Problems

bowl of fruitMaterials:

  • pencil
  • paper

In a bowl of fruit, half of the fruit are apples.
There are also 3 oranges, 2 pears and a banana.

How many apples are there in the bowl?

Possible Guiding Questions:

What fraction of the fruit in the bowl are oranges, pears and bananas?
What does half mean?
How many pieces of fruit which are not apples are there altogether?

Possible Extension:

In another bowl of fruit, one quarter of the fruit are apples and one quarter are oranges. There are 4 bananas, 3 pears and 3 plums. How many apples are in this bowl?

Adapted from nrichmaths.org