Maths problem solving

Here is the problem

We talked about what is the important information in the problem.  We then brainstormed how we could solve it.  "We could draw the teddies", said Lucy.  We got into groups and drew 2 buttons onto each teddy bear.  We then counted them all to figure out how many buttons mother bear needed.

Here are our results

We then talked about how else we could get to the answer.  "We could count up in 2's" said Caylis.  Good thinking, we skip counted in 2's, and realised this is much faster than counting all of the buttons.  Mother bear then made some extra jackets so we counted on from 10 to figure out how many buttons she needed.
Great problem solving Room 7!