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Maximising activities Wendy Liu

‘Mining’ for activities

Goal Free Problems Alice wants to hire a cement mixer for 5 days. She will hire the cement mixer from either Quick Mix or Speedy Hire. Work out what you can from this information?

Sam Sam Jo Jo Jo had ¼ the amount of pocket money Sam has 4 times as much pocket as Sam. Altogether they have £7.20. money as Jo. Altogether they have How much more than Jo does Sam £7.20. How much do they each have? have? Sam Sam Jo Jo Sam and Jo share sweets in the ratio 4:1. Sam had 3 times more pocket money After they both ate the same amount of than Jo. If Sam had £3.60, how much sweets the ratio had changed to 7:1. Money does Jo have? How much did they both have to begin with?

MA - Primary Mathematic Challenge

Concept Cartoons My friend says….

Intelligent Practice Variation Theory What’s the same? What’s different?

Using picture books

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