July 20th

Padlet – I can solve word problems involving multiplying and adding

Have a go at the following maths related word problems, once you have an answer add it to our class Padlet, using the link below:

http://padlet.com/whartonprimary/year4maths

Solve each problem before tackling the next.  There are 4 to solve.

Bronze

1. There are 11 people in a cafe.  20 more people come in.  How many are there altogether?

Bronze

Silver

1. There are 55 apples in a box.  38 children have one each.  How many are left?

Silver

Gold

1. The school library has 890 books.  The books are divided equally between 10 shelves.  How many books are there on each self?

Gold

Powerlines

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Powerlines/powerlines1.html

Powerlines

Cool Math Games

http://www.coolmath-games.com/1-number-games

coolmathgames

Firstly, we discussed how the police often rely on witness descriptions when looking for suspects.  Children were given a picture of a famous celebrity and had to give a detailed description to their partner in order to identity the suspect.