Family Buses

A Maths Starter of The Day

Each bus can hold 11 passengers.


The Moores
The Taylors
The Andersons
The Thomases
The Jacksons

The Whites
The Harrises
The Martins
The Thompsons
The Garcias

Can you assign families to buses without having to split families up?

 

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  • Tuesday, October 03, 2006
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  • Wednesday, October 18, 2006
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  • Wednesday, October 25, 2006
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  • Friday, October 10, 2008
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  • Thursday, May 07, 2009
  • "I loved it the pupils got it straight away I want more of it !!! the pupils are yr 5 and 6 they got it !!!!"

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Bus 1
The Moores
The Thomases
The Taylors
Bus 2
The Andersons
The Jacksons
The Whites
The Harrises
The Martins
Bus 3
The Thompsons
The Garcias

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