Five a Day - Calculations - Solve problems all 4 operations 2

The 'Maths Five a Day' resource provides a set of five mathematics questions designed to resemble the style of SATs exam problems, covering all four basic arithmetic operations. These questions are intended to be used as a warm-up activity to gauge students' understanding and to facilitate retrieval practice at the start of a lesson. Each question is followed by an answer slide, allowing for immediate feedback and clarification. For example, one of the questions presents a scenario where there are 3,300 crayons in a box, with Class 1 and Class 2 taking 550 crayons each. The task is to determine how many crayons Class 3 would receive, assuming that five other classes take an equal number of the remaining crayons.

Another question involves Mungo, who purchases a combination of large and small boxes of biscuits, with the challenge being to calculate the total number of biscuits bought. Additionally, there's a practical application question where a chef uses a certain amount of flour to make cheese sauce, and students must work out how many pans he can make from a given bag of flour. In a different problem, Mr Wilson picks a variable number of apples each day over a month, and students must figure out the greatest number of apples he could have picked in September. Lastly, Dermot's task involves making booklets from packets of paper, and students are asked to determine how many complete booklets he can create. These exercises not only test arithmetic skills but also encourage problem-solving and critical thinking.