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248 students are going on a school trip. Each bus will take up to 45 students. How many buses are needed?

This week I scored 32 but last week I scored 58.
What is the difference between 32 and 58?

34 boxes each hold 40 tins of paint. How many tins of paint are there all together?

If Mr Muscle weighs 98kg,
Mr Fit weighs 91kg and Mr Strong weighs 91kg; What is their combined weight?

 

Mr FitMr StrongMr Muscle

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  • Year 10 (2), Wincmore School
  • Monday, March 22, 2010
  • "I use this starter across my year groups and abilities. For my lower ability students, I tend to spend more time on the explanation and discussion of answers. For my higher ability students, I shorten the length of time they have to answer these questions. This starter works, because it test the 4 operations we mainly use in mathematics and makes students use their knowledge and understanding of the maths. It's also a great link with literacy skills!"
  • The Best Pupils In The World, King Alfred's College
  • Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • "This starter was pretty easy in the end, at the start some of the class struggled."
  • Nat, Weston
  • Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • "I found it quite difficult."

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6
26
1360
+ 280

1672

 

  

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Computer Teacher, do your students have access to computers?
Do you have "Laptops in Lessons"?

Whether your students each have a TabletPC or share a desktop PC, this activity lends itself to eLearning (Engaged Learning).

Laptop

Here is the URL which will take them to a concise version of this page.

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Use a computer to construct a line graph showing the number of buses needed for a school trip for any number of students from 1 to 500 given that each bus can hold 45 students.