Intro: What is numeracy? & What is mathematics?

1. View the images below and consider the difference between mathematics (maths) and numeracy.

Discuss student findings....

3. How are your numeracy and maths skills?

Warm up activities.

1. Shortest to tallest

Everyone stand up and move to the front of the room. Get in a line across the room where the classifier is height - from shortest to tallest, with the shortest person nearest the door to the corridor.

• what maths understandings did you need?
• what numeracy skills were you using?
• what literacy skills did you need?

2. Birthday order

Now re-position yourselves according to the order of birthdays in any year - from the last birthday in any year to the first birthday in any year, with the last birthday nearest the door to the corridor.

• what maths understandings did you need?
• what numeracy skills were you using?
• what literacy skills did you need?

3. Number heads

3 players will stand in front of the whiteboard. Teacher will write three numbers above their heads that they cannot see.

Each player will ask the class Yes/No questions about their number until they get a No answer. When they get a No answer it is the next person's turn to ask questions.

Sample questions:

• Am I an even number?
• Am I larger than 100?
• Do I have three digits?

The winner is the first person to correctly guess their number.

• what maths understandings did you need?
• what numeracy skills were you using?
• what literacy skills did you need?

4. 3 rolls to make 100

Each player needs a pencil and paper. The teacher needs 2 dice. The goal of the game is to make 100 with 3 dice rolls. The winner is the person closest to 100.

I will roll the dice and give you the two digits. You choose which order to use them in - for example - if I roll a 5 and a 2 you can use them as 25 or 52.

• I will roll the dice three times and each time give you the two numbers I rolled.
• Each time you will choose what number to make with them.
• You are going to add the 3 numbers together like this

Who has the number closest to 100?

• what maths understandings did you need?
• what numeracy skills were you using?
• what literacy skills did you need?

5. Have I got enough to buy?

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