Date:
23th January 2015
Homework - Year 6
Spellings
This week we are practising some tricky spelling words commonly misspelt in free writing.
Individual recommend
relevant
restaurant
signature
sincere
interfere
interrupt
language
leisure
lightning
marvellous
mischievous
muscle
necessary
Extension tasks:
Create a story containing 6/7etc or all of the words.
Order them from hardest or easiest. Discuss why.
Times tables
Please can children practise their times tables to develop their confidence and speed of recall.
Those children who already know their times tables confidently will be expected to recall their
times tables and the inverse(e.g. How many 6s in 24).
Reading
Please can children read regularly at home and bring their reading book back into school each
day as it is used regularly during our guided reading sessions.
Mental maths test.
Try to complete this under timed conditions with someone reading the questions
aloud to you. The first 5 questions five seconds each, the next 10 questions 10
seconds each and the final 5 questions, 15 seconds each.
Write these numbers in words:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
4567.5
34289.43
457329.343
1657389.322
3246781.321
Write these amounts in digits:
1)
2)
3)
4)
Two thousand and thirty four point seven, six
Twelve thousand, two hundred and eight point six, seven, nine
One hundred and twelve thousand, six hundred and forty five point nine, five.
Seven million thirty four thousand and seven tenths, four hundredths.
5)
six million, seven hundred and twenty two thousand, four hundred and three
point zero, two, five
What is the value of the digit that is in bold?
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
45.67
342.893
45732.934
16573.894
32467.815
Try using place value to alter the following amounts:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
decrease 194753 by two thousand
increase 2384598 by six million
decrease 9809821 by sixty thousand
increase 2049342 by three hundred thousand
increase 43271.53 by six hundredths
decrease 4326.78 by four tenths.
Increase 456.323 by six tenths and six thousandths
Here are three number cards.
4 7 6
Write down the smallest number you can make using the three cards
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1 mark
Write down the number closest to 754 you can make using the three cards.
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Here are three digits.
6
1
3
Use all the digits 6,1 and 3 to write a number that is between 100 and 140.
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1 mark
Use all the digits 6, 1 and 3 to complete this subtraction.
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25