Here are the answers to today’s maths learning. Let me know how you got on.
TGB: finding 1/2
Starter
What is 10 more than 53? 63
What is 30 more than 65? 95
What is 50 more than 14? 64
What is 10 less than 26? 16
What is 70 less than 85? 15
What is 40 less than 78? 38
Here are some questions for you to have a go at.
Sort these shapes into 1/2 and not 1/2.
Share your sorting pictures with me.
Here are some questions for you to have a go at.
Which pictures show 1/2?
The blue rectangle and the red circle.
Here are some questions for you to have a go at.
Which pictures show 1/2?
The cookies, the tens frame and the cupcakes.
Here are some questions for you to have a go at.
Circle half the cupcakes.
Three cupcakes should be circled.
Here are some questions for you to have a go at.
Circle half the triangles.
Five triangles should be circled.
Here are some questions for you to have a go at.
Can you find ½ of these numbers? Use objects available to you if you need to.
Find ½ of 16. 8
Find ½ of 20. 10
Find ½ of 10. 5
Find ½ of 32. 16
Find ½ of 24. 12
Here are some questions for you to have a go at.
Can you find ½ of these numbers? Use objects available to you if you need to.
Find ½ of 4. 2
Find ½ of 6. 3
Find ½ of 8. 4
Find ½ of 40. 20
Find ½ of 60. 30
Find ½ of 80. 40
Challenge
Which one is the odd one out? Explain your answer.
The rectangle is the odd one out as it doesn’t have two equal parts.
Challenge
Miss Lotysz is asked to shade in half of a shape. This is what she shades in.
Is she correct? Explain your answer.
She is correct because there are 12 small squares and as long as she has shaded in 6 of those squares then she has shown one half.
Challenge
Miss Topliss has some gummy bears. She circles half of them.
How many gummy bears did she have at the start? 16
Extra Challenge
Can you think of a number and halve it?
Give a friend some clues and see if they can guess your starting number.
Post your clues in the classroom for your friends to guess.
Share your clues with me to guess.
Here is a game for you to have a go at once you have completed your learning.
Here is a game for you to have a go at once you have completed your learning.
Choose level 1 fractions for today’s game.
Don’t forget to share your maths learning with me, you never know it might feature on the blog.