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Estimating
Sequences How Long Ago? Decimal Dice
Calculations

Adding in the Common

Out for a Duck Spider Sharing
Thousands Factors

Proper or Squares and

Vanishing Point Perimeters
Improper? Cubed

Lottery Digit Difference

Decimal Darts Make Them All
Winnings Game

Around the
Areas Menus Roman Years
World
 Sequences Equipment
Whiteboard
Find the next five numbers in each sequence… pens

87 137 187 237 287 337 387 437 487

42 678 42 668 42 658 42 648 42 638 42 628 42 618 42 608

162 534 162 524 162 514 162 504 162 494 162 484 162 474 162 464

1.1 1.6 2.1 2.6 3.1 3.6 4.1 4.6

100 300 100 200 100 100 100 000 99 900 99 800 99 700 99 600

72 248 72 148 72 048 71 948 71 848 71 748 71 648 71 548

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 How Long Ago? Equipment
Whiteboard
Pens
It’s the year 2020. How many years ago did
these events take place?
1895 1911
1958
1966 The first Expedition to
Manchester
54 years
England won the 62 years 125 years
motorised cars 109 yearsto
Antarctica
United aeroplane
World Cup. appeared on find the South
crash.
British roads. Pole.

1953 1974
1969 1961
Edmund Hillary The first
People first Yuri Gagarin
67 Tenzing
and years 46 years
computer games 51 years 59 years
landed on the became the first
Norgay climbed went on sale in
moon. man in space
Mount Everest. Europe.
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 Estimating Calculations Equipment
Whiteboard
Sort these calculations into two lists: Pens
•those with answers greater than 5000;
•those with answers smaller than 5000.
Don’t work out the calculations - just estimate the answers.

Those with answers Those with answers

greater
8432 than 5000
- 1789 296 × 30 smaller
56than
000 5000
÷8
8432 - 1789
96 352 –296
92 ×545
30 345 × 9 ¼ of- 92
96 352 20545
264
56 000 ÷ 8 345 × 9
¼ of 20 264
8963 × 0.3 8963 × 0.3
¾ of 8864
¾ of 8 864

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 Decimal Dice Equipment
Whiteboard
Pens
1. Roll your three dice. 3 x 0-9 dice

2. Use the digits to create three different decimal numbers. Use each digit once in
each number. (Your decimals don’t need to have the same number of digits after
the decimal point.)

3. Write your numbers in order of size, smallest to largest.

4. Subtract the smallest from the largest.

5. Add the three numbers.

6. Use the same digits to create the largest and smallest numbers possible with two
decimal places. Find the difference between the two.
 Adding in the Thousands Equipment
Whiteboard
Using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 once only, Pens
create and complete an addition of a 5-digit and a 4-digit
number.

What is the largest What is the smallest

98 642 + 7531 = 106 173 12 468 + 3579 = 16 047
possible total?
possible total?

How close can you get to How close can you get to
19 768 + 5234 = 25 002 41 235 + 8769 = 50 004
25 000? 50 000?
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 Common Factors Equipment
Whiteboard
Pens
The number 3 is a common factor of 12 and 15 as it divides
evenly into both numbers with no remainder.

Find the highest common factors of:

45 and
9 18 25 and
5 90 64 and
16 80 40 and
10 30

15, 81, 54
18 and
6 42 81 and
9 63 39 and
13 13 3
and 36

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Out for a Duck Equipment
Whiteboard
Pens
1 set of 0-9
number cards
between two
 Spider Sharing Equipment
Whiteboard
Pens

How many spiders are there if there are:

13
104spiders
legs? 23
184spiders
legs? 15
120spiders
legs? 157
1256spiders
legs?

Each spider eats 5 flies for supper. How many spiders can have supper if there are:

1585spiders
317 flies? 1780spiders
356 flies? 965spiders
193 flies? 4635spiders
927 flies?

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 Vanishing Point Equipment
Whiteboard
Choose an amount of money below. Pens

Subtract 15p. Then subtract 25p from the answer. Then 35p, then
45p, and so on.

What is the final amount you are left with? This is the vanishing
point.

Find the vanishing point of each amount.

£13.67
92p £8.99
59p £11.01
£1.26 £15.00
60p £12.12
92p

Which number leaves the largest vanishing point? £11·01 Show

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 Proper or Improper? Equipment
Whiteboard
Choose one of the yellow fractions. Pens
3 5 1 2 5 7 7
4 8 2 3 6 1 1
2 6
Multiply the numerator and denominator by 2 to get an equivalent fraction.

Choose another fraction (of any colour) from the list with the same denominator and
add the fractions together.

Is your answer a proper or improper fraction?

If it is improper, score a point.

Repeat using a different starting fraction.

How many points can you score?

 Perimeters Equipment
Whiteboard
Work out the perimeters of the shapes below which are all
Pens
made out of the same rectangular tiles measuring 5cm × 11cm.

88cm 98cm 98cm 120cm

What is the perimeter of a regular

102cm
hexagon with sides of 17cm?

What is the perimeter of a regular

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octagon with sides of 21cm?
 Squared and Cubed Equipment
Whiteboard
Use the symbols =, < or > to complete each statement. Pens

3² < 4² 5³ > 11²

10² > 4³ 6³ < 15²

3²+3³ = 10² (8+2)² > 8²+2²

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 Lottery Winnings Equipment
Whiteboard
Each prize is shared between 12 lottery winners. How Pens

much does each winner get?

Images of money bag/treasure chests labelled

£420
£35 £1272
£106 £6216
£518 £14
£1211
652

If nine winners get £6582 each when they have shared the prize, what was the
total amount won?

