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Making number sentences II

This task is about writing number sentences and story problems.

A number sentence uses numbers and symbols instead of words.

For example, Five friends have 6 marbles each. How many do they have altogether? (story problem)

could be written as 5 × 6 = ? (number sentence).

a) Liline went shopping for Easter eggs. She bought 7 packets of 5 eggs.

Write a number sentence to show how many Easter eggs Liline bought altogether.

b) Hamish gave away all his old Pokemon cards. He had 28 cards and shared them equally between his 7 friends.

Write a number sentence to show many cards they get each.

c) Maraea was training for a swimming race. For the first 3 days she swam for 2 hours a day.

For the next 3 days she swam for 5 hours a day.

c) Maraea was training for a swimming race. For the first 3 days she swam for 2 hours a day.

For the next 3 days she swam for 5 hours a day.

Write a number sentence to show how many hours she swam over the 6 days.

d) Write a story problem for the number sentence 3 x 5 = ?

e) Write a story problem for the number sentence 24 ÷ 4 = ?