Year Five Maths

PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD AT HOME

Area and Perimeter

Collect a number of rectangular items…pieces of paper, books, envelopes etc. of different sizes.

Estimate the perimeter of each one to the nearest cm and write down the answers.

Now measure the lengths and widths and calculate the perimeters.

How close were the estimates?

Repeat this with another collection of rectangular items…And this time estimate the area in cm²

Measure and calculate the areas….how close were you this time? Any surprises?

Mobile Addition

Also a good way of familiarising children with important contact phone numbers of family members!

Provide your child with a range of mobile phone numbers.

How quickly can they find the total of the digits in the phone number?

E.g. Tel no. 47632 158290 Total = 47

Ask a range of questions about the totals, which can be later checked with a calculator.

E.g. What is the total of Mum and Dad? What is Mum + Granny – Dad?

Shopping Maths

Whilst out food shopping, ask your child to mentally add up the cost of certain items, or the whole bill if only a few items.

If paying by cash, ask them to calculate the change.

If you see items labelled, e.g.,‘2 for £3.50’, ask them to work out the cost of 1 item and what saving are they making by taking up the deal?

If you ’ re feeling generous, give them a small sum of money, e.g. £2 and challenge them to see how many items they can buy for that amount! Mental addition with an appealing end result!

Guess My Number

Choose a decimal number between 1 and 10 with one decimal place, e.g. 3.6

Challenge your child to guess the number by asking questions with a yes or no answer.

E.g. Is it more than 5?

Is the tenths digit below 7?

Is the units digit a multiple of 3?

Repeat by asking the child to think of the number to start.

You can make the game harder by limiting the number of questions they can ask.

One for the Car

Each player selects a different car number plate. Make the smallest and largest numbers you can each with 1 decimal place. Eg1.8 and 8.1

Find the difference between the two numbers eg 8.1 - 1.8 = 6.3

Whichever player has the largest difference wins 10 points. Add up your scores when you have decided its time to finish.

You could change it so 10 points goes to the person with the smallest difference.

Take it in turns to choose a 2 digit number from the board. Roll the dice…if you roll a 1, roll again. If your 2 digit number divides exactly by the dice number then cover it with a counter. If it doesn’t then play passes to the other player.

The winner is the first to get a specified number of counters on the board.