Party balloons

Party balloons

Auto-markingPencil and paperOnline interactive
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Working with Students
Further Resources
This task is about solving story problems using plus, minus, multiplication or division.
party balloons

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a)  Kiri blew up 9 silver and 5 gold balloons. But she popped 2.
How many balloons did she use altogether? 

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b)  Scott blew up 3 white, 4 blue, 2 yellow, and 2 red balloons. Four balloons popped.
How many balloons did not pop? 

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c)  Theo blew up 9 balloons. Four balloons are red, 2 balloons are green, and the rest are gold. 
How many balloons are gold? 

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d)  Mika blew up 18 balloons. 5 are silver, 6 are gold, and the rest are green.
How many balloons are green? 
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto marking displayed to students).
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Number and Algebra, Number Strategies
Keywords: 
addition, subtraction
Description of task: 
Students use all addition and subtraction operations to perform calculations.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can help to identify students' ability to use basic addition and subtraction facts and knowledge of place value and partitioning whole numbers.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Additive thinking, set 5
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y4 (11/1998)
a) 12 easy
b) 7 easy
c) 3 easy
d) 7 easy
Diagnostic and formative information: 
  Common error Likely calculation Likely reason
a) 7 9 - 2 or (9 + 5) ÷ 2