 2012 at 17:25

    More more more

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  12. Devon23 September 2012 at 16:41

    drink bottles
    4 times 3=12

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  13. Natalie24 September 2012 at 17:24

    Drink Bottles:
    4 times 250ml bottles
    =12 250ml bottles

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  14. Devon24 September 2012 at 17:26

    Show time
    7

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  15. tyler25 September 2012 at 16:49

    what floor are you on.

    you are on lift 15.

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  16. jensen25 September 2012 at 16:50

    drink bottles
    3000 divided by 250=120

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  17. jensen25 September 2012 at 16:54

    what are the 2 numbers
    24+27=51

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  18. jensen25 September 2012 at 16:56

    12+1-8+3-2+9=15

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  19. tyler25 September 2012 at 16:57

    sunday swimmers.
    high boards:50
    swimming lanes:22
    slides:30
    wadding pool:88

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  20. jensen25 September 2012 at 17:00

    sunday swimmers
    High bord=50
    slides=30
    swimming lanes=22
    wading pool=88

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  21. Jorja24 October 2012 at 16:23

    Sunday Swimmers
    High board = 50
    Wading pool = 88
    Slides = 30
    Swimming lanes = 22

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  22. Jorja24 October 2012 at 16:28

    Show Time
    1
    235
    + 15
    17
    =235 267-11=44
    You will need 11 busses.

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  23. Jorja1 November 2012 at 15:41

    Drink Bottles
    4x3= 12

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