Welcome to Adult Functional Maths Jo Wright Four Rules/ rounding and place value
Adult Functional Maths Welcome Adult Functional Maths Teacher Jo Wright j.wright@eastcoast.ac.uk Staff room A024
What can you do?
Place Value Write a place value table from 1 1000 to one million. How far can you go?
Rounding Can you remember the rules? Item Cost Rounding the cost £7.35 How much does this cost to the nearest pound? £7.78 £14.32 How much does this cost to the nearest: pound? ten pounds? £89.41 hundred pounds? Can you remember the rules? Round the items opposite, recording the answers in your books.
+ = - ÷ × Language of Maths Split into 5 groups Using your selected symbol, write down all the names/terms you can think of – what does that symbol mean to you.
+ - × ÷ Four rules In pairs/ small groups discuss ways you can Add Subtract Multiply Divide
Without a calculator, how do you… 23 + 152 152-23 23 x 32 369 ÷ 3 276 ÷ 12 (a little trickier)
Any questions so far?
Applying skills Calculating problems Apply a technique you feel most comfortable with to answer questions. To get good at maths you must do maths!!
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