To introduce a fun packed maths week, several challenges have been set to the children of HSS. Each day, a new task requiring problem solving and using a range of strategies will be set. Each day the teachers are also rotating classrooms and introducing fresh maths activities to a different syndicate.
Today's task required the children of HSS to estimate how many balloons will fit in the new school van? We used our understanding of shape, area and volume to calculate a total of 896.... We then decided to take off 200 for the space taken up by chairs etc. Unbelievably, our initial guess wouldn't have been far off!
Congratulations to Room 16, that got the closest estimate to the correct amount of 897!!
The teachers of HSS were completely worn out after spending most of their Monday staff meeting inflating balloons!
Challenge # 2 - Using the value per letter on a scrabble game - Which member of your class has the highest, and which has the lowest?
Challenge # 3 - If every child at HSS stood side by side with fingertips touching, estimate how far the human chain would reach?
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