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Year 5, Block E, Unit 1

Picnic Puzzles

Represent a puzzle or problem by identifying and recording the information or calculations needed to solve it; find poss... more

Activity Description

Add the missing numbers to a 3 x 3 magic square, so that every row, column and diagonal adds up to the same number. There are various levels.

I can break a problem into steps

For Ages: 8 to 10

Year 5, Block E, Unit 1

Breadheads Bargains

Solve one-step and two-step problems involving whole numbers and decimals and all four operations, choosing and using ap... more

Activity Description

Breadhead is shopping for some pens - but every shop has different prices and different size packs of pens, and some have special offers as well! You'll need to use all your problem solving skills to work out which pens are the least expensive. There are

I can decide how to solve problems

For Ages: 8 - 10

Year 5, Block E, Unit 1

Fraction Towers

Explain reasoning using diagrams, graphs and text; refine ways of recording using images and symbols... more

Activity Description

Switch on an equivalent fraction of the lights on another floor of the skyscraper. The activity has three levels of difficulty and covers all fractions from half to twentieths.

I can use diagrams to check that two fractions are equivalent

For Ages: 8 - 10

Year 5, Block E, Unit 1

Fraction Reductions

Express a smaller whole number as a fraction of a larger one (e.g. recognise that 5 out of 8 is ); find equivalent fract... more

Activity Description

Breadhead is advertising some special offers but he's chosen some complicated fractions to explain his deals. Reduce the fractions to make his offers easier to understand. The activity has three levels of difficulty.

I can explain how I know that two fractions are equivalent

For Ages: 9 - 10

Year 5, Block E, Unit 1

Triangle Track Day

Recall quickly multiplication facts up to 10 × 10 and use them to multiply pairs of multiples of 10 and 100; derive quic... more

Activity Description

The three numbers on the race track are multiplication facts and the corresponding division facts. Using knowledge of the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10 times table identify the hidden number and finish the race.

I can use multiplication and division facts to multiply and divide multiples of 10 and 100

For Ages: 8 - 10

Year 5, Block E, Unit 1

Eggs Factor 3

Identify pairs of factors of two-digit whole numbers and find common multiples (e.g. for 6 and 9)... more

Activity Description

Farmer Cluck's hens have mixed up all their eggs. Can you find all the factor pairs for each hen and put them back in the hen hut?

I can find pairs of factors.

For Ages: 8 - 10

Year 5, Block E, Unit 1

Shopping List Sums

Extend mental methods for whole-number calculations, for example to multiply a two-digit number by a one-digit number (e... more

Activity Description

Triangle Man explains a strategy to help with mental addition when adding up a lot of two digit numbers. Drag the units form the numbers to make groups of ten and then complete the sum. There are two levels.

I can use different mental strategies for calculations

For Ages: 8 to 10

Year 5, Block E, Unit 1

Division by Chunking

Refine and use efficient written methods to multiply and divide HTU × U, TU × TU, U.t × U and HTU ÷ U... more

Activity Description

Learn the 'chunking' method of division. Repeatedly subtract multiples of the divisor to find the answer. Has two levels with either two or three digit numbers also has an optional guided mode. Does not cover remainders

I can solve division calculations using written methods.

For Ages: 9 - 11

Year 5, Block E, Unit 1

Percentage Cuts

Find fractions using division (e.g. of 5kg), and percentages of numbers and quantities (e.g. 10%, 5% and 15% of £ 80)... more

Activity Description

Practice estimating fractions and percentages of objects by helping out top chef The Great Zoltini. Follow his instructions to chop off a fraction or a percentage of an item of food. The activity has three levels.

I can find a fraction or a percentage of a quantity

For Ages: 9 & 10

Year 5, Block E, Unit 1

Fraction Fun Run

Use a calculator to solve problems, including those involving decimals or fractions (e.g. find of 150g); interpret the d... more

Activity Description

Zero Gravity is on a fun run he's just passed a sign telling him he's completed a fraction of the distance can you work out how far he's gone? The activity has four levels

I know what to enter into a calculator to find a fraction of an amount.

For Ages: 9 - 10