Maths Talk at HoonHay School

At our school, we work with a maths mate and share our thinking with them. We ask questions about our maths and if we aren't sure of something, we explain how we do it. We know that 2 brains are often better than one and we enjoy working collaboratively. 

Today ......and I worked on solving this problem 

Ben, Ryley and Olie did some gardening chores for their parents and earned themselves $8 each. How much did they earn altogether? here is me and maths mates here is our working out