Fractions - Fraction of an amount - Starter

The 'Fluent in Four' revision exercise for Year 6, Autumn Term, Week 11, Day 2, challenges students with a variety of mathematical problems to enhance their numeracy skills. The tasks include subtraction of large numbers, such as taking nine hundreds, six tens, and three ones from five thousands, forty-two tens, and seven ones, yielding a result of 4,464. Students are also asked to draw diagrams to solve division problems involving fractions, for instance, dividing 8 by 7/4 and 4 by 5/3. Moreover, they are tasked with estimating the total number of school dinners prepared in a year, combining the 4,535 vegetarian meals with the 34,124 non-vegetarian meals. The exercise further includes a place value grid activity where students practice subtracting decimals, reinforcing their understanding of ones, tenths, and hundredths.

Continuing with the 'Fluent in Four' revision for Year 6, Autumn Term, Week 11, Day 3, students engage in multiplication and partitioning exercises. They calculate the product of 357 and 9, and find the result of half of 756 multiplied by double 4. The partitioning of fractions is another focus, where students multiply fractions such as 3/4 by 5, 4/7 by 6, and 2/5 by 4 to consolidate their fraction multiplication skills. Additionally, they analyze data from a table that lists the number of male and female apprentices, team members, team leaders, and directors, summing up to find the total numbers. The students are also presented with a reflective symmetry challenge where they must reflect a shape in the mirror line. The varied activities are designed to test and improve different areas of mathematical competence, from arithmetic operations to geometrical understanding.