Maths

Things you can do to help you with maths:


 * Get your friends and family to do quizzes for you and create quizzes for your friends
 * Try to use clocks and watches every day to help you tell the time
 * Do some cooking - weigh out all the ingredients really carefully and then make sure you cook it for the correct amount of time
 * Go on a number hunt - how many different numbers can you spot all around you in one day?
 * Go on a shape hunt - how many different 2D and 3D shapes can you find and name in your house/garden/at the swimming pool?
 * Add up shopping as you go around the supermarket - see if you can get the same total as the till!
 * Try to work out how much money you will save when you go shopping if there is a sale on.
 * Work out the fraction of each food you get at dinner, or what fraction of whole pizzas and cakes you get given.
 * Work out the ratio and proportion of all the different colours in a packet of sweets
 * Create patterns out of beads and give the ratio and proportion of your pattern
 * Invent maths games
 * Play 'guess my shape' by explaining the properties of the shape that you are imagining - make sure you use mathematical vocabulary
 * Play hangman using mathematical words and you must explain the definition to win the point.
 * Make brightly coloured posters to help you remember
 * Play bingo
 * Create crossnumber puzzles - like crosswords but with numbers instead!
 * Invent word problems for number sentences
 * Explain to someone the methods you learn for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
 * Try to solve sudoku puzzles in newspapers and magazines
 * Play Monopoly and be the banker


 * Two booklets for your family to help them understand how to help you:**



Find lots of interactive maths games here:

__**Place Value**__ Bead Numbers - http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/bead/index.htm

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__**Multiplication**__ Speed Tables - http://www.primaryworksheets.co.uk/stables/stables.html http://www.multiplication.com/ The ants go marching - [|__http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/AntsMarching.htm__] [|Multiplication table] [| -] []

__**Fractions, decimals and percentages**__ Beat the Clock - http://www.decimalsquares.com/dsGames/games/beatclock.html Fractions of amounts - http://www.freewebtown.com/weddell/mw/decimals/fraction%20of%20amount.swf

__**Time**__
Time for time - http://www.time-for-time.com/ Stop the clock - http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/draggames/sthec5.html - Can you beat your teacher by getting less than 12 seconds?

Hitting the Target
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__**Problem Solving**__ Math Maven's Mysteries - http://teacher.scholastic.com/maven/ MazeWorks - http://www.mazeworks.com/home.htm Nrich, brilliant for problem solving - http://nrich.maths.org/public/monthindex.php?mm=1

__**All sorts**__ Maths Playground - http://www.mathplayground.com/index.html Teachingpets - http://www.teachingpets.co.uk/numeracy56.htm Tutpup - http://tutpup.com/ Woodlands Junior Maths, a super site with hundreds of games and activities - http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/index.html ICT games - http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html Maths Zone - http://mathszone.co.uk/ Mental Maths games (must be downloaded first) - http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/maths/52/index.html Games such as countdown and 10 quick questions (must be downloaded first) - http://csfsoftware.co.uk/Count_info.htm Primary Interactive - http://www.primaryinteractive.co.uk/maths.htm Math Magician - http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Mathmagician/cathymath.html Gordon's - http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/14.cfm?p=125,index&zz=20060605123751308 Arcademic Skill Builders

If any of the links don't work let me know.
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