Maths Matters at MPS

Welcome to our newsletter pages which we hope will encourage families to focus on mathematical thinking and learning whilst having fun!

Milo from Year 2, Harvey & Aara from Year 3, Anna & Charlie from Year 4, Tess & Eden from Year 5 and Henry & Jude from Year 6 are providing the tasks for this initiative.

They will provide you with interesting facts, engaging problem-solving tasks and some mind-blowing challenges.

They hope that families and students will work together on these and have fun as they look for multiple approaches to solving problems.

Solutions will be shared in the next fortnight’s newsletter.

JUNIOR SCHOOL MATHEMATICIANS

Tim had 86 books then he gave 53 to charity. How many books does Tim have left?
Find three different toys. Can you put them in order from shortest to tallest?

MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICIANS

A basketball team is in a tournament. There are 5 games in total. In the tournament their star player scored 9 threes, 24 2-pointers and 12 free-throws.
The school library had 450 books on its shelves on Monday morning. On Monday, students borrowed 125 books. On Tuesday, 80 new books were delivered and added to the shelves. How many books are in the library now?
The Magic Mystery Squares

In game 1 he scored 2 threes, 6 twos and 3 free throwers.

In game 2 he scored 1 three, 5 twos and 4 free throwers.

In game 3 and 5 he had different threes, twos and ones. He scored the same in game 3 and 5. How many points did he score in game 3 and 5?

Once there was a terrible thief he was greedy and always wanted more. One morning he went to his couch so he could watch the news and find something to steal….

As soon as he saw what was on the TV his face lit up. There it was. It was named the STASH HOUSE!

It had all sorts of rare ores, statues and paintings. He wanted every bit of them. When the robber got there, the door was open, 'Oh, no!'.

Can you solve these magic squares in under 3 minutes to close and lock the doors!!!

0+0+0	=30
0+0+△	=45
0+△+⬛	=52

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☆+☆+☆	=45
☆+☆+⯁	=57
☆+⯁+⬢	=100

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UPPER SCHOOL MATHEMATICIANS

Timetables Practice

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MULTIPLICATION GO!

MULTIPLICATION GO! is a family friendly game made for fun and practicing

timetables. Suitable for grade 5 and up.

How to play:

Here’s how to play MULTIPLICATION Go in a few simple steps.

Firstly assign one player as host (The host will call out the equations).

Next grab a piece of paper per person which is for working out. But most importantly one for the host which is the score sheet. Write each player's names on the score sheet as the host will keep track of everyone's scores.

After that the host will call out equations. The first player to have the answer has to shout ‘MULTIPLICATION GO!’ and then they win a point.

How to win!

The winner has to have the most points at the end of the game. (The end of the game is when you run out of equations.)

EQUATIONS

1. 279x9 1. 322x4

2. 345x89 2. 880x6

3. 669x4 3. 997x5

4. 779x11 4. 674x32

5. 998x22 5. 543x12

6. 103x45 6. 705x43

7. 886x6 7. 324x8

8. 990x41 8. 985x12

9. 365x6 9. 653x7

10. 987x24 10. 791x7