Capacity...

Cyclops

Playing cyclops is a great way to reinforce tables.  It builds a link between multiplication and division!

Making Brownie

Making Brownie on PhotoPeach
We have been exploring weight, capacity, multiplication and division all though making Brownie!   

How much do you weigh?

We were trying to make sensible estimates about how mnay kilograms everyone weighed.
Maddie is the smallest in the group and she weighed 21 kg.  Carlos is the tallest and he weighed 40.5 kilograms.

We used this information to estimate how heasvy everyone else was.

How much do you weigh George?

Wini was a bit shorter than Carlos.  She weighed a little less than he did.  39.0 kilograms.

Year 5/6 Does the order of the factors affect the product?

True or False...the order of the groupings does not affect the answer? on PhotoPeach

 

We are looking for grouping to help us solve problems

Looking for groupings on PhotoPeach
How many cupcakes are on these trays?
We are learning to look for smaller groupings to help us work out larger groupings.
 

Year 5/6 How many people can we share 24 chocolate crackles with? Show your thinking...

Sharing 24 chocolate crackles on PhotoPeach
We worked out all the different ways you could share 24 crackles.
We are learning to show our thinking in different ways.

 

Year 4...adding 10's

True or False...when I add 10 to any number the ones always stay the same?

What is the value of each digit?

Good mathematicians look for patterns.

Which number changes when you add on a ten?

We used place value blocks to support our thinking.