Multiplying and dividing
This task is about finding correct answers to maths problems with mistakes.
Some children made small mistakes in their calculations. In the following questions work out what the correct answer should have been.
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a) Sanaj multiplied a number by 2 instead of dividing it by 2. The answer he got was 32.
a) Sanaj multiplied a number by 2 instead of dividing it by 2. The answer he got was 32.
What should his answer have been?
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b) When Sara multiplied a number by 3 instead of dividing it by 3, the answer she got was 36.
b) When Sara multiplied a number by 3 instead of dividing it by 3, the answer she got was 36.
What should her answer have been?
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c) When Min multiplied a number by 5 instead of dividing it by 5, the answer she got was 100.
c) When Min multiplied a number by 5 instead of dividing it by 5, the answer she got was 100.
What should her answer have been?
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