Maths Monkey

Salhouse School now has a popular addition - his name is Maths Monkey!

Maths Monkey just loves maths. Every day he gets to go home with a different child and do maths with them. He doesn't like doing worksheets but loves doing anything around the home (or out and about) that includes maths. So far he has been shopping a few times (lots of maths there!), done some cooking (lots of measuring), estimated and counted different items including his own stripes and even played games like Monopoly. He even has his own diary to record what he's been up to. He's having so much fun and helping children to see the maths all around them. He's probably the most popular person at school!

If you want to make your own Maths Monkey here's the pattern for him.

Maths in the kitchen

Recipe Maths

There is lots of maths that can be done when using recipes and baking:

1. Weigh ingredients

2. Calculate quantities e.g. If you wanted to make twice as many flapjacks, how much butter would you need? How much does the oats and sugar weight altogether?

3. Calculate ratios e.g. What is the ratio between the sugar and the butter?

4. Use time e.g. If I put the flapjacks into the oven at 4:30, what time will they be ready?



Fruit Kebabs

1. Observe and copy – Make a fruit kebab the same as another one.

2. Repeated patterns – Make or continue a fruit pattern on the kebab.

3. Fractions – What fraction of the kebab is strawberry? Make a fruit kebab where half is grapes etc.

4. Ratio – What is the ratio of orange to melon? Etc.

5. Proportion – What proportion is strawberry? Etc.

6. Multiplication – How many grapes would you need for 5 kebabs? Etc.

7. Subtraction – If I eat 3 bits of fruit how many will I have left? Etc.

Tutpup

tutpup.com is a wonderful site that lets children compete against other children around the world in maths and spelling (a bit like World Maths Day but all year round)

Eventually all children in the school will be registered to play. However if you would like to register now go to tutpup.com and click Join now! Select a colour, an animal, a year, your year of birth and country (United Kingdom). Then choose a password (it must be at least 4 characters long) and retype. Tick yes for class code. The class code is salhouse. Then type your name.

Enjoy playing!

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