GuidanceforParents

Whenyoungchildrenare learningaboutmaths, it is importantthattheydotheircalculationsphysicallyusingequipmentandwhentheyarecomfortabletheycanmoveontousingmodelsandimagestohelpthemintheirmathematicalthinkingbeforewritingnumbersentences.Herearesomemodelsandimagestosupportwithmultiplicationanddivision,thechildrenwillbelookingatthisterm.

Todothemathsactivitiesathome,everydaymaterialscanbeusedtoprovidetheequipmentrequired:

o rulero buttonso coathangero pegso plastic/paperplateso socksandgloves

o strawso stones/pebbleso kitchenscaleso eggboxeso plastic/paperbowlso coins

The‘Giveme5’activitieswillcoverthemathematicsyourchildrenshouldhavebeentaughtinschoolduringtheAutumnandSpringterms.Thedaily‘Giveme5’questionsaretorecallwhattheycanrememberandapply.

Easier HarderWeek5 Week5

DaysoftheWeek

1. Completethedaysoftheweek:Sunday

__________________________________________WednesdayThursday_____________________Saturday

2. TodayisMondaysotomorrowis___________________________

3. YesterdaywasThursdaysotodayis

_____________________________

4. TodayisSundaysoyesterdayis______________________________

5. TodayisWednesdayandin5day’stimeitwillbe

Time1a.Howmanydaysaretherein2weeks?1b.Whatisthethirddayoftheweek?

1c.Howmanymonthsareintheyear?

1. Completetherhyme:30dayshaveSeptember,__________,_________andNovember.Alltheresthave____,exceptFebruaryalonewhichhas____and29eachleapyear.

2. HowmanydaysinAprilandMayaltogether?

3. Name3monthswith31days

4. Howmanymonthsin3years?

MonthsoftheYear

1. Matchthemonthtotheorderoftheyearinwhichitoccurs:

Month OrderMarch 1January 2December 3June 4February 5September 6April 7August 8November 9May 10July 11October 12

2. Whichmonthisyourbirthdayin?

3. WhichmonthisChristmasin?

4. IfthismonthisMay,whatmonthwillitbenext?

5. IfthismonthisOctober,whatwasthemonthbeforeit?

Readandwritenumbersinwordsandnumerals

Writethesenumbersinnumerals:1a)Eighteenb)fifty-nine________________________2a)Onehundredandsixty__________b)Twohundredandninety-two__________

3a)Fourhundredandtwelve_________

a) Eighthundredandsix________

Usetheboxbelowtohelpyouwritethenumeralsinwords:

4. 15________________________22_________________________

5. 309________________________743_________________________

FindingHalf

1. Whatishalfof

2. Whatishalfof

FractionsShadethecorrectfractionoftheshape:

3. Whatishalfof

4. Whatishalfof

5. Whatishalfof

5)

WordProblems

1. Sammythegiraffehas5spots.Timmy

thegiraffehas6spots.Howmany

spotsarethereintotal?

2. Jimhad8sweets.Leegavehim4

more.HowmanysweetshasJimgot

now?

3. Therewere7starsinspace.Analien

spaceshipzapped3away!Howmany

starswereleft?

4. Jackhad17magicbeans.He

accidentlydropped4.Howmanydoes

hehaveleft?

5. Tomhad13cars.Jengavehim4more.

Howmanycarshashegotnow?

WordProblems–Drawimagestohelpyou.

1. Emilyhas15gelpens.Sophiehas28gelpens.HowmanymoregelpenshasSophiethanEmily?

2. Karrolhas10pmorethanme.Ihave38p.HowmuchdoesKarrolhave?

3. Thereare18glovesinthecloakroom.Howmanypairsofglovesmightthatbe?

4. Thereare24biscuitsinapack.Jackate¼(1quarter)ofthem.Howmanydidheeat?

5. Ajay’shasabirthdaycake.Hehad3friendsoverfortea.Howmanypiecesmusthecutthecakeintosoheandhisfriendscansharethecakeequally?

Addition1–5.

AdditionandSubtraction

Usetheimagestohelpyoutodothefollowingcalculations:

1. 27+13=tens ones

2. 46+38=

tens ones

3. 79–53=

tens ones

4. 61–27

tens ones

Week6 Week6Billy’sMoney

1. OnMondayBillywashedthedishes.Hegot30p.Whatcoinscouldhehavebeengiven?

2. OnTuesdayBillydriedthedished.Hegot25p.Whatcoinscouldhehavebeengiven?

3. OnWednesdayBillycleanedhisbedroom.Hegot60p.Whatcoinscouldhehavebeengiven?

Money

1. Countthemoney:

2. Use>,=or<toshowwhichamountisgreater,smallerorequaltointhevalueofthecoins?

3. HowmuchdoIhave?

4. OnThursdayBillypolishedthelivingroom.Hegot42p.Whatcoinscouldhehavebeengiven?

5. OnFridayBillyhadarest!HowmuchmoredidBillygetonWednesdaythanonTuesday?

4. WhatisthegreatesttotalIcanmakewiththe

coinsbelow?

_________

5. Howmanydifferentwayscanyoumake£1usingthecoinsabove?Youcanuseeachcoinmorethanonce.

£1

£1

£1

£1

£1

TellingtheTime–o’clock

1.

2.

Tellingthetime

Putinthehandsorsaywhattimeitis:

3.

4.

5. TellingtheTime–halfpast

1.

Tellingthetime

Putinthehandsorsaywhattimeitis:

2.

3.

4.

5.

