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Use more than one step
1 · Learn
A table organises information into rows and columns. Read the heading so you know what a number describes.
Some questions need more than one calculation. Decide which entries you need, combine them, then compare with the other amount. Keep the meaning of each intermediate answer clear.
2 · Worked example
Monday and Tuesday total thirty visitors. That is five more than Wednesday's twenty-five.
3 · Your turn
Using this table, how many visitors came altogether? How many more came on Wednesday than Monday?
Check your answer
55 altogether; 13 more on Wednesday than Monday.
4 · Apply your learning
Write one one-step and one two-step question about the supplied table and show how each is answered.
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Use objects or a drawn model before relying on a rule. Explain each step, check the units and revisit with varied examples. An adult can read the instructions without supplying the answer.
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