Today’s Maths:
Workbook: 2A
Chapter 5: Length
Lesson 7: Solving Word problems
Links: Lesson 7
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Well done for making a good start on word problems yesterday. Today we’re going to have a look at multiplication problems.
Remember these can be solved using your times tables (multiplication) or using repeated addition. Can you remember what repeated addition means?
In the example above, you could count in 5s (repeated addition because you are adding the same number) or you could use your times tables.
Have a go at Worksheet 7. Remember to use CUBES to help you read the question carefully.
As there is only one worksheet, make sure you consolidate what you have learnt by doing this BBC Bitesize lesson.
If you want to challenge yourself, then have a go at this NRICH problem all about garlic. You’ll have to use your knowledge of times tables, as well as using trial and error to work out the answer. If you don’t get it right straight away (which is VERY likely!) Make sure you learn from it – write down the number you tried so you don’t try it again.
Dear Miss Carruthers,
I have completed the worksheet and it was fun!
I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂 Have a go at the BBC Bitesize lesson and the NRICH challenge as well.
Hi ? Miss,
I have done ✅ my maths no problem ? and it was fun.
Bye Bo
Well done Bo 🙂 Did you try the other activities too?
I have done my maths. I had everything right.
Great work Adrien 🙂
Dear Miss Carruthers, I finished the worksheet and the BBC Bitesize work. I tried the garlic challenge but i didn’t understand it ?♀️.
Well done for trying all the activities 🙂
If you want to try the garlic one again, then get some coins or counters to be the garlic. Start with the first instruction “Ben arranges the cloves into three rows and finds that he has one spare clove. How many cloves might he have had to start with?” and have one garlic in each row. How many do you have? Now, using that amount, try to rearrange it for the second instruction. If it doesn’t work, then you need to start again! Go back to the first instruction, but this time have two in each row. Good luck!
I finished my work it was hard.
Well done for trying Rafael. Did you do the BBC Bitesize lesson too?
I’ve completed my maths worksheet and the BBC Bitesize lesson. It was OK. I am going to do the NRICH activity also.
Well done! Good luck for the NRICH activity. I’ve given some starting points in a comment to Sophia B which you might find helpful 🙂
The homework was fine – but the garlic problem was really (!) tricky.
Well done Finley! Did you manage to solve the garlic problem? It was meant to be a bit more challenging 🙂
Hello Miss
I have done my worksheet and it was so easy.
Well done for working through it. Did you try the challenge?
Hi Miss, we completed the worksheets and the challenge. John says the garlic problem was the hardest challenge ever. We solved it by looking at the patterns and using trial and error.
Well done you two! It was meant to be a more challenging activity 🙂 Using patterns and trial and error is the BEST way to solve problems and uses very logical and mathematical thinking. Well done!
Miss I finished my math I got all the questions right.
Good work Layla! 🙂
Good afternoon Miss Carruthers,
we did the worksheet in math no problem and the White Rose math.
We will work on the garlic problem later with my mum.
Well done girls. Good luck with the garlic problem. Learn from others and try to spot the patterns to help you. Follow my start (in a reply to Sophia B in the comments) and use trial and error. Good luck!
Dear Miss Carruthers,
I did my Maths hw today. It was easier than the word problems with plus/minus.
Greetings from Sophia
Well done Sophia! I’m glad you found it easier today – knowing your times tables must have really helped you! I hope you didn’t feel angry doing it today 🙂
Dear Miss,
Maths done. We did the garlic question but it was very very very hard. My mum did it for me. The answer is 61. We wrote out multiples of 6 up to 100 and added 1 in a list. Then we did the same for 5 and were left with 3 numbers that were the same, 31, 61 and 91. Then we tried dividing it by 4 and 3. 61 is the only number that works for them all. It took a long time.
I’m glad your mum was able to help you Nadine 🙂 Now that you know the answer, can you work backwards and check that it works with each statement?
Dear Miss Carruthers,
All done and it was fun!
I’m glad you had fun doing your Maths today Marie 🙂
Hi miss
I did all my maths work.
Well done!