Kate picks some apples in the morning. She picked double the amount of apples in the afternoon. Kate picked eight apples in the afternoon. How many apples did she pick in the morning?

Sam picks some strawberries in the morning. He picked double the amount of strawberries in the afternoon. Sam picked six strawberries in the afternoon. How many apples did he pick in the morning?

Key Stage 1

Relating multiplying by two to doubling

Each child had five squares of chocolate for dessert. How many squares of chocolate would seven children have altogether?

The school cook is making apple pies. Apples come in bags of five. The school cook buys five bags. How many apples does she have?

Each class gets six oranges in their fruit box each day. How many oranges would five classes get?

Relating multiplying by two to doubling

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