Place value - Round numbers within 100,000 - Starter

In a mathematics lesson designed for Year 5 students during the autumn term, the focus is on rounding numbers within 100,000 as well as reinforcing basic arithmetic and place value understanding. The session starts with a warm-up exercise where students are prompted to solve multiplication problems such as 8 x 9, and then move on to more complex calculations. The 'Fluent in Four - Revision' section encourages students to quickly answer a series of four questions, including arithmetic problems like finding the result of '4 eights more than 7 x 7' and partitioning numbers into tenths and hundredths.

The lesson continues with a variety of activities to deepen the students' understanding of numbers and their properties. One task asks students to identify whether an angle is acute, obtuse, or right, while another challenges them to order numbers in ascending order, reinforcing their knowledge of place value columns from ten thousand to one. Students also practice partitioning numbers in different ways, with examples provided that require breaking down a number into its constituent parts, such as hundreds, tens, and ones. This hands-on approach to learning about numbers helps students to visualise and better grasp the concept of place value and number partitioning.