Five a Day - Number - Number problems

"Maths Five a Day" presents a series of five SATs style questions under the category of Number Problems, designed to challenge Year 6 students' understanding of multiplication and comparison of quantities. Each question is crafted to mimic those found on past SATs papers, providing pupils with a realistic taste of the tests they will encounter. The questions require students to perform tasks such as identifying two numbers that when multiplied together result in a specific target number, like one million or half a million, and deducing possible original numbers from a given product after multiplication and rounding.

For example, one question asks students to circle two numbers from a given list that multiply to make one million, offering options such as 400, 2500, 25,000, and 40,000. Another question challenges them to determine how many times larger the United Kingdom is compared to Israel, based on their respective areas in square kilometres. This set of questions not only assesses students' numerical skills but also encourages them to engage in retrieval practice, an effective learning strategy. Teachers are advised to use these questions as a starter activity to gauge and reinforce students' knowledge, with answers provided on subsequent slides to facilitate immediate feedback and discussion.