Open-ended Maths Question: Mystery Animals
In Ruma Hihi we have been using our problem solving skills to work on open-ended Maths questions. Here's one we are currently puzzling over:
You look out the window at some animals, altogether they have 10 legs. How many animals can you see? How many legs does each of them have?
Have a go and post your answers in the comments below!
e.g. one spider, one person running away! 8+2=10!
Position and Orientation Song
This classic children's story is a great way of introducing positional language - you can make up your own actions or go on your own hunt outside!
Subitise
Fractions Song
Fractions Down On The Farm by Math Dog Media.
2D Shape song
3D shape rap song
If you know your doubles and halves up to 20 it's really easy to work out addition and subtraction problems with larger numbers. Here are some videos to help you practise.
Doubles 1-20
Doubles 1-10
Doubles 12-20
Doubles song (Addition)
Halves song (Subtraction)
Counting by Twos
Counting By @s by Mr R.
Skip Counting in 2s By Silly School Songs
Skip Count By 2. Learning Station
Skip Counting 2s, 5s, 10s
Making Ten is a really useful strategy for adding and subtracting. If you learn what makes 10 it'll make using the strategy really simple.
Place value is the value, or amount each number is worth. We start by reading numbers in ones, tens and hundreds and move onto bigger numbers. It's important that our year 3 and 4 students understand that numbers such as 793 are place holders and really mean 700 + 90 + 3.
This video isn't a song like the others, it is a lesson that explains place value really well.
It's important that we know the difference between teen numbers (10 and more extra numbers, such as 13, 14, 15...), and 'ty' numbers (numbers that are groups of 10, such as 30, 40, 50...)
Teen Numbers
A video song with a worried bird who cannot learn place value. In this song place value means to correctly read numbers.
Days of the Week. Learning Station
Months of the Year. Jack Hartman
Months of the Year. Dream English Kids
Open-ended Maths Question: Mystery Animals
2 tigers and a person running away from it (Nelle), 2 tigers and a kangaroo (Leo), 1 bunny and a butterfly (Bella), 2 Tyrannosaurus Rex and one fire dragon (Carter), 2 bunnies and one person (Sophie),
ReplyDelete2 Bears plus a Tyrannosaurus Rex (I'm not counting his little hands I'm just counting his feet. by Stella), 1 fireflies and a person and a swan (Reuben), 2 rhinos and a chimpanzee walking on 2 legs (Gray), 2 bunnies and one person (Nelle), 10 people with one leg each broken off (Leo), one flea and one bunny (Leo), 2 unicorns and one person (Leo), one firefly and one bunny (Leo), 3 hunters and one Siberian tiger (Max), 2 dogs and one person (Alex), 5 people (Charlie), 2 humming birds and 3 people (Charlie), 2 bunnies and one person (Bella), 2 bunnies and one Tyrannosaurus Rex (Crystal).
ReplyDeleteTwo puppies and one parrot (Sophie), one robot with two legs, one person and a dog and a parrot (Riley), two ponies and one person (Bella), one cat and one dog and one person (Arliah-Rose), one horse, one kitten and one person (Sophie), one horse with a butterfly (Mackenzie), one unicorn and a robot and a baby unicorn (Carter), a spider and a bird (Arliah-Rose), one unicorn, one parrot and one cat (Sophie), 2 puppies and a baby (Bella), one person, one horse and one tiger (Sophie).
ReplyDeleteOne space ranger and 4 monsters 2+8=10 or 2+2+2+2+2=10 or 2,4,6,8,20 (Cameron), a butterfly and a bunny 6+4=10 (Stella), one firefly and one person and another person 6+2+2=10 (Reuben), one dinosaur (TRex) and one lobster 2+8=10 (Cameron), one deer and one big pig from the wild bush and a chimpanzee 4+4+2=10 (Max), 2 caracal cats and one person (Charlie), two tigers and one duck (Charlie), two birds, two owls and one TRex (Crystal), one tiger and one butterfly 4+6=10 (Oliver), 2+2+2+4=10 (Oliver), two birds and one beetle 2+2+6=10 (Stella).
ReplyDeleteWow Ruma Korimako we can see you have all been using your imaginations to answer our Maths question! I love how you have included some really interesting animals like T-Rex's and fireflies! From Ruma Hihi
ReplyDelete2 rhinos and 1 chimpanzee 4+4+2=10 (Gray), 1 firefly and 1 bunny 6+4=10 (Leo), 1 octopus and 1 person 8+2=10 (Janelle), 2 dogs and 1 person 4+4+2=10 (Emily), 1 bunny and 1 butterfly 6+4=10 (Xiangyi), 1 caterpillar and 1 bunny 6+4=10 (Rosie), 2 lions and 1 person feeding them 4+4+2=10 (Nelle), 2 people and 1 butterfly 2+2+6=10 (Alex)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great open ended question to work on Ruma Hihi. We would love to hear what some of your ideas were.
ReplyDeleteRuma Korimako you have inspired us to be creative with figuring out what animals we could see so that there are 10 legs altogether.
Here's some of our thoughts:
Matilda says: one koala, one giraffe and one person. 4+4+2=10.
Ryan says: one 10 legged beast and a worm. 10+0=10.
Milly says: one person and one octopus. 2+8=10.
Isaac says: one penguin and one spider. 2+8=10.
Maxine says: one flea and one water spider. 6+4=10.
Emily says: a peacock, a tiger and a horse. 2+4+4=10.
Hollie says: 2 giraffes and one human. 4+ 4+2=10.
Tammy says: 2 cats and one human. 4+4+2=10.
Logan says: 2 sloths and one jerboa. 4+4+2=10.
Marcus says: Charlotte the sheep (who has six legs) and two ostriches. 6+4=10
Maddy says: 3 T-Rex and one horse. 2+2+2+4=10.
Fynn says: one dingo, one cheetah and a person. 4+4+2=10.
Claudia says: one person and one spider. 8+2=10.
Noah-Lee says: one lobster and Ekkam. 8+2=10.
Ava says: one fly and one sheep. 6+4=10.
Ekkam says: 2 creepers and one Noah-Lee. 4+4+2=10.
Lila says: 2 deer and one rabbit. 4+4+2=10.
Kelton syas: 5 snorlaxs. 2 x 5=10.
Zoe says: One African crested porcupine, two coral harpooners and a mountain hawk and a hummingbird. 4+1+1+ 2 + 2 =10.
Alexis says: 3 cyclops and one dragon. 2+2+2+4=10
Well done on your great ideas Ruma Kea! Your ideas are good.
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