Decimal number plates

Each choose a car number plate with three digits.
Solving
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 Choose two of the digits, e.g. 4 and 6. Make the smallest and largest
numbers you can, each with 1 decimal places, e.g. 4.6 and 6.4.
 Now find the difference between the two decimal numbers,
e.g. 6.4 – 4.6 = 1.8.
 Whoever makes the biggest difference scores 10 points.
 The person with the most points wins.
Targets for pupils
in Year 5
Play the game again, but this time score 10 points for the smallest
difference, or 10 points for the biggest total.
Finding areas and perimeters
Perimeter = distance around the edge of a shape
Area of a rectangle = length x breadth (width)
 Collect 5 or 6 used envelopes of different sizes.
 Ask your child to estimate the perimeter of each one to the nearest
centimetre. Write the estimate on the back.
 Now measure. Write the estimate next to the measurement.
 How close did your child get?
 Now estimate then work out the area of each envelope.
 Were perimeters or areas easier to estimate? Why?
You could do something similar using an old newspaper, e.g.
 Work out which page has the biggest area used for photographs.
 Choose a page and work out the total area of news stories or
adverts on that page.
WEBSITES
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/
http://www.mathschamps.co.uk/games9-11
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years
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A booklet for parents
Help your child with mathematics
Targets – Year 5 1
About the targets
By the end of Year 5, most children should be able to…
o
Read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1 000 000 and
determine the value of each digit
o
Round any number up to 1 000 000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1000,
10 000 and 100 000
o
Read Roman numerals to 1000 (M) and recognise years written in
Roman numerals
o
Add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits, including
using formal written methods (columnar addition and subtraction)
o
Identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a
number, and common factors of two numbers
o
Know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and
composite (non-prime) numbers
o
Multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a one- or two-digit number using
a formal written method, including long multiplication for two-digit
numbers
o
Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a one digit number using the
formal written method
o
Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator and
denominators that are multiples of the same number
o
Multiply proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers
o
Read and write decimals as fractions
o
Identify, describe and represent the position of a shape following a
reflection or translation
o
know angles are measured in degrees: estimate and compare
acute, obtuse and reflex angles
o
Complete, read and interpret information in tables, including
timetables
These targets show some of the things your child should be
able to do by the end of Year 5.
A target may be harder than it seems, e.g. a child may subtract
3994 from 9007 by writing it in columns, without realising it is
quicker to count on from 3994 up to 9007 in his / her head.
Fun activities to do at home
How much?
 While shopping, point out an item
costing less than £1.
 Ask your child to work out in their
head the cost of 3 items.
 Ask them to guess first.
See how close they come.
 If you see any items labelled, for
example, ‘2 for £3.50’, ask them to
work out the cost of 1 item for you,
and to explain how they got the
answer.
Times tables
Say together the eight times table forwards, then backwards.
Ask your child questions, such as:
Nine eights?
How many eights in 48?
Eight times four?
Forty-eight divided by eight?
Three multiplied by eight Eight times what equals eighty?
Repeat with the seven and nine times tables.