Money - Working with Money Activity - Starter

The 'Working with Money' activity is a practical exercise designed for Year 4 students, focusing on their arithmetic skills as part of their Summer Term learning. The activity kicks off with a 'Fluent in Four' revision section, which includes a range of multiplication and division questions that serve as a warm-up. For example, students are asked to find the number that, when multiplied by 7, equals 49, or to determine the product of 28 and 24 when it is known that the result is 6 times a certain number. Additionally, they practice telling time by identifying what time it is 29 minutes past 6.

The core of the activity involves real-life applications of maths, particularly in handling money. Leanna has £10 and spends £2 and 99p; students are tasked with calculating the amount of change she should receive. This not only tests their subtraction skills but also their understanding of working with pounds and pence. Another challenge is to determine the perimeter of a rectilinear shape, with each square on the grid measuring 1cm by 1cm, reinforcing their knowledge of measurement and the concept of perimeter. The activity wraps up with a part-whole model exercise, where students break down numbers into hundreds, tens, and ones to better understand division. For instance, they divide 600 by 3 and then further break down the division into smaller, more manageable parts.