Here are 3 Maths challenges all about SHARING!
Choose to answer 1, 2 or all 3 of the challenges and post your answers in the comment section below.
Challenge 1:
Miss Godden has 20 pencils which she shares between 2 Ruby Class members.
How many pencils does each Ruby Class member get?
Challenge 2:
Kim has 8 apples which she shares with 4 Ruby Class members.
How many apples does each Ruby Class member get?
Challenge 3:
If Miss Godden shares 16 rulers between 4 Ruby class members, how many rulers does one Ruby Class member get? Can you write this as a fraction?
10 pencils
2 apples
4 rulers 1/4
Amazing work Xanti!
Can you tell me how you worked these out?
challenge 1 answer 10
challenge 2 answer 2
challenge 3 answer 4
Well done Daniel! Amazing sharing!
Can you explain how you worked these out?
1. Ten pencils
2. Two apples
3. Each person would get a 1/4 of the rulers
Well done Zack! What great sharing!
Can you explain how you worked these out?
Challenge 1: 20 pencils dived by 2 members = 10 each
Challenge 2: 8 apples dived by 4 members = 2 each
challenge 3: 16 rulers between 4 members = 4/16
Well Done Yaz! I’m very impressed with your sharing!
1. 10 pencils
2. 2 apples
3. 4 out of 16, 4/16
Well done Asa! Great sharing!
Can you explain to me how you worked these out?
10 pencils
20/2=10
2 apples
8/4=2
4 rulers
16/4=4
Excellent work Jianing!
1. 10 pencil 20÷2=10
2. 2 apples 8÷4=2
3. 1/4 16÷4=4
Well done Christian!
challenge 1
I halved 20 to get ten
Challenge 2
I divided 8 by 4 to get 2
Challenge 3
I divided 16 by 4 to get 4
The bottom number of a fraction is the total amount which is 16 and and the top number is how much is given to each class member so as a fraction it is 4/16
Hi J’Quan,
Amazing work with solving these challenge!
Your explanation of how you got these answers was fantastic!
Keep up all of your hard work.
I hope you and your family are safe and well.
-Miss Godden :)