Mathematics / Year 5 / Number and Algebra / Number and place value

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Curriculum content descriptions

Use estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers to calculations (ACMNA099)

Elaborations
  • recognising the usefulness of estimation to check calculations
  • applying mental strategies to estimate the result of calculations, such as estimating the cost of a supermarket trolley load
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Rounding,  Accuracy and precision

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Sites2See – number for primary

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Selected links to a range of interactive online resources for the study of number in Foundation to Year 6 Mathematics.

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Hopper challenge: whole numbers

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Help a frog to jump along a number line. Estimate the exact finishing point on a number line, after adding or subtracting multiples of whole numbers to a starting number. For example, 1+ (5 x 2) = 11. Explore the patterns made on a counting grid and number line. Identify counting rules that match the pattern of 'landing ...

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MoneySmart: Hey! Let's have a big day out!

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This is a year 5 mathematics unit of work about costing and budgeting for various types of family outings. The unit is intended to take about 7.5 hours of teaching and learning time, and is recommended for near the end of the school year. It consists of an introduction, five sets of student activities, and teacher notes ...

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Maths saves lives

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Can maths really help to save lives? In this clip we see some real life applications of mathematics. Some are about helping to save lives others are about how maths can be useful. What do Florence Nightingale and WHO, the World Health Organisation have in common?

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It's an estimate, not a guess!

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An approximation is the nearest estimate without having the precise size or measurement of something. See how accurate estimates are made in logical ways using information about many things in our everyday lives.

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Measure a tree without using a ladder

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What do you do when you need to measure a length, height or distance but don't have a ruler or some other measuring instrument? You can compute linear measurements with surprising accuracy using indirect measurements, proportions and estimations. Learn a nifty trick to measure a tree from a distance.

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How many heads tall are you?

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What are non-standard measurement units? Did you know we can reliably use objects in the real world, including our own body parts, to measure things? This concept of anthropometry, the ratios of body measurements, was first proposed by Leonardo da Vinci.

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Mixed-Up Maths

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Join our host, Ed, as he finds himself in all types of situations where only his knowledge of Maths can help him. From saving the planet from Aliens, to creating a superhero that can stop a strawberry milkshake tidal wave. From searching for buried treasure, to jumping like a daredevil, or planning the greatest circus party ...

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Hopper: whole numbers

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Help a frog to jump along a number line. Estimate the finishing point on a number line, after adding or subtracting multiples of whole numbers to a starting number. For example, 255+(10 x 4) = 295. Explore the patterns made on a counting grid and number line. Identify counting rules that match the pattern of 'landing spots' ...

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Hopper: tenths

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Help a frog to jump along a number line. Estimate the finishing point on a number line, after adding or subtracting multiples of tenths to a starting number. For example, 29.5+(12 x 0.2) = 31.9. Explore the patterns made on a counting grid and number line. Identify counting rules that match the pattern of 'landing spots' ...

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Wishball challenge: tenths

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Test your understanding of decimal place value with numbers that include tenths. Receive a starting number, such as 128.9, and work towards turning it into a target number, such as 845.6. Spin a random digit, choose its decimal place value and use the given operation (either addition or subtraction) on your starting number. ...

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Hopper: hundredths

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Help a frog to jump along a number line. Estimate the finishing point on a number line, after adding or subtracting multiples of hundredths to a starting number. For example, 1.72 + (11 x 0.07) = 2.49. Explore the patterns made on a counting grid and number line. Identify counting rules that match the pattern of 'landing ...

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Wishball challenge: hundredths

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Test your understanding of decimal place value with numbers that include hundredths. Receive a starting number, such as 46.87, and work towards turning it into a target number, such as 85.32. Spin a random digit, choose its decimal place value and use the given operation (either addition or subtraction) on your starting ...

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Angles (estimating angle size)

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This is a six-page HTML resource about solving problems involving estimating angle size. It contains one video and three questions, two of which are interactive. The resource discusses and explains solving problems to reinforce students' understanding.

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Cassowary ecology quiz

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Explore facts about the life of cassowaries: physical characteristics; diet; habitat; life cycles; and locations. Interact with graphs to see how much people can help cassowaries. Work through ecology notes and resources. Answer questions as you go; express your answers as fractions. This learning object is one in a series ...

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Hopper challenge: tenths

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Help a frog to jump along a number line. Estimate the exact finishing point on a number line, after adding or subtracting multiples of tenths to a starting number. For example, 29.5+(12 x 0.2) = 31.9. Explore the patterns made on a counting grid and number line. Identify counting rules that match the pattern of 'landing ...

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Hopper challenge: ultimate

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Help a frog to jump along a number line. Estimate the exact finishing point on a number line, after adding or subtracting multiples of tenths or whole numbers to a starting number. For example, 29.5+(12 x 0.2) = 31.9. Explore the patterns made on a counting grid and number line. Identify counting rules that match the pattern ...

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The foul food maker: go figure

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This tutorial is suitable for use with a screen reader. It explains how the use of simple words can describe the likelihood of everyday events. How likely is an event: certain, likely, equal chance, unlikely or certainly not? Answer some questions using these words and then build your own examples. Learn how to describe ...

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Rounding whole numbers: 2

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This is a video demonstration of rounding a whole number to the nearest thousand. In the commentary, the presenter explains the thinking behind the process of rounding such numbers and presents a visual representation of rounding whole numbers using a number line. Practice questions with answers are included, and hints ...

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