Fractions - Simplify Fractions - Starter

In a mathematics lesson for Year 6 during the Autumn Term on Week 8, Day 2, students are presented with a series of arithmetic and problem-solving activities to develop their fluency with numbers. The 'Fluent in Four' revision exercise starts with a subtraction task where students must calculate the difference between 8,003 (eight thousand and three) and 896 (six ones, nine tens, and eight hundreds), leading to an answer of 7,107. Following this, they are challenged to determine the correct relational symbol (<, >, or =) to complete statements involving the division of numbers such as 135 and 225 by unknown divisors to result in quotients like 9, 45, and 27.

Another interesting problem posed to the students involves a scenario with Rosie opening a book to find two sequentially numbered pages that sum up to 759. The students must deduce what the next page number would be after the two she is looking at. Through calculation, they discover that the next page number is 380. Additionally, students are tasked with dividing the decimal number 357.6 by 100 and comparing the result to other decimal numbers, practising their understanding of place value and division. These exercises are designed to reinforce mathematical concepts and ensure students are proficient in working with a range of numerical operations.