Monday, 27 March 2017

Revision - Fractions

Write two equivalent fractions for the following fractions:

a) 1/2          f) 2/5          k)  5/6
b) 1/3          g) 3/5         l)   7/8
c) 1/4          h) 4/5         m)  1/10
d) 3/4          i) 1/5          n)   7/10
e) 2/3          j)  1/6         o)   3/10

Reduce the following fractions to lowest terms:

1) 12/36            6) 6/78
2) 15/60            7) 18/24
3) 32/40            8) 45/50
4) 24/60            9) 45/70
5) 36/60           10) 21/30

Which of the following fractions add up to 1? Out of the five fractions listed in each question, pick two that add up to1:

Hint: reduce them to lowest terms to find out

1)  2/3 , 3/4, 2/6, 1/2, 1/5

2)  4/5, 1/3, 1/4, 1/6, 2/10

3)  2/8, 3/4, 1/8, 1/6, 1/2

4)  3/8, 1/3, 3/4, 5/6, 5/8

5)  3/10, 1/3, 3/5, 1/5, 2/5

Match the following fractions in column A with that in column B that add up to 1:

             A                                          B
           1/6                                         4/5
           2/3                                         1/4
           1/5                                         1/2
           3/4                                         5/6
           1/2                                         1/3

Arrange the following fractions from smallest to biggest:

1)    1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/5, 1/3

2)     1/15, 3/5, 2/3, 2/5, 1/3

3)     1/2, 1/3, 5/6, 2/3,  1/6

4)    3/5, 3/4, 3/8, 3/7, 3/10

5)    3/10,  1/5,  7/10,  3/5, 3/15

Which of the following fractions is bigger?

1)      3/5     or        4/5
2)     1/6      or        2/3
3)     4/5      or       3/15
4)     2/3      or       4/5
5)     1/3      or       3/10
6)     3/7      or       2/5
7)     2/15    or       1/5
8)     4/5      or       3/10
9)     9/10    or       1/3
10)   3/4      or       2/8

How many halves are there in 1?

How many thirds are there in 1?

How many tenths are there in 1?

How many thirds are there in 5?

How many fifths are there in 3?

How many tenths are there in 4?

How many sixths are there in  6?

How many halves are there in 2 1/2?

How many quarters are there in 2  1/2?

How many quarters are there in 3  3/4?

1)  4/5    =   ?/20

2)   ?/6   =   5/30

3)  4/7    =   16/?

4)  3/10   =   ?/30

5)   5/8    =   ?/48

Add the following fractions:

1/2 +  3/4  = ----------

3/4  +  3/4  = ----------

2  1/4  +  3  1/2  = ---------

5  1/2  +  6  3/4  = ----------

7  1/4   +  7  1/2 = ------------

3  1/6  +   4  3/6 = ----------

2  7/8  +   3  1/8 = -----------

4  5/6   +   5  3/6 = ------------

7  1/2  +   3  3/4 = ----------

9 1/4  +   4  3/4 = ----------











KS2 Spelling list 3

Words ending in e - drop e and add 'ing':

give             giving
hope            hoping
lose             losing
share           sharing
shake           shaking
take             taking
write           writing
make           making
smile           smiling
make           making
raise            raising
escape         escaping
range           ranging
combine      combining
divide          dividing
include        including
exclude       excluding
challenge    challenging
survive        surviving
serve           serving
examine      examining
investigate investigating

Now it's your turn to add more words to the above list.

Words ending in vowel and consonant - double the consonant when adding 'ing' or 'ed':

plan      planning     planned
stop      stopping     stopped
drop     dropping     dropped
hop      hopping       hopped
grip      gripping      gripped
grab     grabbing      grabbed
occur    occurring    occurred
slip      slipping        slipped
chat     chatting
sit        sitting
hit        hitting
begin   beginning
swim   swimming







Tuesday, 14 March 2017

KS2 Spelling List 2

Plural words:

Words ending in y:

Rule: If the word ends in vowel and y, add s

Example:

key           keys                  
monkey    monkeys
valley       valleys
boy           boys
toy            toys
day           days
holiday     holidays
survey      surveys
delay        delays
journey    journeys
trolley      trolleys
way          ways
tray           trays
turkey       turkeys
delay         delays

You can add similar words to the above list.

