Properties of Shape - Measure with a Protractor (2) - Starter

In a Year 5 mathematics session taking place during the Summer Term's fifth week, students engage with various tasks to enhance their numerical fluency and understanding of geometry. One of the activities involves measuring angles with a protractor. The students are presented with an angle and asked to read its measurement directly from the protractor. Another challenge presented to the students is a problem-solving question: Rosie opens a book and notices that the sum of the two visible page numbers is 759. The students are tasked with determining what the next page number would be, applying their knowledge of sequential numbering and arithmetic to solve the problem.

The lesson also incorporates the use of a bar model as a visual aid to help students grasp the concept of fractions and division. In this specific exercise, they are given the number 42 and asked to calculate one-seventh and five-sevenths of it. This is achieved by first dividing 42 by 7 to find one-seventh, and then multiplying this result by 5 to find five-sevenths. These exercises are designed to not only practice the specific skills of reading a protractor and understanding fractions but also to encourage logical thinking and the application of mathematical concepts in various contexts.