Imagine your school is having
a Summer Fair.
Children have been divided
into groups to make and sell
their products.
Create your own
problems!
Use the information on the
following slides to create your
own multi-step problems.
Swap your problems with a
partner and solve each other’s
problems!
GROUP A
SUMMER FAIR PROJECT
CARD SALE
FACT 1 :
Materials needed for 6 cards:
A4 White Card (21cm x 30cm)
–6
Coloured paper – 3 sheets
Glue stick-1/4 will be used
Can you make up problems
involving…
Ratio and proportion? Fractions?
%?
Measures?
FACT 2 :
The selling price of a dozen
cards is £ 8.40.
FACT 3 :
Cost of
10 sheets of A 4 card is £ 1
12 sheets of coloured paper is
£0.60
Glue stick is 60p
FACT 1 :
Ingredients needed
for 2 pizzas:
Flour – 250g
Margarine – 100g
Yeast – 2 tsp.
Tomato puree- 5
tablespoons
Cheese – 200g
GROUP B
SUMMER FAIR PROJECT
PIZZA SALE
FACT 2 :
I/4 of a pizza has
120 calories
FACT 3 :
Cost of :
½kg of flour is £ 1
½kg margarine is £ 1
Small tin of yeast (approx 20
tsp.) is £1.50
Jar of tomato puree (approx 30
tablespoons) is £1.80
250g cheese is £1.00
Can you make up problems
involving…
Ratio and proportion? Fractions?
%? Measures?
FACT 1 :
Materials needed for 4
kites:
Tissue paper (40x60cm)
– 12
Coloured paper – 2
sheets
Glue stick- 1/4 will be
used
String -8 metres
GROUP C
SUMMER FAIR PROJECT
KITE SALE
Can you make up problems
involving…
Ratio and proportion? Fractions?
%?
Measures?
FACT 2 :
The selling price of 3
kites is £7.50.
FACT 3 :
Cost of
10 sheets of tissue paper is £ 1
12 sheets of coloured paper is £0.60
Glue stick is 60p
String –200m is £8
FACT 1 :
Ingredients needed for 2
cakes:
Flour – 500g
Margarine – 200g
Sugar -250g
Eggs-6
Baking powder- 2 tsp.
Icing sugar – 100g
Can you make up
problems
involving…
Ratio and
proportion?
Fractions? %?
Measures?
GROUP D
SUMMER FAIR PROJECT
CAKE SALE
FACT 2 :
The approximate
weight of each cake
is 600 kg.
FACT 4 :
Each cake is sliced
into 12 pieces.
FACT 3 :
Cost of :
1 kg of flour is £1.40
½ kg margarine is £2.00
250g sugar is £1.50
A dozen eggs are £1.80
Small tin baking powder
(20tsp) is £1.00
250g icing is £2
SUCCESS CRITERIA
1.
2.
3.
2 step problems
Variety of concepts covered
Variety of operations (+ - X
covered
4. Answers worked out
)
Fractions
Measures
%
Ratio and
proportion
5. for PS3 s: Try to create at least one 3-step problem
Self assessment:
I have met criteria no. 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5 ( ?)
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