World-Changing Woman

When Malala was 11, she wrote a blog under a secret name. It explained what life was like for girls living in Pakistan. At the time, a violent organization called the Taliban didn’t allow girls to go to school there.

The number bonds below show 11 broken apart, or decomposed, two different ways. 

Write an addition equation to represent each model.

In 2012, at age 15, Malala was shot by the Taliban. She survived. Five years later, she began her first year of college at Oxford University in England.

How old was Malala when she began college?

In 2014, Malala became the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She was 17 when she won.

Use a number bond to decompose 17.

Malala wrote a book about her life called I Am Malala. Since its publication in 2013, it has sold about 1,800,000 copies. The audio version of the book won a Grammy Award in 2015. The audio book is 595 minutes long.

Use a number bond to decompose 595 into four parts.