Good morning Primary 6,
Here are the answers to yesterday’s maths problems.
1 a) Three thousands b) Four hundreds c) Seven tens d) one unit
2 a) Five thousand b) Five tens c) Five units d) Five hundreds
3 a) Three thousand, eight hundred and seventy b) Nine thousand and fifty one
c) Twelve thousand and forty five d) Twenty thousand and forty
e) One hundred and twenty thousand, four hundred and twenty seven
f) Eight hundred thousand, three hundred and fifty
g) Seven hundred and two thousand and fifty
h) Nine hundred and nine thousand and ninety
4. a) 910 b)20,050 c) 60,006 d) 100,001 e) 909,000 f) 111,011 g) 1,000,000
How did you get on?
Some of you have been emailing me your answers at
gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk
Today, I want to look at rounding.
Think about the number 27. It sits between 20 and 30 on the number line.
These are the closest TENS to 27, but which is closest?
27 is 7 steps away from 20 but only 3 steps away from 30 so if we are rounding to the nearest TEN then 27 is rounded (nearer) to 30.
We say that, “27 rounded to the nearest ten is 30.”
The rule is:- If a number has a 1, 2, 3, or 4 in its units then we round down.
Examples – 24 rounds down to 20, 61 rounds down to 60, 353 rounds down to 350,
27,451 rounds down to 27,450
If the number has 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 in the units then we round up.
Examples – 58 rounds up to 60, 69 rounds up to 70, 397 rounds up to 400,
1,456 rounds up to 1460, 27,305 rounds up to 27,310
1.Round these numbers to the nearest 10
a) 46 b) 82 c)19 d) 84
e) 146 f) 181 g) 219 h) 424
i) 65 j) 195 k) 203 l) 888
2.There were 137 pupils at the school dance. Round this to the nearest 10.
3.It is 432 miles from my home to my secret submarine. Round this to the nearest 10 miles.
4.My bed is 196cm long. Round this to the nearest 10 cm.
5. After a lottery win was shared out each winner received £476. Round this to the nearest 10 pounds.
Write your answers in your jotter and I’ll post them tomorrow. You can also send them to me at
gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk
There are more questions like this in your Sumdog challenge this week and in your Studyladder learning pod.
Here is Cressida Cowell reading Chapter 11 (part 2) of, “How to Train your Dragon.”
The Hairy Hooligans have turned to the book, “How to Train your Dragon” to find out how to deal with the enormous sea dragon that is sitting on their beach. The advice is, “Yell at it!”
After listening to the chapter review the advice given in the book. Would you say that it was successful?
We know that yelling does work for smaller dragons so is the advice all bad?
Can you think of any way that the Hairy Hooligans could have followed the advice to, “Yell at it.” and it would have worked?
We also have some new reading materials for you to work on. Your parents should have received a username and password for Scholastic Books yesterday. Follow this link
https://slz03.scholasticlearningzone.com/slz-portal/#/login3/GBRWY9D
To find a new reading book and quiz for you to complete in your jotter.
To wake your body up after all that work why not try these stretches
Today you could write a prayer thanking God for the things in your life that bring you joy and comfort.
Remember to keep working on an activity from your new homeworking grids.
Oh, and wash your hands!
Mr. McIntosh
