Maths Investigations: Year 6 – White Rose Maths

This resource contains the second set in a series of 4 sets of resources designed to consolidate some of the work undertaken in the White Rose Maths Scheme small steps Year 6 programme. This resource is intended for use in week 9 of the Summer Term. It will help pupils to apply the knowledge and skills they have gained by using them in open-ended investigations using their problem-solving and reasoning skills.

The resource focuses on the following areas of the Year 6 Maths National Curriculum Objectives:

Use knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the four operations.
Solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts deciding which operations and methods to use and why.
Solve number problems and practical problems that involve all elements of place value.
Solve problems involving the calculation and conversion of units of measure, using decimal notation to three decimal places.
Use, read, write and convert between standard units, converting measurements of length, mass, volume and time from a smaller unit of measure to a larger unit, and vice versa, using decimal notation to up to three decimal places
Calculate and interpret the mean as an average.

Investigations

Height in Coins – pupils investigate the value of their height in coins. How much are they worth?

A Shoe Box of Coins – pupils investigate the value of a shoe box full of £1 coins and whether it is enough to pay for a trip to Disneyland, Paris.

Chocolate Bars – pupils investigate a selection of chocolate bars to find out which is the best value for money

Tea and Coffee – pupils investigate how much tea or coffee their teacher drinks in a year and how many baths that would fill!

To view all four sets of Year 6 Investigations click on the link below.

Year 6 White Rose Maths Investigations

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