Ron Gwairown always writes numbers down back to front. At school, he was once
asked to do the following calculation:
14 x 82
In his exercise book Ron wrote down:
41 x 28
1. What answer did he get?
2. What answer should he have got?
3. Are there any other similar calculations which Ron would get right?
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Keywords: Starter
| Arithmetic
| Investigations
| Place Value
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Good, achieved the results I required
Satisfactory
Didn't really capture the interest of the students
Not for me! I wouldn't use this type of activity.
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