Practical Maths Problems!!

In maths at the moment we are working on our underlying maths skills to solve practical maths problems. This mean we are solving a range of word problems by deciding whether we need to use addition, subtraction, multiplication or division skills, and then what do we need to do with the numbers to work out the answer? 

We have been trying these skills with soldiers from the Crimean War this week!!

Have a go at this one...

If there are 8 soldiers in the Scutari hospital and each of them need 2 bandages, how many bandages would Florence need all together?

and this one...

If there are 15 soldiers in the hospital and 4 get better and go back out to the war, and 5 more go home, how many are left?

What about this tricky one....?

There are 26 soldiers in the hospital laying in beds, and 33 soldiers sat on chairs,, how many soldiers altogether? (You may need to use partitioning and a blank number line for this)

Here are a few of us tackling some problems in class...

Soldiers Maths Problems on PhotoPeach