If the words end in a consonant and y, remove y and add -ies:
spy              spies                     sky            skies
baby            babies                  berry         berries
story            stories                  jelly          jellies
city              cities                    canary      canaries
library          libraries               lady          ladies
dictionary    dictionaries          ability      abilities
delivery       deliveries             difficulty  difficulties
enquiry        enquiries              similarity  similarities
query           queries                 activity     activities
pharmacy    pharmacies           variety     varieties
injury          injuries                 diary       diaries
colony         colonies               enemy    enemies
cavity          cavities                
You can add similar words to the above list

Verbs ending in consonant and y: remove y and -ies(some of the following words are nouns also)

cry      cries           try        tries
reply   replies        study    studies
carry   carries        reply    replies
marry  marries      
fly       flies

Verbs ending in vowel and y: add s

play     plays
pray     prays
buy      buys
enjoy   enjoys
spray   sprays
stay     stays

Words ending in f:

Remove f and -ves

leaf       leaves            shelf   shelves
loaf       loaves            hoof   hooves
scarf     scarves
thief      thieves
wolf      wolves
half        halves
calf        calves
elf          elves

Exceptions:  chief    chiefs
                     chef     chefs
                     roof     roofs

Words ending in -fe:

knife  knives
life     lives
wife   wives

Words ending in o:

Rule: If the words end in a vowel and o, add s.
        
radio         radios
video        videos
studio       studios
igloo         igloos
kangaroo   kangaroos

If the words end in a consonant and o, add s or -es.

piano    pianos
photo   photos
zero     zeros

hero       heroes
tomato   tomatoes
potato    potatoes
echo       echoes

Words ending in -ch, -sh, s, -ss or -x:

If a word ends in ch or x, add -es.

church   churches        bench       benches
watch      watches        torch        torches
inch         inches          branch     branches
peach       peaches       coach       coaches
beach       beaches        sandwich  sandwiches
batch       batches        match        matches

bus     buses             dress       dresses
gas      gases            address   addresses
                                    glass       glasses
                                    class       classes
bush      bushes
wish      wishes
brush     brushes
dash       dashes
flash       flashes
dish        dishes

box       boxes
fox       foxes
tax        taxes


Other words

foot       feet           door     doors
tooth     teeth          moose   moose
goose    geese        deer      deer
                              sheep   sheep


mouse      mice          house   houses
louse        lice

ox          oxen             cactus    cacti
child      children        radius    radii
man        men             antenna  antennae
woman   women

  


























KS2 Spelling List 1

Adverbs with two 'l's:

Note: If an adverb is derived from an adjective ending with an 'l', then it has two 'l's.

thankful     thankfully

hopeful      hopefully

cheerful     cheerfully

careful       carefully

graceful     gracefully

painful       painfully

colourful    colourfully

beautiful     beautifully

playful        playfully

usual          usually

final           finally

brutal          brutally

original       originally

eventual      eventually

general        generally

ideal            ideally

normal         normally

partial          partially

real              really

actual          actually






Monday, 13 March 2017

KS2 Grammar Revision

Noun

It is a place, person or thing.

Types of Nouns:
1. Common noun: things that are around us.

Examples: table, chair, board

2. Proper noun: name of a place or person. It always start with a capital letter.

Examples: London, England, Sam

3. Collective noun: word that refers to groups

Examples: team, herd, flock, pack, bunch

4. Abstract noun: word that refer to ideas, concepts and feelings.

Examples: happiness, wisdom, courage

Pronoun

Words that are used to replace nouns.

Subject pronoun: used to replace subjects in a sentence.

Examples: I, He, She, It, They, We, You.

Object pronoun: used to replace objects in a sentence.

Examples: me, him, her, it, them, us, you


Possessive pronoun: used to refer something belongs to someone.

Examples: my, her, his, their, our, your

Relative pronoun: comes in the beginning of a relative clause. It is usually used to connect clauses.

Examples: that, who, whose, which, whom

Clause:
Group of words which includes verb.

Example: As I walked to the bus stop - This is a clause as it has a verb - walked.

Phrase:

Group of words with no verb among them.

Example: in the morning, after two hours, into the woods

Noun phrase

A group of words that act as a noun is a noun phrase.

Examples: The big, blue balloon popped.
                  The long, winding road was lined by thick bushes         
                  on either side.

Adjectives

Words that describe nouns

Examples: beautiful, hideous, generous, miserly

Adverbs

Words that describe verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. They usually end with '-ly', but not always.

Some examples:
adverbs used to describe quantity: many, much, more, lot, few, less, little

adverbs used to describe frequency and time: often, never, once, daily, monthly, now, soon, later, always

other examples: far, fast, rather, very


Relative clause:

A clause that begins with a relative pronouns such as that, which, when, whose, where.

