Blog by Tag: Maths

Year 6 took their maths lesson out into the sunshine this morning. Before looking at formal written methods of addition and subtraction next week, we reminded ourselves of mental strategies and jottings we can use to help us solve problems. We worked in pairs to have a go at some examples. 

Today we used arrow cards to make 3 digit numbers. We played a game in pairs to see who could make the largest number from their arrow cards. It was great fun!

Today we used as many objects as we could find in our classroom to make 100! We had to make 10 groups of 10 to make it very clear and easy to count.  We were very creative in how we presented our 100.

In Maths, we have been identifying and making polygons. First, we sorted different shapes into regular and irregular polygons. Then we were set the challenge of using six equilateral triangles to create different polygons. 

Yesterday Y3 took advantage of the good weather and took our maths lesson outside. We estimated and measured the capacity and volume of various containers. By accurately measuring the capacity of the cup we used to fill the other containers; we were able to work out the actual capacity of larger…

We have been learning all about angles so today we went outside to look for and take photos of angles in our outdoor area. We then tried to make different angles using our bodies. Finally, we made pictures with sticks and twigs and labelled each acute, obtuse and right angle. 
 

Year 6 took advantage of the lovely weather once again, to get outside and practise their mathematical skills. They had to work out the answers to the word problems, then use their answer to help them locate the next question. Quite a challenge!

We enjoyed measuring capacity using cubes, soil and water.

We had fun measuring the mass of objects and comparing them.

We go outside whatever the weather. This week we have been using sticks to make shapes.

We are learning about dividing with remainders and today played a fun game called Division Grab. We grabbed a handful of cube or counters and the put them into groups of 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8. We got lots of points when there were lots of remainders. We found out that some numbers (like 23) gave us…

This week, we have been using rulers to measure. We have centimetre rulers and metre rulers. Here we are finding objects taller/longer or shorter than a metre. We have also measured the school hall and found out that it’s 15m long!