11th May 2010 - We must congratulate our team of four, Zoe N, Hannah C, James N, George W who took part in the annual Year 5 Maths Challenge at Burwell School. There were ten teams in this heat and our team came 5th! Great teamwork! The tasks included:
1) A memory round where two of the team looked at a pattern and then had to describe it to the other pair, who then had to draw the pattern.
2) Looking at properties of shapes and identifying their names
3) Answering a range of questions such as estimating and finding fractions of different measurements.
Perhaps you could have a go at this: they had to estimate the cost of a few items of shopping. What would you guess to be the cost of -
4 toilet rolls, a small tin of baked beans, a double kitkat bar and 6 small packs of raisins? One team estimated over £20! (Their teacher thought they must be shopping at Harrods!) Our team estimated £11! Let Mrs Piotrowski know what you think it would cost.
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