Converting Units - Kilometres - Starter

In the Summer Term of Year 5, a series of mathematical starters are designed to test and enhance pupils' fluency in various numerical concepts. One such starter involves the task of converting units and requires students to engage in a set of problems that revise their understanding and application of mathematical principles. For example, students are asked to perform addition with large numbers, specifically adding 65 thousands and 84 ones to 7 hundreds and 66 ones, which results in a sum of 7,350. Additionally, they are challenged to apply their knowledge of multiplication in a practical context by calculating the total number of sweets they would have if they bought 4 bags, each containing 32 sweets, arriving at a total of 128 sweets.

Another part of the starter focuses on coordinates and shapes, where students must find the coordinates of the final point to complete a rhombus on a grid. The coordinates given for three points of the rhombus are (2, 5), (5, 9), and (8, 5), and students must deduce the coordinates of the fourth point. Furthermore, the starter includes a part-whole model exercise, where students are to represent a number using a structured diagram, breaking down the number 8,415 into thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones. This activity reinforces their understanding of place value and the composition of numbers. The starter activities are designed to be both engaging and educational, ensuring that students practice and consolidate key mathematical skills.