Spending $10

The money box

Sally was saving her money for Christmas.

In her money box she had $2 and $1 coins.

She had $13 altogether. How many $2 and $1 coins could she have?

How many different ways can you find?

 From: http://ncwilkinsons.com/wilkieway

How many dogs!

   Ratu has fourteen pets.

   All of his pets are cats and dogs.

Ratu has four more cats than dogs.

How many dogs does he have?

From the Wilkie Way http://ncwilkinsons.com/

I did a subtraction task and the answer was 215, but I cannot remember the other numbers. Find as many solutions to this subtraction as possible.

Can you STRIKE IT OUT!

How many Orange Slices?

On my way to lunch I ate 2 juicy oranges. Each orange had 8 slices. Each slice had 2 small seeds.

How many juicy oranges were there?
How many slices were there?
How many seeds were there in all?

Hukanui Maths Blog live for 2016!

Welcome to the Hukanui Maths Blog for 2016!

Here you will find open ended problems to be solved - there are usually many different ways they can be solved.

Can you solve today's problem: