Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division - Square and Cube Numbers - Starter

The Year 6 mathematics session for Autumn Term's Week 7, Day 3, includes a series of engaging activities to reinforce students' arithmetic skills and introduce them to more complex concepts such as square and cube numbers. The 'Fluent in Four' revision section challenges students with quick-fire calculations, such as multiplying 7 by 9, and a more complex problem involving the multiplication of 6 by 4 and the sum of 13 and 5. Additionally, students are tasked with completing a prime factor tree for the number 84, which requires them to break down the number into its prime factors, enhancing their understanding of number properties.

Further exploring data handling skills, the lesson plan guides students to draw a graph based on given rainfall data over several months, from July to December, with measurements ranging from 25 mm to 50 mm. This exercise helps them visualise and interpret real-world data. The session also includes a geometry problem where students must determine the measures of missing angles, given three angle measurements: 55°, 75°, and 95°. The solution reveals the two missing angles as 85° and 50°. These diverse activities not only consolidate students' calculation abilities but also develop their problem-solving and data interpretation skills, which are crucial for their mathematical proficiency.