Circles - We have been learning to solve equations using the COMPENSATION strategy.
Follow the photos below to see how to do it step by step using equipment.Try it out!!!
Willow, Hannah, Matthew, Braden, Jesse, Taine & Nathan
Using the Place Value Strategy To Solve Multiplication Problems
Jack had 7 bags with 34 lollies in them. How many lollies is there altogether?
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| The quipment shows 7 groups of 34. |
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| We broke the number into its place values. This shows 7 groups of 4. |
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| This shows 7 groups of 30. Each stick represents 10. |
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| We then added the ones and the tens totals together. |
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| The answer to our word problem. |









Well done Circles, this looks super cool hope you have shown your friends and family. - Miss Winsloe
ReplyDeleteIt's great to see how you work out your multiplication sums. Well done for showing your strategies.
ReplyDeleteMrs Short
Nice working out circle.Cool stratgey
ReplyDeleteFrom Josh.M
Practise these at home =)
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