Resource 5: problem solving scenario – instructions

This resource is for Years 3-4, Topic 2 – Fairness and equity, activity titled Distributing resources – group problem-solving.

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On this page:

• Instructions
• Rules
• How to succeed
• Cost of items
• Spending

Instructions

This problem-solving task is to be completed by a group of 5 students.

1. You have been given a character card that tells you how much money you have been allocated.

2. Each character must buy their own:

• pencil
• eraser.

3. The group must buy

• „one big notepad
• „one pen
• „one ruler.

Rules

Each character:

• must finish with $2 of their own money
• can contribute to buying items for the group
• cannot give other characters money.

How to succeed

As a group, work out how the money will be used so that each character has a pencil and eraser and $2 left, and each group has a note pad, pen and ruler.

Cost of items

Spending

How much did each character spend:

• Kiandra
• Darwin
• Callington
• Diamantina
• Indigo

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