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snow on Easter sunday!
Sun, 23/03/2008 - 16:51 — Mrs Brown
Hello NW8 and JF9
Did you know that the last time it snowed on Easter Sunday was in 1983?
How many years ago was that?!
Hope you are all enjoying your Easter break.
Mrs Brown
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Angelica C03
Hi Miss Brown. you know your question about how many years ago. I think I know the answer. Is it 25 years ago.by the way happy easter.
Mrs Brown
Yes, that was the right answer to my question. Well done Angelica!
Mr Furness
Wow... you are a fountain of knowledge, Mrs Brown. I'm impressed. Looks like Angelica has the right answer, well done! Just as well really since Angelica is in my maths class!!
Angelica C03
Hi Mr Furness, Happy Easter. I am really enjoying being you as my new numeracy teacher.
Mr Furness
Phew! That's good. :-)
Happy Easter to you too. Have you been practicing subtraction with Easter Eggs?
Here's a question for you....
A supermarket had 345 Easter Eggs. Angelica bought 123 eggs and gave them all to her numeracy teacher. How many were left to be sold?
Angelica C03
Eeeeeasy peasy Mr Furness it's 222.Am I right?
Mr Furness
You are correct. Well done.
732 Easter Bunnies take away 448 Easter Bunnies.
How many Easter Bunnies left?
Angelica C03
732-448=284.Am I right
Angelica C03
That's an easy one again.It's 284
Angelica C03
Hi Mr Furness. I have a maths question for you.
The pet shop had 400 pets.Mr Furness bought 394 pets and gave them all to Angelica.How many were left to be sold
Mr Furness
Let's see....
400
-394
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6
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Needed to do lots of borrowing using the column way.
How else could I have worked it out?