Good morning Primary 6,
Look at that, it’s Thursday already. If days keeps flying past like this it will be Friday tomorrow before you know it.
How did you get on with yesterday’s maths questions?
Here are the answers
a) Joe – £18.66 , Jan – £20.12 , Dawn – £20.29 , Dave – £17.84
b) Dawn
c) Dave
d) £0.17
e) £12.71
This week we are going to work on some problems that involve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Calculate the answers to these questions in your jotter.
a) I bought a calculator, a pen and a pencil case from the internet and the bill came to £17.12. I remember that the calculator was £6.75 and the pen was £2.99. How much was the pencil case?
b) The bill for 4 of us at The Burger Pit, including drinks, came to £19.12. I paid for the drinks, £3.56, and the rest of the bill was split evenly between the four of us. How much did each of my friends pay for their food only and how much did it cost me for my meal and all the drinks?
c) I bought a matching pair of candlesticks that I didn’t need at 2 in the morning on Ebay for £14.92. My wife hated them. I sold one of them for £7.99 on Gumtree and the second one for £2.55, because it was rusty. How much did I lose on the deal?
d) Two chicken suppers and a sausage supper cost me £11.98. If the sausage supper is £2.40, what is the price of a chicken supper.
e) Gordon borrowed money from me. He paid me back eventually. He paid me £2.55 on the first week and followed this with 9 payments of £1.45. How much did Gordon borrow from me?
Remember, decimals make no difference to how you add, subtract, multiply or divide you only have to remember to keep the decimal points above one another, in a straight line.
This is not how we would write out sums to find the answer so don’t write them this way in your jotter. Use place value, carrying and decomposition (borrowing) to find your answers.
I’ll post the answers to these tomorrow or you can send me your answers at:
gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk
This week for spelling we’re looking at a spelling rule. The rule is, “Silent E for V and U”
To avoid words ending in a ‘v’ or a ‘u’ a silent ‘e’ is often added.
Here are a list of words which follow this rule.
give, love, have, live, carve, blue, due. true, glue, clue, twelve, forgive
Today try to LOOK, COVER, WRITE and CHECK your spelling words ahead of tomorrow’s test.
Here are the answers to yesterday’s comprehension exercises
I’ve assigned you some reading in Scholastic Books.
Here are three new comprehension exercises for today. You can choose to do as many of them as you wish.
I’ll post the answers tomorrow.
May is the month of Mary.
Find out what you can about the events that happened in Lourdes in France in 1858. Why do you think that Lourdes has become such an important place for Catholics?
For Health and Wellbeing today I would like you to write a Values Report about yourself.
|
Value |
My rating
(a) Pretty Good (b) Ok (c) I need to practise more |
My evidence for my rating |
| Honesty
Telling the truth Not stealing Owning up |
A time when I showed this value was when I … | |
| Fairness
Sharing Taking turns Playing by the rules Returning a favour |
A time when I showed this value was when I … | |
| Responsibility
Being on time Keeping promises Being reliable Doing what I say I will |
A time when I showed this value was when I … | |
| Support
Helping when it is needed Encouraging others Caring about others |
A time when I showed this value was when I … | |
| Cooperation
Working well with someone Sorting things out Doing my share |
A time when I showed this value was when I … | |
| Respect
Using good manners Asking permission before using other people’s things |
A time when I showed this value was when I … |
Remember you can still choose another task from your updated learning grid and there are other tasks on Sumdog, StudyLadder, FirstNews and Scholastic Books.
You can email me any of your work at:
gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk
Mr. McIntosh
