Maths Problem Solving
Dear Parents and Friends,
Each week we are going to have some fun problem solving questions for the students in the newsletter. We are hoping to increase the students understanding and knowledge when working with word problems/open ended questions. Feel free to support your child with the questions. Please email me your child’s answer or your child can hand me their work at school.
Kind Regards
Brendon Pye
Lower Primary:
Lotte had a $5 note. She exchanged it with her brother Tommy for 6 coins. What would the 6 coins look like? How many solutions can you come up with?
Middle Primary:
One third of the animals in the barn are chickens. The rest are pigs. There are 20 legs in all. How many pigs are there? Draw your response
Upper Primary:
Molly realises that there are nine positions in a magic square. Can she make up a magic square (vertical, horizontal and diagonal numbers add up to make the same number) using each of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 only once?
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Answers from last week.
Congratulations to Rosie Norton who successfully completed the Upper Primary Maths Challenge.
Upper Primaary:
Gill is playing with her name and with numbers. If A = 1, B = 2, C = 4, D = 8, E = 16, F = 32, G = 64 and so on.
The value of Gill’s name is 64 + 256 + 2048 + 2048 = 4416. What is the value of your name?
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