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Money · Ages 7+ · Set A
The two savers
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Remember: Coins planted sooner have more time to grow. Time does the work, in this made-up garden.

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Mia and Leo plant coinsGran gave Mia and Leo sixteen pretend coins each. A pretend garden added one new coin for every two coins in it each year. Mia planted her sixteen coins today. Leo kept his in a pouch for two years. In year one Mia's garden added eight coins and held twenty-four. In year two it added twelve and held thirty-six. Then Leo planted his sixteen coins. In year three Mia's garden added eighteen, so it held fifty-four, and Leo's added eight and held twenty-four. In year four Mia's added twenty-seven, making eighty-one, and Leo's added twelve and held thirty-six. Each had planted just sixteen coins. The only difference was when they started.
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Look at the table. Leo's garden holds coins after year 3.
2
In year four Mia's garden added 27 coins. 54 + 27 = coins.
3
At the end, Mia had 81 coins and Leo had 36. Mia had 81 − 36 = more.
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Mia ended with more coins because she planted more coins at the start.
TrueFalse
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Look at the sprouts. Mia's coins grew for how many more years than Leo's?
1 more year2 more years4 more years

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Both gardens followed the same rule.
TrueFalse
7
Coins kept in a pouch grow in the garden.
TrueFalse
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Twelve coins are planted. After a year there are 12 + 6 = coins.
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Join each one to what happened.
  1. 1Gran
  2. 2Mia
  3. 3Leo
  4. 4The garden
  • Aplanted her coins on day one
  • Bgave each friend sixteen coins
  • Cadded one coin for every two
  • Dkept his coins in a pouch for two years
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Put the story in order, first to last.
  • Mia plants her coins
  • Mia has 81 coins and Leo has 36
  • Leo plants his coins two years later
  • Gran gives each friend 16 coins
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Fix the mistake: Leo says, my coins grew for four years and Mia's for two.
TrueFalse
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Ask a grown-up about something they started early. Write what time did for it.
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Draw two gardens: Mia's with four sprouts and Leo's with two.
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Answer key · Set A
The two savers
124 Leo planted his sixteen coins after year two. In year three the garden added 8 coins: 16 + 8 = 24.
281 Fifty-four plus twenty-seven make eighty-one coins.
345 Eighty-one take away thirty-six leaves forty-five.
4False Each planted just sixteen coins. Mia started two years sooner.
52 more years Mia's coins grew for four years and Leo's for two, so Mia had two more years: 4 − 2 = 2.
6True The garden had the same rule for both: one new coin for every two.
7False Coins in a pouch do not grow in the garden. They have to be planted.
818 Twelve coins in pairs make 6 pairs, so 6 new coins come: 12 + 6 = 18.
91-B, 2-A, 3-D, 4-C Gran gave the coins, Mia planted at once, Leo waited two years, and the garden used the same rule for both.
102, 4, 3, 1 Gran gave the coins, Mia planted, Leo planted two years later, and in year four they counted 81 and 36.
11False Mia's coins grew for four years and Leo's for two. Mia planted two years sooner.
12Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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