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A year 7 class is 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.)`
Four people go fishing.
They put an `X` on the chart for each fish they catch.
Andrea caught more fish than Mandy but less than Andrew.
How many fish did Andrea catch?
`2` | `3` | `4` | `5` |
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`3`
`text(Andrea caught more than Mandy.)`
`=>\ text(more than 2)`
`text(Andrea caught less than Andrew.)`
`=>\ text(less than 4)`
`:.\ text(Andrea caught 3 fish.)`
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)`