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What could the question be?
Learner’s Book 1: Unit 1, p. 34
GoalMake up questions that have a given number as their answer, using words such as before, after, fewer, odd and even.
New words
question · something we ask, to find an answeranswer · what we find when we solve a questionnext · the one that comes after
Explanation
Usually we get a question and find the answer. Now let us do it the other way round! Here is the answer: 7. What could the question be? How many stars are there? Which number comes after 6? Which number is 2 fewer than 9? What is the next odd number after 5? Many different questions can have the same answer. Use words you know: before, after, fewer, more, odd and even. Then check that your question really gives the answer.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which number comes after 6? | 7 |
| What is the next odd number after 5? | 7 |
Worked examples
The answer is 7. A question is: How many stars are there? We count and find 7.
| ? | 5 |
The answer is 9. A question is: What is the next odd number after 7? The odd numbers are 7, 9. The next one is 9.
Class activity
Question maker: pick a number card from 1 to 10. That number is the answer. Ask your partner to think of as many questions as they can, using words like after, before, fewer, odd and even. Check each question together.
Practice
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The answer is 4. What could the question be? Write one question.
Any correct question, for example: How many dots are on this dice? Or: Which number comes after 3?
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The answer is 9. Write a question that uses the word before.
Which number comes before 10?
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The answer is 5. Which question fits: (a) Which number comes after 4? (b) Which number comes before 4?
(a). The number after 4 is 5.
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Does this question fit the answer 10? What is the next even number after 8?
Yes. The even numbers go 8, 10.