Katherine from treffos north wales pupils from wigginton primary and stephen from frisby school all went about the problem in a similar way.
Andy s marbles solution.
Andy has 53 marbles.
Andy s marbles age 7 to 11 several very well reasoned solutions came in for this problem about andy s marbles.
Thus the number of marbles with sandy x 2 2x 2 3x 2.
Dividing both sides by 3 we get.
One third frac 1 3 of the marbles rolled down the slope too quickly for andy to pick them up.
3x 5 50.
So according to question.
Age 7 to 11 challenge level.
When he does not get a lift he walks.
If a number is tripled and the result is increased by 5 we get 50.
Let the number of marbles with pandy x.
Andy was on his way to a marble tournament when he met bob.
How many does each of them have.
Unfortunately the bottom of the bag split and all the marbles spilled out.
The probability that he walks home from college is 0 7.
Have you lost your marbles.
Andy has twice as many marbles as pandy and sandy has half as many has andy and pandy put together.
So the number of marbles with andy 2x.
Class 12 class 11 class 10 class 9 class 8 class 7 class 6.
One sixth frac 1 6 of all the marbles disappeared into the rain water drain.
Then he met cindy and gave her 1 4 of his remaining marbles plus 5.
Examples of subtraction word problems 1.
If andy has 75 marbles more than sandy.
Sam has 105 marbles and lost 8 when his bag of marbles dropped.
Just before arriving at the tournament he met denise and gave her 1 2 of the marbles he had left.
Andy sometimes gets a lift to and from college.
Andy and sam picked up all they could but half frac 1 2 of the marbles that remained nearby were picked up by other children who ran off with them.
If andy has 75 marbles more than sandy.
Several very well reasoned solutions came in for this problem about andy s marbles.
Andy and his friend sam were walking along the road together.
Andy had a big bag of marbles.
Getting to college and getting home from college are independent events.
Find the difference between the number of marbles that sam has left and andy s.
Andy s bag of marbles was heavy so he gave bob 1 2 of his marbles plus 2.
Sam has 105 marbles 8 lost andy has 53 marbles 105 8 53 44 marbles.
Katherine from treffos north wales pupils from wigginton primary and stephen from frisby school all went about the problem in a similar way.
One sixth 1 6 of all the marbles disappeared into the.
How many does each of them have.
Let the required number be x.
A complete the following tree diagram.
Subtracting 5 from both sides we get 3x 5 5 50 5 3x 45.
