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Wednesday, 28 May 2014

Maths word problems: Hermione and Ron

There was one word problem I was having trouble doing in my head:

Ron and Hermione are practicing lifting feathers into the air with magic. Hermione can lift a feather 35 meters into the air, which is 5 times as high as Ron can lift a feather. How high can Ron lift a feather with his magic?

I thought it was:

35 x 5 = ?

But that's not what I'm trying to find out. Instead I need to do division:

35 / 5 = 7

Simple!

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