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Three hungry elves are looking longingly at a cookie, a wrap and an ice cream.<\/div>\n
They empty their pockets and count the money they have.<\/div>\n
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What could they buy altogether?
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They can buy the cookie and the ice cream but they don’t have enough for the wrap.<\/p>\n

They have \u20ac5.29 all together. The cookie and the ice cream cost \u20ac5.15<\/p>\n

\u20ac5.46 are missing to buy all the items.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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What\u2019s the Maths behind?<\/h2><\/div><\/div>

What\u2019s behind? Maths tips<\/h3>\n

The participants developed their money sense and problem-solving skills.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":601,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[364,44],"tags":[565,567],"class_list":["post-23580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advent","category-resources","tag-advent-calendar","tag-christmas"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nD17 \u2013 Shopping – MATHS WEEK IRELAND<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We have some great Christmas activities for all ages to keep hands and minds busy this festive season. Each day of Advent there will be a new maths activity for you to try out. 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