Grade 4 - Numeracy

You will need your work from the last flyer (Create Your Garden Design) to complete some of these activities. Go to V4 AT-Home Learning Package (click on the link)

Get Your Supplies (15-30)

You will need the following supplies for your garden. Determine the number of each supply that you will need based on the area of the plots in your garden.

Did you know that not all gardeners use seeds and/or fertilizer from packages. Ask an elder, person in your household, or a friend who regularly gardens where their seeds or fertilizer might come from.

Pay for Your Supplies (15-30)

You will need to buy supplies for your garden.

Complete the Supply Costs chart below to find out how much money your supplies will cost.

Care for Your Vegetables (15 - 30 min)

You will need to water your vegetables 2 times each day for ¼ of an hour.

How many minutes will you water each day? What fraction of an hour will you water each day? How many minutes will you water each week? How many hours will you water each week? Create a schedule for watering your plants.

Add the time you will start and finish watering. Include a.m. and p.m. in your schedule.

Sell Your Vegetables (15 - 30 min)

Refer to the poster you might have made (called Advertise Your Sale from the last flyer).

How much will you charge for each bunch of vegetables you grow?

Which one will cost the most? Why?

Which one will cost the least? Why?

Calculate Your Earnings (15 - 30 min)

How much will you earn if you sell 10 bunches of each of your vegetables?

How did you decide to order your fractions?

Here are five more fractions.

How would you order these fractions and how do you know?

My Secret Number

A game to practice place value.

Materials: four sets of digit cards (1-9) ; each player draws a game board similar to the one shown

Choose a dealer. The dealer shuffles cards (all 4 sets of digit cards). Dealer flips over one card. Each player writes the number down in one column on their game board without letting the other players see. The player puts the number in the place they think will help them make the largest number possible. The dealer continues to flip over cards one at a time and each player writes the number in a column until all the columns are filled. Each player then reveals their number. The player with the largest number gets 5 points. If two or more players have the same number, they each get 3 points. You may play as many rounds as you like. The highest score wins!

Variation: This game can be adapted for larger (to millions) or smaller numbers.

Fraction Folding

Fold a piece of paper once. What fraction of the whole paper do you see? Fold it again.

What fraction of the whole paper do you now see? Challenge: Keep folding your paper. How many different fractions of the whole paper can you make by folding?

Martha’s Mental Math

When asked to find the answer to 37 - 8, Martha said: “37, 27, 29”. What was Martha thinking? Challenge: The sum of two numbers is 23 and their difference is 9. Find the numbers.

Division Dilemma

Why can’t you have a remainder of 4 when dividing by 3? Explain with an example.

Stick Dice

Players: 2 players

Materials: 6 Stick Dice and 12 Counting Sticks

Preparation:

Stick Dice: Create 6 stick dice. Find 6 flat sticks outside that can be decorated on one side. (You could also use tongue depressors or popsicle sticks.) Decorate one side only of each of the 6 flat sticks. Get creative- use pencils, markers, or paint to decorate your stick dice!

Counting Sticks:

gather 12 small sticks or toothpicks.

To Play: Players take turns tossing the 6 flat stick dice onto the ground. Players keep track of their score using the 12 small counting sticks. Different combinations will score different point values.

Scoring Combinations:

6 Blank Side Up/ 0 Design Side Up = 2 points

0 Blank Side Up/ 6 Design Side Up = 3 points

3 Blank Side Up/ 3 Design Side Up = 1 point

any other combination = 0 points

At the start of the game, the small counting sticks are in one main pile on the ground. Each player takes a turn tossing the flat stick dice. The player figures out what their score is for the round (according to the Scoring Combinations).The player collects that many small counting sticks from the main pile of counting sticks. Once the main pile is used up, players then collect counting sticks from each other. The first player to earn all 12 counting sticks is the winner.

Grade 6 - Numeracy

Put them in Order

Use your number cards to create five proper and/or improper fractions.Then put the fractions in order from least to greatest.

Regular and Irregular Polygons

In the climbing dome image you will find regular and irregular polygons. Can you find other objects, structures or articles inside or out that have these shapes? Can you draw or construct a figure with different polygons (regular and irregular)?

Get Creative

Use sidewalk chalk, rocks or sticks to create a series of transformations.

• Create a design (shape, outline of foot, hand or body- with assistance) similar to the activity “Creating Mandalas” in Literacy.

• Try to make another Mandala that shows a reflection, a translation and a rotation and practice different forms of transformations.

• Which transformation was more challenging and which was less challenging to create? Why do you think that is the case?

Can a translation ever look like a reflection?

Mystery Number

Can you find the mystery number using the clues below?

Saltwire: This activity has a required visual - See image “Grade 6 Numeracy Activity 8”

The number is odd.

It is a multiple of 3.

It is smaller than 7 x 4.

Its tens digit is even.

It is the greater of the two possibilities.

Search and Find

Find examples of real life situations where:

• A translation has happened (i.e a chess or checkers move, board games)

• A reflection has taken place (i.e, a pair of shoes, a shadow)

• A rotation has occurred (i.e pivoting when playing basketball, hands of an analog clock)

Record five of each and write how you know your examples are a translation, reflection or rotation.