Moorlands Primary School

Maths

Day 1

Activity:

Number of the week

The number of the week is a 2- digit number

The number of the week is double 5 add 7

The number of the week is one more than 16

The number of the week is one less than 18

The number of the week is

                                      17

Activity:

Can you use a number line to work out different ways to make 17.

Can you then record your number sentence?

Day 2

Activity:

Can you guess the shape of the week?

The shape of the week is a 3D shape

The shape of the week has 6 faces

The shape of the week has 8 corners / vertices

The shape of the week has 12 edges

The shape of the week is a cuboid.

Activity:

Can you make a cuboid? How many cuboids can you find in your house?  

Day 3

Activity halving:

Can you find objects, food, items to share between two? Give your child 6 objects and explain you are going to share the objects equally between each plate, you are then going to find out what is half? Reiterate as you share to find half you need two equal sides. Repeat for different amounts. Try an odd amount of objects encourage children to find solutions/reason their answers.

 

Day 4

Activity halving:

Colour in half the shapes, you could also use a mirror to halve things around the house.

Day 5

Activity halving:

Halving toys challenge

What does half mean?

Are you sure you have half? 

How can you check?

What do you notice about both halves?

For an extra challenge use an odd number of toys – what could you do now?