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Problem-Solving and Other Topics
This classroom resource from Teachers TV is aimed at Key Stage Two students and presents eight dramatised problems for use with an interactive whiteboard. This resource addresses fractions; decimals and percentages; shape, space and measures; numbers and algebra.
Each problem contextualises a different primary mathematics topic:
*Aunt Anna’s visit – using the 24 hour clock
*Fencing the farm – using area and perimeter to build a new animal pen
*The cat burglar - using problem solving to help the cat burglar work out the alarm code
*Scout camp - using multiples and problem solving to send the Scouts camping.
Decorating - using ratio and proportion to decorate a room
Weighing puppies- ordering decimals to rank the puppies' weights
Kitchen fitting - converting metres and centimetres to fit a new kitchen
School dance competition - using percentages to decide the winner of a dance competition.
Following each drama sequence, a problem screen highlights the maths involved, with a suitable year-group being suggested at the beginning of each problem.
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