Money - Converting Pounds and Pence - Starter

In a numeracy task designed for Year 4 students during the Summer Term, children are presented with practical problems involving money and conversion between pounds and pence. They begin with a 'Fluent in Four' revision section that challenges their quick arithmetic skills with problems like "35 ÷ 7 =". The main activity requires students to round monetary amounts to the nearest pound using a number line for visual aid. The amounts range from £7.77 to 707p, illustrating different representations of money. Furthermore, a real-life scenario is given where Leanna spends a total of £102 on bags and mugs, with bags costing £12 each. Students must calculate, using a bar model, how many mugs Leanna can buy if she has already purchased 7 bags. This task integrates multiplication and subtraction within a contextual problem.

The exercise continues with a set of division problems represented in different formats, such as "2 hundreds, eighty tens and 2 ones divided by double 3 =". This encourages students to think about numbers in terms of place value and to apply division skills. Additionally, there is a visual fraction problem where students use counters to understand parts of a whole, with statements like "__1 5 = __2" leading to a complete set of five parts equalling 30 counters in total. These varied tasks are aimed at enhancing students' fluency in basic arithmetic operations while also developing their understanding of money and fractions in everyday contexts.