Week 6

Numeracy - Week 6

(week 6 printable at the bottom of page)

*** Please understand that you are not expected to complete all of these activities ***

It is suggested that you try to complete 4 - 6 activities per week. Of course, you are welcome to complete more if you wish :)

I have included many options to give you a variety of ideas to choose from.

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• You are planning to serve cake to 40 people. Each cake is cut into 6 slices. How many cakes will you need to buy? Will you have extra slices?

If each cake costs $9.00 how much will it cost to buy all of the required cakes?

• Find and name a variety of items in your home that can be purchased at the grocery store that come packaged in a rectangular prism. If you are not sure what a rectangular prism is, look it up :) Why do you think a rectangular prism is a popular shape for packaging?

• If you rolled a dice 20 times, how often do you think you would roll a 5? Test your prediction. Roll your dice 40 times. How are the results the same or different?If someone drove 56 km for work each day, how many km would they drive in one month? Would they drive the same number of kilometres each month?

• Think of a 3D solid. How would you describe that solid? Give someone clues about the solid you have in mind. Are they able to figure out what you are describing? Consider giving clues about the number of faces, edges or vertices.

• What could be the missing numbers be in this equation?

♥ ÷ 6 = Δ ÷ 3

What do you notice about the various possibilities?

• If you toss a coin 6 times or 100 times, will the probability of the coin landing tails change? Explain your reasoning. Flip a coin 100 times and see how your actual results compare to the theoretical probability.

• Describe 3 growing patterns in the multiplication table below:

Explain each pattern.

• Numeracy Week 6 printable