Putinthecorrecttime

Timewordproblems

Drawthehandsontheclock

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Bartleavesforfootballat9o’clock.Ittakeshimhalfanhourtowalkthere.Whattimedoeshegetthere?Drawthetimeontheclock.

HelloKittygoesshopping.Shegoesonthebuswhichtakes1hour.Ifshegetstotheshopsat11o’clock,whattimedidshesetoff?

Lucygoesswimmingat10o’clock.Sheswimsfor2hours.WhattimedoesLucygetoutofthepool?Drawthetimeontheclock.

Thechildrenstartdancingat6o’clock.Theyfinishtwohourslater.Whattimedotheyfinishdancing?

TheAngrybirdsgotothecinema.Theyarriveat4o’clock.Thefilmlastsonehour.Whattimedotheyleavethecinema?

Subtraction

1. subtract =

2. subtract =

3. subtract

4. twenty–fiveis_______lessthan40

5. 8fewerthan17is__________

WordProblems

1 Jesshasabagof30marbles.AtplaytimeherfriendSonjatakes9marblesoutofthebagandAnastasiatakes11marblesoutofthebag.Howmanyareleftinthebag?

2 Myhandis11cmlong.MyDad’shandis12cmlonger.HowlongismyDad’shand?

3 Youhave50gofchocolate.Howmany10gpiecescanyoumake?

4 Josiepaidforacanofdrink.Itcost28p.Shepaidexactlyforthedrinkusing4coins.Whichcoinsdidsheuse?

5 Joshcountsinthrees.Artemscountsintwos.Willtheysayanyofthesamenumbers?Whichones?

Week5Measurement–WeightandMass

Fortheseactivitiespleaseallowyourchild(ren)touseyourkitchenscales.

AtKeyStage1,childrenneedtoknowgramsandkilogramsbutnotpoundsandounces.Childrenwillalsoneedtohaveavarietyofdifferenthouseholdobjectstobeabletoweighandtoholdsotheycanfeelifoneisheavierorlighter.

Week5&6Activity1

Forthisactivitywearegoingtocomparetheweightsofobjectstosaywhethertheyareheavierorlighterthaneachother.

1. Choosetwoofyourtoys.Holdonetoyinoneinyourlefthandandtheothertoyinyourrighthand.Whichtoyfelttheheaviest?Drawyourtoysinthebox:

Heaviest Lightest

2. Kitchenitems.Puttheseitemsinorderfromlightesttoheaviest.Drawanarrowfromtheobjecttotherightnumber.

Lightestheaviest1 2 3 4 5

Readingscales

Thepearsarelighterthantheapples.Thearrowonthescaleshasgoneroundfurtheronthedialofthescaleswiththeappleson–theapplesareheavier.

Lighter–thearrowonthedialhasonlyturnedalittleway

Heavier–thearrowonthedialhasgoneroundfurther

3. Fruitandvegetablesandkitchen.Usesomefruitandvegetablesthatyoumayhaveinyourhouseandcomparetheweightsofthem.Drawthemintheboxesbelow.Saywhethertheitemofthetwoyouhaveweighed,istheheaviestorthelightest

item item

Itisthe Itisthe item item

Itisthe Itisthe item item

Itisthe Itisthe

4. Circlewhichyouthinkistheheaviestoftheseitems

or

or

or

or

or Wereanyoftheabovedifficulttoworkout?Whichones?

5. Agametoplay–I’mthinkingofanobject.ItisalittlebitlikeIspy.Yousitinthesameroomwithsomeoneandyouthinkoftwoobjectsyoucanseeandonewillbeheavierthantheother.

Hereismyexample

I’mthinkingofanobject.Itisheavierthanapen butlighterthanthecushion

.Whatcoulditbe?

It’smycomic .

Activity2–ReadingScales

Scalesarealikeanumberline,butinsteadofbeingstraighttheyareinacircle(justlikeclockfaces).

Amazingfacts:Whenweweighobjectswemeasurethemwithunitscalledgramsandkilograms.Grams(g)areverysmallunitsofmeasure.Pencilsweighabout6g.Kilograms(kg)aremuchbiggerunitsofmeasure.Abagofsugarweighs1kg.Itismuchheavierthanapencil.That’sbecausethereare1000ginevery1kg.Yourkitchenscalesathomewillhavegandkgmeasuresonthem.Thescalesmaybeinjumpsof50gor100g.

0501001502002500100200300400500

Kilogrammes(kg)

1. Weighsomeitemsonyourkitchenscalesandsaywhethertheyareequalto,

morethanorlessthanakilogram.Item

2. Putthepointersonthescalesbelowtoshowtheweight

3. Havealookatthepicturesbelowandseeifyoucanreadthescalestosayhowthescalesareshowing:

Week5Activity3:Problemsolvingwithweight

Weight word problems

1. One pencil weighs 10g. How much do two

pencils weigh?

2. I have a truck that weighs 7g and a truck that weighs 9g. How much do both my trucks weigh altogether?

3. Mum buys 20g of grapes, 15g of melon and

10g of limes. How much do the items, mum buys, weigh altogether?

4. Tom buys a chocolate bar that weighs 60g. Emma buys a chocolate bar that weighs 40g. How much chocolate do Emma and Tom have all together?

5. If you had a packet of pasta that weighed 20g

and you ate 6g of it. How much pasta would you have left?

6. If you had a packet of crisps that weighed 15g

and you gave 7g away to your friend. What weight of crisps would you have left?

Week6:Activities–Gamestoplaytolearnaboutweighingmaterials.

Youwillneedoneofthefollowing:

Amobilephoneatabletdevicealaptoporacomputer

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