Team 3 Numeracy Homework
Spring 2 2015
(Decahedrons)
Homework is expected to be written in homework books with the date and an appropriate title for each task.
Please encourage children to read every day (for a minimum of 20 minutes).
Please practise times tables and quick mental maths with your child to help hone their skills. Websites such as My Maths,
www.teachingideas.co.uk/maths or http://themathworksheetsite.com/ or http://nrich.maths.org/ are great.
Please note: Year 6 pupils may receive additional literacy and numeracy homework to help prepare them for the SATs.
If your child is having problems with completing their homework please email me: [email protected]
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Keep it in proportion!
1. At King Edward’s School (300 children) they use 4500kg of potatoes per year in the School kitchen. How much would they use if they had to feed 400
children?
2. Five young seal-cubs eat 24kg of fish daily. How much fish per day would you expect nine seal-cubs to get through?
3. Poor Mrs Walker! Her eight children get through 4kg of shoe-leather every year. How much shoe-leather would three similar children get through in a
year?
4. If it takes Leonardo ten days to paint a wall measuring 5m x 11m, how long would it take him to paint a similar wall measuring 3m x 22m?
Grandad makes a difference
Sam lives at home with his mum and dad.
He works out that the average age of those in the house is 32.
One day Sam’s grandfather comes to visit and it crosses Sam’s mind that the average age of those in the house must now have gone up a bit.
He works out the new average age and finds that it’s 42.
How old is Sam’s grandfather?
Almost there!
Take a pair of whole numbers which are just 2 apart from each other and multiply them together.
Do the same for a few pairs of numbers like this (2 apart from each other)
for example;
3, 5 → 15
7, 9 → 63
What do you notice about your results? If you’re stuck, try 19 x 21 or 29 x 31 and then think again. If you still can’t see a pattern, think about the number which
lies in the middle (that’s to say between the two you’re looking at).
a Once you’ve seen the pattern, try putting it into words.
b Can you think of a simple way of showing with a diagram just why this works?
4-wheel drive
Hans is an explorer. Last year he was driving across some pretty difficult terrain in South America. One particular journey of his involved travelling for six hours at
a steady 15 km/hr and then for two and a half hours at 24 km/hr.
a How far did Hans travel altogether on this journey?
b If Hans set off at 8 am, what time was it when he reached the half-way point in his journey?