Archives for "May, 2010"

Posted by Peter on 4th May 2010

Year 2 Shape and money investigation

Circles, triangles, rectangles and hexagons can be bought in the shape shop. They are priced according to the number of sides. Circles cost 1p hexagons 6p etc. What shapes can be bought for 20p? A good challenge which uses knowledge of shape, counting money and logical thinking. There are a large number of possibilities with [...]

Posted by Peter on 3rd May 2010

Year 4: 3, 4, 6, 8 and 10 times tables

How well are tables known? Here is a quick sheet to see how well the 3x, 4x, 6x, 8x and 10 times tables are known. Probably the two hardest of these are the 6 times and 8 times tables and whilst it is well worth knowing that the six times table is double the 3x [...]