Position and Direction - Describe Position - Starter

The 'Fluent in Four' revision segment for Year 5 students in their Summer Term Week 8 begins with a mathematical challenge that combines place value and addition. Pupils are tasked with adding numbers consisting of thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones. For example, they must calculate the sum of '4 thousands, seven hundreds and 38 ones' with '8 tens, 5 hundreds and 6 ones', testing their understanding of the base-ten number system and addition without carrying over. Additionally, they are asked to solve a problem involving time, specifically converting a digital clock reading of '21:21' to the traditional format of '21 past 9 p.m.'.

The revision exercises also include a practical application of mathematics in a real-world context. Students must determine the average number of tangerines in a garden that measures 38 metres by 56 metres, given that one square metre yields an average of 69 tangerines. This problem not only incorporates multiplication but also challenges students to apply their understanding to estimate a large quantity. Furthermore, there is a task to round the populations of cities—Manchester, Liverpool, and Leeds—to the nearest 100, 10,000, 10, 100,000, and 1,000, which reinforces the concept of place value and rounding numbers. The session concludes by guiding students through the process of calculating the size of an angle without the use of a protractor, encouraging them to use geometric reasoning and previously learned mathematical principles.