Mathematics Home Learning

Looking for ways to prepare, review, or challenge yourself this year?

Here is a list of activities that you might already be doing with your family, or that you might do
individually, including some desk-type work, that will enhance your conceptual understanding of
mathematics.

Parents: Interested in reading and learning more about math support/enrichment for your child? Check out
YouCubed Parent's Resources!

Students – see last page for corresponding questions to be filled for each activity.

Activity (Your Family Might Already Be BC Curricular Connections

Planning) (Grade 6/7)
1. Marshmallow Popper Game Circumference and area of circles

- Whoever gets their marshmallow the farthest Visualize to explore mathematical concepts
wins!
- Try it with different bottom-sized cups and Model mathematics in contextualized
see which works best experiences

2. Play Monopoly Financial literacy — simple budgeting

- informed decision making on saving
Choose the classic boardgame or download the app. and purchasing

Here are the Rules if needed. Single-outcome probability, both theoretical

and experimental (rolling the two dice)

3. Make dinner or bake a Ratios

dessert Improper fractions and mixed numbers
Take a recipe and increase/decrease it to serve one
person, one family and a party. Referents and relationships between units

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4. Going on vacation? Financial literacy — simple budgeting

Have your child research the best deals and have
them convince you about why it’s the best deal!
Find out about booking flights, discount deals and
renting a car.
Cheap Flights
Kayak
- informed decision making on saving
and purchasing
- financial percentage calculations
- sales tax, discount, sale price
Discrete linear functional relationships
(renting a car)

Air Canada Operations with integers

Westjet Use mathematical vocabulary and language to

contribute to mathematical discussions

Explain and justify mathematical ideas and

Check out this article on Travel Tips! decisions

Communicate mathematical thinking in many

ways

Represent mathematical ideas in concrete,

pictorial, and symbolic form

Use reasoning and logic to explore, analyze,

and apply mathematical ideas

5. Road trip? Cartesian coordinates and graphing

Print out a map of the area and have your child
mark out the route, stops, and possible places to
visit. Have them detail it out so you can read the
coordinates easily.

MapQuest Google Earth

6. Leftover sort Volume of rectangular prisms and cylinders

Sort and put away leftovers after a meal into
appropriately-sized containers Use reasoning and logic to explore, analyze,
and apply mathematical ideas

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 How to Choose the Right Container

7. Grocery shopping Operations with integers

- Make a budget, shop for the week
- Keep a mental estimate while shopping Operations with decimals
- Compare receipts to estimate
- If bought things on sale, figure out total saved Relationships between decimals, fractions,
versus percentage saved ratios, and percents

To shop online try: Estimate reasonably

https://www.realcanadiansuperstore.ca Ratios (for unit prices)

Multiplication and division facts

Use reasoning and logic to explore, analyze,

and apply mathematical ideas

8. Play a game Use logic and patterns to solve puzzles and

Sudoku Connect 4 play games

Solitaire Checkers

Scrabble Set

Chess KenKen

9. Khan Academy Use logic and patterns to solve puzzles and

- Work on a grade-level mission in a specific play games, including coding
area of mathematics
- Try Coding *All curricular content

https://www.khanacademy.org/signup

10. YouCubed’s Online Math Use reasoning and logic to explore, analyze,
and apply mathematical ideas
Course
- Useful for students and parents alike Visualize to explore mathematical concepts

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 - Free online course beneficial to grades 6/7+
- Based out of Stanford University
Parents:
Changing Students Minds and
Achievements in Mathematics
Students:
Youcubed Online Math Course
Model mathematics in contextualized
experiences
Use mathematical vocabulary and language to
contribute to mathematical discussions
Explain and justify mathematical ideas and
decisions
Communicate mathematical thinking in many
ways

11. Paint a room Operations with integers

- Figure out the amount of paint needed, buy
the paint, paint the room (with supervision or
help!)
Check out this YouTube video before you start!
Area of shapes
Financial literacy
Use mathematical vocabulary and language to
contribute to mathematical discussions

Explain and justify mathematical ideas and

decisions

Use reasoning and logic to explore, analyze,

and apply mathematical ideas

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Activity Questions

1. What materials did you use? Did you change your design after a couple attempts? Which one’s
ending up shooting the marshmellow or pom pom the farthest? How far did it shoot?

2. Have you played Monopoly before? What did you like about it? What did you find tricky or
difficult? If you didn’t win, what strategy would you use next time you played?

3. Share the link or type out the recipe you made. Include the measurements for each serving size –
one person, one family and a party (at least 10 people).

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 4. Did you find better deals on the actual airline websites or on discount sites? What was an
unexpected cost or expense you were unaware of? Give one travel tip you discovered when
researching.

5. Take and upload a picture of your map with coordinates included.

6. How many tries did it take you to find the perfect container for each leftover? Did you sometimes
over estimate? Under estimate? Why would it be important to choose the correct container size?

7. Was your budget a good estimate, over or under? What is the total of the 3 most expensive items?
What is one thing you were surprised about when making your budget and shopping?

8. Find your own online resources for: Scrabble, Chess, KenKen and Set. Put the links here. Which
game did you enjoy the most? Which did you find the most difficult? What strategies did you use
to improve your playing skills?

9. What grade level mission did you complete? What is one important thing you learned in this
mission?

10. Reflect on your expeirence with the online math course. What did you enjoy about the course? Is
there an aspect you found difficult with learning online or do you prefer it to in class?

11.

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