£59 238
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 Decimal Darts
Equipment
A game for playing in pairs or more…
Whiteboard
1.Draw a grid of 6 squares and fill in the squares with two- Pens
decimal-place numbers between 6.00 and 9.99. (Don’t let your
partner see!)
2.Take it in turns to guess a number with one decimal place (such
as 7.2). If any of your partner’s numbers round up or down to
your guess, then that’s a hit and they have to cross out those
numbers.
3.Say ‘miss’ if the guess does not match any numbers on your
grid.
4.The first person to hit all their partner’s boxes is the winner.
Examples: Guess: 6.9 and 6.87 is crossed out. Guess: 7.2 and
7.24 is crossed out.
 Make Them All
Equipment

For two or more players. Write the numbers 1-10 on your Whiteboard
Pens
whiteboard. Then, take it in turns… 2 Dice
1.Throw both dice.
2.Use the numbers on your dice, either individually or using the four operations to
make numbers between 1 and 10 to cross out.
3.Each number can only be crossed out once and the winner is the first person to
cross out all their numbers.
4.Both dice must be used on every turn. If you cannot cross any numbers out on a
turn, then the dice pass on to the other player/s.
Examples:
Throw: 1 and 2. Cross out: 1 and 2, or 3 (1+2), 2 (2÷1), 1 (1÷2).
Throw: 3 and 7. Cross out: 3 and 7, or 10 (3+7), 4 (7 - 3).
 Digit Difference Game Equipment
Whiteboard
3-digit version for two or more players. Take it in turns to:
Pens
1.Throw 3 dice. 2-4 Dice

2.Use the numbers on the dice to write down a 3 digit number.

3.Reverse the digits and write down that second number.
4.Find the difference between the two numbers.
Alternatives:
1.Time it and see how many your can do in one minute. Work on improving your
personal bests.
2.Try an easier version with two dice making two-digit numbers.
3.Try a harder version with four dice digit making four-digit numbers.
Example: Throw: 1 and 2 and 3. Calculation: 321 – 123 = 198
 Areas Equipment
Cubes: Whiteboard
Work out the surface area of a cube where one of the sides measures Pens
Calculators
5cm.
Now, work out the surface areas of cubes that have sides of 6cm, 7cm,
8cm, 9cm andCubes:
10cm. (You could try some ofSquare-Based
your own with Pyramids:
measurements that include one or two decimal places.)
5cm = 150cm²
10cm = 300cm²
6cm = 216cm²
Extra Challenge: Square-Based Pyramids: 12cm = 432cm²
Work out7cm = 294cm²
the surface area of a cube where one of 15cm
the sides=of675cm²
the base
8cm of= the
and the height 384cm²
triangles all measure 10cm.
18cm = 972cm²
Now work 9cm = 486cm²
out the surface areas of square-based pyramids that have sides
and triangle heights of 12cm, 15cm, 18cm and
21cm
21cm.
= 1323cm² 
(You could try
10cm = 600cm²
some of your own with measurements that include one or two decimal
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 Around the World
Equipment
Here are some world time zones:
Whiteboard
Los Angeles New York London Moscow Sydney Pens
- 8 hours -5 hours GMT +3 hours + 10 hours

1. Draw four columns on your whiteboard. Write down a list of Sydney

Los Angeles the things you
do My
in a Day UKalong
typical day, Timewith the times in the first two columns.
(-8 hours) (+10 hours)
2. Now choose two other places from the table above and write the time in
Get
those up
countries 7:00am
when 11:00pm
you are doing (sleeping)
your daily activities.5:00pm
Use the(tea
lasttime)
two
columns for this.
3. AsBreakfast 7:30am
an extra challenge, 11:30pm
you can also write (sleeping) 5:30pm
down what people (watch
in that TV)
country
might be doing at that time. For example, some people in the world might be
Startwhen you are eating your lunch!
sleeping 9:00am 1:00am (sleeping) 7:00pm (bath time)
school
4. Check with your teacher whether you should use 12-hour
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Equipment

The Pickled Pie Whiteboard

Work in groups of
Restaurant Pens
Starters: 3 or 4.
Garlic Bread £3.75
Soup £4.25 1. Look at the menu on the left and
Nachos (for two) £6.95 choose what you would like to eat and
Mains:
Pizza with two toppings £1
1.95 drink.
Macaroni Cheese £9.95
Spaghetti Bolognaise £10.7
5 2. Add up the total of everyone’s order to
Burger and Chips – Meat
£10.65 Veggie £9.65 find the total bill.
Desserts:
Ice Cream £4.80 3. Split the bill equally between the
95
Apple Pie and Custard £5. number of people in your group to find
.70
Chocolate Fudge Cake £6
Cheesecake £6.75 out what you would pay each.
Drinks:
Fizzy drinks from the mach
ine £2.99 4. If you are feeling brave, you can add
Fresh fruit juice (apple or
orange) £3.50 on a 10% tip to the total bill before
rry/chocolate) £4.50
Milkshake (banana/strawbe splitting it up.
 Roman Years Equipment
Write the years of these events Now some to research: Whiteboard
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in Roman Numerals:
1.The year henry the Computers (optional)
MDXLVII
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1.Your birth. VIII died.
MM
2.The millennium. 2.Queen Elizabeth MDXLVII
II’s coronation.
3.The great fireMDLXVI
of London. MCMVIII,
3.The three times thatMCMXLVIII and the
London has hosted
Olympic games. MMXII
MCMXLV
4.The first moon landing.
4.The year Queen Victoria comes to the
5.The battle of Hastings.
MLXVI MDCCCXXXVII
throne.
6.The end of the second world
MCMXLV MCMLXXVII
5.Elvis Presley died.
war.
6.The live aid concert in Wembley stadium.
7.The year England won the MCMLXXXV
MCMLXVI
football world cup. 7.The Beatles’ first UK
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8.When your schoolwill vary
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