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Choose the best strategy when solving distance problems

Some of the students in Room 3 are travelling away for their school holidays. Your students need to choose the strategy they are going to use to work out how much further each Room 3 student has to travel. The four possible strategies, (i.e. place value, reversal, compensation and equal addition) are listed beside each problem.

Years: 5-6 | Pages: 2 | Code: E0356-20

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