This clause describes the noun that comes before it.

Examples:

I went to the park that is next to my house.

The underlined clause is the relative clause. It starts with a relative pronoun and it describes the noun, in this case, the park, that comes before it.





















Sunday, 26 February 2017

1 step and 2 step word problems - finding fraction of amounts

Finding fraction of amounts - 1 step problems:
(Show the working out)

1. Sam has 42 marbles. He gave 5/7 of the marbles to Anna. How many marbles did he gave to Anna?

2.  Sam has £360. He lent 3/5 of the money he has to Anna. How much money did he give to Anna?

3. A cake weighs 375 grams. Sam ate 3/5 of the cake. How many grams did he ate?

4. A juice carton has 150 ml of juice. Anna drank 4/5 of juice in the carton. How much juice did Anna drink?

5. There were 56 balloons in a bunch. 7/8 of the balloons were blue. How many balloons were blue?

6. A bouquet has 25 flowers. 3/5 of the flowers in the bouquet are roses. How many roses are there in the bouquet?

7. A dog weighs 15 kg. It gained 1/5 of its weight in a month, how many kilograms did it gain?

8. A school library has 500 books. 3/10 of the books are non fiction. How many non fiction books are in the library?

9. Anna had 39 stickers. She gave 2/13 of her stickers to Sam. How many stickers did she give to Sam?

10. There are 30 children in Year 4. 7/10 of the children are girls. How many girls are there in Year 4?

2 step problems:
(Show the working out)

1. There are 30 children in Year 4. 3/5 of the children had school dinner. Rest brought packed lunch. how many children brought packed lunch?

2. Anna had 78 stickers. She gave 1/6 of her stickers to Sam. How many stickers did she have left?

3. Sam had £45. He spent 4/9 of the money he had. How much money did he have left?

4. Anna blew 27 balloons. 1/9 of the balloons popped. How many balloons remained without being popped?

5. Sam had 63 stamps. He stuck 7/9 of the stamps in an album. How many stamps were not stuck in the album?

Saturday, 11 June 2016

Mental Maths

Test your mental strategies:

Examples:
Addition and Subtraction:

39 + 34 
1. Keep 39 in your mind.
2. Partition 34 into 30 and 4.
3. Add 39 and 30, which is 69.
4. Then, add 69 to 4, which is 73.

Multiplication:
 15 x 12

1. Keep 15 in your mind.
2. Partition 12 into 10 and 2.
3. Multiply 15 by 10, which is 150.
4. Multiply 15 by 2, which is 30.
5. Add 150 and 30, which is 180.

Now try the following questions. Some of the questions involve three digit numbers.

Addition:
1) 85 + 45    6) 123 + 54    11) 254 + 73
2) 63 + 56    7) 345 + 65    12) 646 + 82
3) 67 + 68    8) 543 + 68    13) 522 + 45
4) 84 + 47    9) 312 + 74    14) 184 + 62
5) 48 + 32  10) 453 + 47    15) 585 + 38

Subtraction:
1) 87 - 45     6) 150 - 84      11) 245 - 67
2) 60 - 23     7) 435 - 67      12) 642 - 93
3) 82 - 28     8) 248 - 85      13) 146 - 83
4) 59 - 25     9) 326 - 47      14) 232 - 75
5) 64 - 48   10) 217 - 92      15) 346 - 64

Multiplication:
1) 87 x 12     6) 45 x 21
2) 24 x 15     7) 45 x 17
3) 45 x 13     8) 29 x 15
4) 39 x 14     9) 54 x 13
5) 27 x 16   10) 36 x 18

Adding and subtracting numbers ending with 9:

Example: 26 + 19

1. Round 19 to the nearest ten, which is 20.
2. Add 26 and 20, which is 46.
3. Take away 1 from 46, which is 45.

Example: 45 - 19

1. Round 19 to the nearest ten,which is 20.
2. Subtract 20 from 45,which is 25.
3. Add add 1 to 25, which is 26.

Try answering the following questions:

1) 44 + 29      6) 45 + 49       11) 63 + 19
2) 56 + 39      7) 56 + 19       12) 76 + 29
3) 63 + 29      8) 82 + 29       13) 75 + 49
4) 68 + 49      9) 41 + 19       14) 67 + 69
5) 75 + 19    10) 73 + 39       15) 87 + 19


1) 44 - 29        6) 45 - 19       
2) 56 - 39        7) 56 - 19
3) 63 - 29        8) 82 - 29
4) 68 - 49        9) 41 - 19
5) 75 - 19      10) 73 - 39