Level 4 Subtraction

Middle

1. Rory is going to Australia and he wants to change his money. The exchange rate for the New Zealand dollar is worth 9309 in Australian dollars. If he has $150 New Zealand dollars, how much does he get in Australian dollars? He thinks that he will get at least $140 but his brother thinks that he will get less. Who is right?

I think that the brother is right because Rory would get $139.635 if he converted his money from New Zealand to Australian dollars. But it’s $140

2. Aunty makes panipopo to sell at her shop. She needs 425 grams of flour to make 12 panipopo. If Aunty makes 26 trays of 12 buns, how many kilos of flour will she need?

11050

3. Sefo and his siblings were helping their Nana to paint her old tapa. They could paint 26 designs a day. How many designs did they paint over 12 weeks?

396

4. Sitaleki is making ula lole (lolly necklace). It takes 13⁄4 of a bag of lollies to make one ula lole. How many bags of lollies, would Sitaleki need to make 14 ula lole?

45 ¾ bags of lollies

Level 4 Subtraction

Easy

1. Each panikeke uses 1/4 of a cup of batter. How many cups of batter would you need to make 35 panikeke?

8 ¾ 

2. Junior’s rugby team scores 5 tries per game. A try is worth 5 points. How many points would they have scored in 19 games? 

475

3. Mereana and Shelley were making poi. Mereana used 1.25m for each of the 4 poi she made. Shelley used 1.3m of wool for each of the 3 poi she made. How much wool did they use altogether?

8.9

4. Dad wants your help to plant the kumara shoots in the backyard. You can fit 14

shoots in one row. You have 28 rows. How many shoots do you plant

altogether?

392

The Legend of Sina Ma Le Tuna

The Legend of Sina Ma Le Tuna

Long, Long ago in the ancient village in Samoa lived a beautiful girl named Sina. She befriended an Eel and every evening they would talk under the moonlight and swim in the dark ocean.

He would tell Sina of how he was once a handsome prince. Every time he would grow larger and more demanding of Sina's love. She escaped and ran into relatives in a nearby village. She would use every excuse to get away from the Eel but he would follow her everywhere and up to the appearing of the waters.

She told her uncles and cousins of her fear of the Eel and soon her cousin was sent to confront the Eel. In a battle the Eel's head was already apart from his body.

In his final breath he asked Sina to bury his head. In that one day, as a reminder of his love, he sprouted into a tree and brought a fruit with refreshing nectar.

The Eel's face would be on the fruit. Two eyes and one mouth. So every time Sina drank the fruit she would in fact be kissing him.

The End

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