Friday, July 8, 2011

Numbers to 20

(A) Which number between 1 and 10 is written in English using the same number of letters as the number itself? __________

(B) What number between 1 and 10 rhymes with a number between 11 and 20? __________

(C) How many times do you use the numeral “1” when you write all the whole numbers from 10 to 20? __________

(D) Which number between 1 and 10 has the most occurrences of the letter “e” and has not yet been used in this list?

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Workshop 1

I have one dollar - $1.00

If I buy one iceblock for 40c have much change do I get?

If I buy one pencil for 35c how much change do I get?

I need two pencils. What will that cost me? How much change will I get from $1?

Mary and Dickon bought an iceblock for 25c each. How much did they spend altogether? If they paid with a one dollar coin, how much change did they get?

The teacher makes fudge and brings it to school. There are 27 pieces, but only 19 children. How many pieces are left over?

Can you write that as a number sentence in two ways. First as a horizontal sum, then as a vertical one.

Two children in the class have a box of cupcakes that they share. There are 24 of them – how many do they each get?

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Rounding off

1a. Round 323 to the nearest ten.

1b. Round 331 to the nearest hundred.


2a. Round 670 to the nearest ten.

2b. Round 175 to the nearest ten.


3a. Round 787 to the nearest ten.

3b. Round 196 to the nearest hundred.


4a. Round 90 to the nearest ten.

4b. Round 252 to the nearest ten.


5a. Round 267 to the nearest hundred.

5b. Round 56 to the nearest ten.


6a. Round 79 to the nearest ten.

6b. Round 404 to the nearest hundred.


7a. Round 314 to the nearest hundred.

7b. Round 224 to the nearest hundred.

Extra Maths

1 a. _____ + 80 + 900 = 982

1 b. _____ + 80 + 9 = 789


2 a. 6 + 20 + _____ = 126

2 b. 1 + 10 + _____ = 711


3 a. 7 + 50 + _____ = 457

3 b. 1 + _____ + 60 = 561


4 a. 4 + 50 + _____ = 154

4 b. 90 + 9 + _____ = 199


5 a. 5 + _____ + 900 = 925

5 b. _____ + 20 + 200 = 221


6 a. _____ + 100 + 80 = 185

6 b. 6 + 100 + _____ = 186


7 a. 60 + 7 + _____ = 867

7 b. 9 + _____ + 600 = 699


8 a. 20 + _____ + 600 = 626

8 b. 6 + 20 + _____ = 726


9 a. 6 + 0 + _____ = 506

9 b. 700 + _____ + 3 = 763


10 a. 7 + _____ + 800 = 857

10 b. _____ + 70 + 200 = 274

More Maths

1 a. 5 + 30 + 200 = ____

1 b. 50 + 7 + 100 = ____


2 a. 7 + 600 + 70 = ____

2 b. 500 + 20 + 1 = ____


3 a. 7 + 50 + 700 = ____

3 b. 5 + 60 + 200 = ____


4 a. 0 + 40 + 400 = ____

4 b. 1 + 500 + 80 = ____


5 a. 600 + 40 + 9 = ____

5 b. 0 + 10 + 100 = ____


6 a. 0 + 0 + 100 = ____

6 b. 8 + 50 + 800 = ____


7 a. 3 + 100 + 50 = ____

7 b. 8 + 30 + 900 = ____


8 a. 2 + 400 + 40 = ____

8 b. 7 + 40 + 200 = ____


9 a. 5 + 200 + 0 = ____

9 b. 20 + 0 + 200 = ____


10 a. 20 + 7 + 100 = ____

10 b. 4 + 90 + 900 = ____

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Yr 6 Maths problems

1. Uncle Bill was driving to Sydney when he spotted a big orange bunyip on the side of the road. He screeched to a stop, jumped out of his car. He saw the outline of a number on the bunyip. He couldn't quite see the number, but he knew it was a 4 digit number. And:
1) He remembered seeing a number 1.
2) In the hundred's place he remembers the number is 3 times the number in the thousand's place.

