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.

This week, some of the maths questions relate to the Class Reward Jars, which are designed to reinforce the SWPBS values each week.

MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICIANS

The Invisible Squirrel

There was once a girl named Lizzy. One day when she was walking her dog she stumbled across a gigantic tree! Lizzy screeched, as she looked at the tree she saw the wood sparkle. She looked up at the leaves, they were gold, with tiny bugs crawling over them. There were flowers of all colours, Lizzy climbed the tree to get closer to the flowers, she touched a petal…

One hour later Lizzy opened one eye. She could not believe it, she was a squirrel! She reached out her paw and touched the flower petal again, the flower turned into a whole load of codes! Can you help Lizzy figure them out?

20 +20

562 +207

76 -22

26 +36

96 -51

662

-333

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A	909	H	2	O	62
B	61	I	265	P	11
C	329	J	569	Q	15
D	42	K	45	R	2162
E	96	L	54	S	608
F	101	L	1000	T	80
G	599	M	769	U	40

Pom Pom Jar Questions

In a class pom pom jar, there are 80 pom pom. 2 sixteenths are red, 3 eighths are green and the rest are yellow. Find out how many pom poms are red, green and yellow.

UPPER SCHOOL MATHEMATICIANS

Fun Maths Questions

If a pizza is cut into 8 equal slices what percentage as a decimal is one slice?

I have to share a cupcake between three of my friends and I. How much cupcake will we each receive as a fraction and a decimal? Show me as many ways as you can a half then a quarter.

Pom Pom Jar Questions

If a quarter of the Pom Pom jar is filled and 78 fit. How many fill up half the jar? How many pom poms are in the jar if there is 3 quarter fit?

A fifth of the jar is filled. If two fifths of the jar fits 36. How many Pom Poms fit in one fifth?

Answers from last week :Junior School 86 − 53 = 33 books. Example toy order: Toy car,Teddy bear, Basketball hoop. Middle School: Basketball Total points = 87,Game 1 = 21 points, Game 2 = 17 points. Games 3 and 5 cannot be worked out exactly because the numbers do not divide evenly. Library Answer: 405 books

6 Times Table:6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60, 66, 72

7 Times Table: 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63, 70, 77, 84

8 Times Table: 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80, 88, 96

Multiplication Go Answers: Set 1:2511,30705,2676,8569,21956,4635, 5316, 40590, 2190, 23688, Set 2,1288,5280, 4985, 21568, 6516, 30315, 2592, 11820, 4571, 5537.

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