Good morning P6/7!

Happy Friday! First week of Lock in complete! Stay safe!

Starter:

Revise the months of the year poem 30 days hath September, April, June and November, all the rest have 31, except February alone which has 28 days clear or 29 in a leap year.

Sort the calendar months below into the correct order.

Then write how many days are in each month.

March
November
December
June
February
August
July
April
October
May
January
September

Which is the shortest month?

What month has 30 days and 4 letters in its name?

If Helen was born in June, and Simon was born three months later, in which month was Simon born?

What is the 7th month of the year?

Which month comes before November?

Activity:  Square Numbers

Yesterday in our starter we learned to square a number: we multiply it by itself. e.g. 4 squared (written as 4²) = 4 x 4

4²  = 16

So, when a number is multiplied by itself, the answer is a ‘square number’.

Square the following numbers.  If you need to, you can draw arrays to help you:

1. 4
2. 7
3. 9
4. 7
5. 15
6. 18
7. 20
8. 30

Which numbers multiplied by themselves, give the following:

9. 1
10. 64
11. 9
12. 100
13. 25
14. 121
15. 144

 

A square has four sides which are all the same length. Each angle is a right angle (90°).

What is the area of a square whose side is:

16. 6cm in length
17. 8cm in length
18. 25cm in length
19. 100cm in length

 

Let’s build on our learning……Now that we know about SQUARE NUMBERS let’s learn the opposite of Square Numbers- SQUARE ROOTS

The square root sign is √ . √16 means the square root of 16.

Challenge:

• How many tiles are there if there are 2 tiles across and 2 tiles up? 5 tiles across and 5 tiles up? 7 tiles across and 7 tiles up?
• If there are 16 tiles altogether, how many tiles are there in each row? 64 tiles altogether? 81 tiles altogether?
• If 3 ² means 3 × 3 and 4 ³ means 4 × 4 × 4, what do you think 6 ⁴ and 7 ⁵ mean?

 

Plenary:

http://www.math-play.com/square-root-game.html