3) He said the number in the one's place is 4 times the number in the ten's place.

4) Finally he said the number 2 is sitting in the thousand's place.

What is the number?


2. Bugs Bunny decided to grow a garden so he could make salad. He wants to make it 10.1 m long and 4.2 m wide. However, in order to avoid peter Rabbit from entering his garden he must make a fence surrounding the garden. He decides to make the fence 11.2 m long and 5.0 m wide. What is the area between the fence and the garden?


3. Julie bought 7 shirts, one for each of her seven sisters, for $9.95 each. The cashier charged her an additional $13.07 in sales tax. She left the store with a measly $7.28. How much money did Julie start with?

4. Dan gave Charlie half of his cupcakes. Charlie gave Jane half of the cupcakes she received from Dan. Jane kept 8 of those cupcakes and gave the remaining 10 to David. How many cupcakes did Dan give Charlie?

Monday, March 29, 2010

Look here

1. Write 11.15pm in 24 hour time.
2. Find the sum of 403.3 and 6.08.
3. Which is greater, 1,009,708 or 10,000,090?
4. How many faces on a cube.
5. Write in figures, the number twenty-two thousand and four greater than nine hundred and eighteen thousand and sixty-seven.
6. What are the Roman numerals for 67, 451 and 1230?
7. What is one quarter of 4,517?
8. What is 42 times 68?
9. Multipy the sum of 48 divided by 12 by 6.
10. 3.04 + 366.9 + 3.67.


1. Write 5:21pm in 24 hour time.
2. Find the sum of 45.787 and 909.24.
3. Which is greater, 64,498,269 or 92,638,312?
4. How many edges in a triangular prism?
5. Write in figures, the number two hundred and seventy thousand and eighty-seven greater than twenty thousand and thirty-nine?
6. What are the Roman numerals for 423, and 18 and 3334?
7. What is one third of 246?
8. What is 3 times 546?
9. Multiply the sum of 90 divided by 30 by 9.
10. 45.23 + 92.34 + .81


1. Write 9:51pm in 24 hour time.
2. Find the sum of 27.8 and 47.01.
3. Which is greater, 400,020,590 or 412,000,633?
4. How many edges on a square pyramid?
5. Write in figures, the number nine hundred and ninety-four greater than forty-five.
6. What are the Roman numerals for 222, and 34 and 101?
7. What is one twelth of 1320?
8. What is 9 times 4000?
9. Multipy the sum of 81 divided by 9 by 36 divided by 4 .
10. 98.3+ 160.3 + .002.


1. Write 8:43pm in 24 hour time.
2. Find the sum of 839.6 and 86.05.
3. Which is greater, 212,058,392 or 212,085,668?
4. How many sides in a hexagonal prism?
5. Write in figures, the number sixteen million, eighty thousand and ninety-two.
6. What are the Roman numerals for 47, and 19 and 459?
7. What is one third of 666.66?
8. What is 3 times 465?
9. What is the sum of 80 divided by 4.
10. 307.4 + 82.06 + 877.3

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Quick sums

1. What are the Roman numerals for 7, and 100 and 94?
2. What is one third of 66?
3. What is 3 times 15?
4. Multipy the sum of 36 divided by 12 by 8.
5. 5.1 + 6.2 + 5.1.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Problem Solving

1. If I leave Canberra on the bus at 9.15 am, and get into Sydney three hours and fifteen minutes later, what time will it be?

2. If I have to be at a meeting at 11.30am, and it takes 37 minutes to get there, what time will I have to leave home?

3. If it takes 25 minutes to read a chapter in my book, and I want to read 3 chapters, how long will it take me?

4. If I am going to bake cookies, and each tray takes twelve minutes to bake, how long will it take, in hours and minutes, to bake six trays?

