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The picture graph shows how many tonnes of fertiliser are needed for 4 gardens.
How many more tonnes of fertiliser does Garden 1 need than Garden 4?
tonnes |
`10\ text(tonnes)`
`text(Garden 1 tonnes) = 4 + 4 + 3 = 11`
`text(Garden 4 tonnes) = 1`
`:.\ text(Garden 4 needs 10 more tonnes.)`
A year 7 class split into boys and girls and each group collected butterflies in a jar.
The total number of butterflies in each jar is put in the table below.
How many more butterflies did the boys catch than the girls?
`5` | `6` | `7` | `9` |
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`9`
`text(Butterflies in the boys’ jar)`
`=7 xx 2 = 14`
`text(Butteflies in the girls’ jar)`
`=2.5 xx 2 = 5`
`:.\ text(The boys caught 9 more butterflies.)`
The goals scored by 4 players in a season of water polo were recorded in the graph below.
Will scored 8 goals in the season.
Sam scored 5 goals.
How many more goals did Bilbo score than Ginili?
`7\ text(more goals)`