Converting Unit - Miles and Kilometres - Starter

In a mathematics lesson tailored for Year 6 students during the Spring Term, Week 7, Day 4, the focus is on enhancing fluency in numerical operations and conversions. The 'Fluent in Four - Revision' section challenges students to apply their understanding of place value and division to solve problems such as dividing a number comprised of six ones, four hundreds, and five tens by six ones. Additionally, students must interpret division of a larger number, like 11,504, by six. The lesson also includes a practical application of multiplication and conversion skills, where students are asked to calculate the collective weight of 57 blocks of cheese, each weighing 930 grams, and to express their answer in kilograms.

Moreover, the lesson plan encourages the use of pictorial representations to help students understand the relationships within a fact family, and they are prompted to complete a table to demonstrate their comprehension. In the table, students fill in missing values to create accurate multiplication and division equations. The lesson also includes a conversion activity, where students convert a given number of days into weeks and days, reinforcing their understanding of time and the number of days in a week. For example, they are asked to convert 18 days, 39 days, 103 days, and 90 days into the equivalent number of weeks and additional days. This multifaceted approach to learning ensures that students become adept at various arithmetic operations and practical applications of their mathematical knowledge.