5. If I leave Sydney at 3.30pm, and drive for two hours, then have a fifteen minute break in Berrima, then drive for another hour and a half, how long will it take to get to Canberra.

6. If it takes forty-five minutes to make fudge, how long does it take to make two batches?

Monday, February 22, 2010

More Maths

- Days in a week
- Days in the month of June
- Days in the month of July
- Weeks in a year
- Months in a year
- Years in a decade
- Years in a century
- Years in a millenium
- Seconds in a minute
- Minutes in an hour
- Hours in a day
- Days in a fortnight
- Days in a year
- Days in a leap year

More Maths

1. What are the Roman numerals for 25 and 41 and 30?
2. What is one fifth of 20?
3. What is 50 times 3?
4. Multiply the sum of 44 divided by 11 by 6.
5. 5.5 + 3.3.

Extra Maths

1. What are the Roman numerals for 17, and 49 and 152?
2. What is one fifth of 95?
3. What is 52 times 3?
4. Multipy the sum of 8 divided by 2 by 7.
5. 3.1 + 7.5 + 7.2.

More Maths

1. Write 12 (noon) in 24 hour time.
2. Find the sum of 30.2 and 9.4.
3. Which is greater: 59,069 or 95,090?
4. How many faces on a rectangular prism.
5. Write in figures, the numbers seventy-nine and sixty-four.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Maths problems 1

1. Write 1:57pm in 24 hour time.
2. Find the sum of 47.06 and 17.6
3. Which is greater, 59,767,043 or 502,593,562?
4. How many edges on a triangular pyramid?
5. Write in figures, the number seventeen thousand and fifty-four greater than seventeen thousand and twenty-five
6. What are the Roman numerals for 222, and 34 and 1001?
7. What is one tenth of 46?
8. What is 11 times 27?
9. Multipy the sum of 64 divided by 32 by 4 .
10. 4.78 + 12.9 + .6

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Numeral Problems

1. Write this number 27, 546 in words. What is the place value of the 4?

2. Write this number 43, 719 in words. What is the place value of the 4?

3. Write this number 52, 909 in words. What is the place value of the 2?

4. Write this number 16, 783 in words. What is the place value of the 1?



Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Problems

Question #1
Ming and Andrew made a cake and cut it into 8 equal pieces. They gave 3 pieces to Susan. What fraction of the cake is left?
A. 7/8
B. 5/8
C. 3/8
D. 1/8



Question #2
Steve checked out a book and a video from the local library. They were three days overdue when he returned them. The fine was 15 cents for each day the book was overdue, and 25 cents for each day the video was overdue. How much did Steve owe?

A. $0.40
B. $0.45
C. $0.75
D. $1.20

Question #3
Paul had 1248 football cards. He gave away 1 quarter and lost 1 third of what was left. How many cards did he have left?



Question #4
Rachel opened her maths book and found that the sum of the facing pages was 243. What did the numbers say?



Question #5
Nobody knows how old Aunt Helen is but she gave a few clues. She had passed 1/20 of her life before she started school. She spent 3/20 of her life at school. She worked for 1/10 of her life before she got married. She was married for 2/5 of her life. Her husband died after 7/10 of her life. From reading Uncle Harry's Tombstone you find out she has been a widow for 24 years of her life. How old is Aunt Helen?



Question #6
Number of Pets. Which student(s) own more than 7 pets? b. Aaron gave two of her pets to Makayla. How many pets does Makayla have now? c. Which student(s) own fewer than 7 pets?



Question #7
Kerri has to be to school by 8:30. It takes her 5 minutes to brush her teeth, 10 minutes to shower, 20 minutes to dry her hair, 10 minutes to eat breakfast and 25 minutes to walk to school. What time will she need to get up?


Question #8
I gave away 50% of my marbles, and lost 25%. What percentage remained?


Question #9
How many tens in 21 000?


Question #10
Can I share 360 equally among 6?


Question #11
What is the cost of 9 items at 99c each?