RUCSAC

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RUCSAC
What have you got in your RUCSAC to help you
solve word problems?
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Read
Read the question carefully. What is the
important information?
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Underline
Underline the key words what is this question
asking you to do?
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Calculation?
Decide which calculation you will need to do.
Write it down.
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Solve
Solve the problem, make sure you follow all the
steps.
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Answer
Have you answered the question? What were you
meant to find out?
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Check
Check your answer. If possible, check using the
reverse operation to check your working out.
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Sally has saved 70p of her pocket money. She
wants to buy a comic that costs 1.20. How
much more does she need to save?
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Now you try There are 34 sweets in a packet.
Jane eats 12 sweets. How many are left?
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There are 60 coloured pencils in the box. 26 are
red, 23 are green and the rest are blue. How
many blue pencils are there?
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There are 62 people on a bus. At the bus stop 31
people get off. How many people on the bus now?
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There are 45 apples in a box. 28 children have
one each. How many now?
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There 78 books on the top shelf, and 42 on the
bottom shelf. I take 29 of them away. How many
are left?
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Now try some RUCSAC problems in your books!
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Lesson 2 Look at this calculation Can you
write a word problem to go with it?
36 19 ?
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Now try these
28 12 ?
14 x 5 ?
35 12
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24 19 ?
36 14 ?
15 x 3 ?
54 11 ?
22 x 2 ?
34 9 ?