Sunday, March 19, 2017

Maths problem solving

Last week we did some maths problem solving with our maths mates. This is the question:

Jamison has been saving up for a new app. He has $143 in his wallet and the game costs $129 how much will he have left over?
My first strategy is equal adjustments:

143 - 129 = 
+ 1     + 1
144 - 130 = 14

My second strategy is reversibility:

143 - 129 = ?
129 + ____ = 143 
129 + 1 = 130 
130 + 13 = 143

1 + 13 = 14

I hope you like it, feel free to leave a comment.

1 comment:

  1. Great job Louis the question looked quite hard, but buy using those two strategies the question got a lot more easier to solve. I hope I can see more of your magnificent works.

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