Year 4 Maths: Week 7

This week we are looking at the 4 Times Table.

 

 

 A fun 4 times table shootout game is here.  

 

This week's Dice Game:
- Get into groups of 3
- Make a heading in your book: Multiplication Dice Game and add today's date.
- Each person takes their turn rolling the dice and multiplying the numbers.
- Go around the circle three times
- Add together your answers and the person with the highest score WINS!

This week we are looking multiplying one-digit numbers by multiples of ten.
Some information on teaching the concept is here.
Some problems for working out are here.
Further problems / Multiplication Bingo is here.

The Ants Go Marching is a 10 x multiplication game.

Multiplication Arrays - some information about teaching this concept is here, and a lesson is here.
Some more advanced information on arrays is here.

Year 3 Maths: Term 1 Lesson 4

 Starter: Today we will play Multiplication Bingo!

A Multiplication Bingo Pack can be accessed here.
More bingo cards can be found here.

The steps for playing:

• Cut the problem cards on the dotted lines to create a deck for you to hold.
• Make sure everyone has a bingo sheet. 
• The teacher shuffles the problem deck. 
• The teacher will call out an equation. Kids should solve the problem in their heads, then check their sheet to see if the answer is there. 
• When a child has the answer her sheet, she can draw an "X" over it or place a counter on the correct box. 
• The first player to have five correct answers in a row vertically, horizontally, or diagonally has "bingo!"

Year 3 Maths: Term 1 Lesson 3

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Starter: Write down everything you know about the number 60!
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Some helpful teacher information on Fermi Questions is available here.

Year 3 Maths: Term 1 Lesson 2

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Starter: Today’s Number: 80

1.     Write in words

2.     Add 64

3.     Multiply by 5

4.     Minus 38

5.     Triple it

6.     Write a word problem

7.     10% of the number

8.     Halve it

9.     List the next three even numbers

10.   Divide by 10

11.   Add 17

12.   Draw it

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Who was Fermi?

An example of a Fermi Question and how to go about solving it:


For teachers: A list of good Fermi Questions for year 3 students is available here.

Year 3 Maths: Term 1 Lesson 1

Today we will begin looking at different ways of solving Maths problems. The website is here.

We will also talk about how we will set out our books in Pathways Maths.

Class activity: Follow these directions!

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Starter: Today’s Number 100

1.       Write in words

2.       Add 36

3.       Multiply by 3

4.       Minus 58

5.       Double it

6.       Write a word problem

7.       10% of the number

8.       Halve it

9.       List the next three odd numbers

10.   Divide by 4

11.   Add 5

12.   Draw it
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Maths: Approaching the Maths Olympiad

This worksheet will assist you to consider how you are approaching each Maths Olympiad problem.

Maths Olympiad Working Out Sheet

Year 2 Maths: Number Patterns

This week we have been looking at Number Patterns.

There are a number of singing, clapping and concentration games that rely on counting and patterns, you can read about some here.



This one relies more on singing - but it is still about remembering a pattern!

Year 4 Maths: Letters and Numbers

Today our group watched a segment of SBS TV's old show 'Letters and Numbers' - we even had a go at a few problems against the clock!



If you like these sort of Maths Problems you can buy activity books and the DVD here.

You can play your own game of Letters and Numbers online right here.

I am hoping we will attack a few problems each week!