Numbers at an art show

Numbers at an art show

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This task is about adding and subtracting large numbers.
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378,696 people attended an art show during the month of May. Of these people 198,708 were children.
278,968 adults and 179,996 children attended during June.

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a)  How many adults attended in May?   

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b)  How many people altogether attended in June? .

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c)  If half of the 179,996 children who attended in June were boys, how many girls were there?
     

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d)  The total number of people who attended the exhibition during May and June was ...
     .

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e)  The total number of children who attended during May and June was ... .
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pen and paper or online (with auto-marking).
Copyright: 
Image: Dreamstime
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Number and Algebra, Number Strategies
Keywords: 
addition, subtraction, division
Description of task: 
Students answer addition and subtraction questions about attendance at an art show.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can help to identify students' ability to apply additive  ideas to combine or partition whole numbers to solve addition and subtraction problems.

 

Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Additive thinking, sets 6-7
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y6 (06/1997)

Y7 (06/1997)
a) 179,988 moderate easy
b) 458,964 easy easy
c) 89,998 difficult moderate
d) 837,660 
[accept if = answer to b) + 378,696]		 difficult moderate
e) 378,704 moderate moderate
Diagnostic and formative information: 
   Common error Likely reason
a)-e) Answers in range 1-9 999 Cannot estimate correct magnitude of answers.