Time - Years, Months, Weeks, Days - Starter

In the Summer Term of Year 4, Week 6, Day 1, pupils encounter a series of mathematical challenges designed to enhance their fluency in basic arithmetic and conversion of time units. The starter activity involves a number-building exercise where students must combine different values, such as 'thirty-six ones', 'nine hundreds', and 'sixty-eight tens', with 'five thousands' and additional ones to find the sum. This exercise not only reinforces place value understanding but also tests their ability to perform multi-digit addition. In another task, students are asked to convert time measurements, starting with the conversion of one minute to seconds, and scaling up to find the number of minutes in 180 and 600 seconds, thereby strengthening their grasp of time and its conversion between units.

A pictorial representation task presents a visual approach to numeracy, where students interpret a series of images depicting hundreds, tens, and ones to identify the number represented. This visual method aids in reinforcing the concept of place value. Additionally, the worksheet includes multiplication problems that require students to apply their times tables knowledge. For example, they must calculate the product of thirty-six multiplied by seven, providing an opportunity to practice multiplication skills. The session is rounded out with more complex addition problems, where pupils must add together multi-digit numbers, further solidifying their arithmetic proficiency. These exercises are designed to be both educational and engaging, ensuring that students develop a strong foundation in key mathematical concepts.