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Starwriter
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How to do this question easily for a Y5 student?

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Jack has 30 sweets. He shares his sweets with his friend. When he gives his friend a sweet, he has 2 for
himself. How many sweets do they each have?
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Re: How to do this question easily for a Y5 student?

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They need to recognise it as a ratio.
1:2 or 2:1 = 3 parts in total.

Edit to add: I'm fairly sure ratios like this are national curriculum. They are covered in the schofield book 4.
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Re: How to do this question easily for a Y5 student?

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KaB£H1s3 wrote:They need to recognise it as a ratio.
1:2 or 2:1 = 3 parts in total.

Edit to add: I'm fairly sure ratios like this are national curriculum. They are covered in the schofield book 4.
Yes they are
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Re: How to do this question easily for a Y5 student?

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Starwriter wrote:Jack has 30 sweets. He shares his sweets with his friend. When he gives his friend a sweet, he has 2 for
himself. How many sweets do they each have?
I thought they want kids to stop eating sweets lol they should start using fruits as example
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Re: How to do this question easily for a Y5 student?

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The ratio 1:2 ( One sweet for his friend and 2 for himself), so three shares which are 30 sweets, so Jacck will have 20 sweets and his friend will have 10 sweets
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Re: How to do this question easily for a Y5 student?

Post by Jenbob »

It's a ratio question.

Jack Friend TOTAL
2 1 = 3 sweets
20 10 = 30 sweets
(True total, so 10x bigger)
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Re: How to do this question easily for a Y5 student?

Post by solimum »

I would practice with actual sweets (!) or counters and "deal" them out
Ratios can be hard to grasp (especially when there are more than two elements) and the more visualisations and concrete examples the better until it becomes intuitive
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