St Michael's Primary School Ashburton

Maths Monthly

Mrs Rachael Lo Ricco

March 

 

We have kicked off the year with many exciting Mathematics activities! It has been lovely to see our students so engaged in their learning whether it be counting, graphing, collecting data or finding shapes! 

 

Make sure you check our our Maths Wall with the Challenge and Joke of the Week! This will be updated every Thursday! 

 

Monthly article: Parents should be children's first maths teachers: 

https://www.educationtoday.com.au/news-detail/Parents-should-be-children-3437 

 

Monthly Mathematics Game you can play at home! 

Prep - Year Two 

Year Three - Year Six 

Mountain

Simple 2-3 player game to learn about number recognition.

 

Equipment:

Paper or whiteboards and markers

1 six sided dice

 

How to play 

  1. First draw a mountain game board for each player as shown below (funny face optional!)
  2. The object of the game is to be the first to climb your mountain, in number order, and then descend the other side.
  3. Player One rolls the dice and hopes for a 1 in order to cross the number 1 off the mountain. Players must ascend in order, so cannot cross off the 2 until they have crossed off 1.
  4. Play continues until someone has made it all the way up their mountain and down the other side in the correct order with the correct rolls.

Variations: 

Use a 10 sided dice and a bigger mountain! 

For a harder version, make the mountain higher (e.g. 10+) and

introduce 2 or 3 dice. Players can add the numbers on the dice.

The Six Circle Problem

Is it possible to put the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 in the circles so that the sums of the three numbers on either side of the triangle are the same?

 

 

The Eight Circle Problem

Is it possible to put the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 in the circles so that the sums of the three numbers on either side of the square are the same?