1. S.O.D.A. Start Of Day Activity
Morning registration mathematics activity
Aligned to the Renewed Framework for Mathematics
Stoke-on-Trent Primary Maths Team

2. S.O.D.A. Start Of Day Activity
WHAT IS IT?
10 mathematics questions per day based on the Renewed Framework for Mathematics.
Questions 1-5 consolidate maths from the previous unit.
Questions 6-10 are based on the previous year’s coverage of the next unit (following Block sequence A B C D E).
This will support you in pitching the learning appropriately for the next unit and gathering evidence for APP.
WHAT IS IT NOT?
SODA is NOT intended to be used during any part of the daily mathematics lesson.
It is an ADDITIONAL resource to support the CONSOLIDATION of learning which has taken place previously.

3. S.O.D.A. Start Of Day Activity
WHEN?
During the registration period at the start of the day.
Pupils could record their answers in a ‘SODA’ book.
Go through the questions and discuss strategies the children used with the pupils during registration.
Ensure that you model the correct mathematical vocabulary and always encourage the children to use it correctly.
HOW?
Use SODA as it stands or personalise the questions for your pupils by adapting / replacing them.

4. Councillors on Line
Year 5, Block B, Unit 3
Questions based on Year 5, Block A, Unit 3
Questions based on Year 4, Block C, Unit 3

5. Monday May Day 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
10.
Year 5 Block B Unit 3

6. Tuesday 5th May 2009
= 4 + ?
2. round 4.82 to the nearest integer
3. order smallest first, , 23.4, 5.42, 2.45
4. write two and six tenths as a decimal
Write a digit in the box so that the number rounds to 4. How many different answers are there?
6. What vehicles are likely to pass by the school gate
between 10am and 11am?
7. What vehicles would definitely not pass by? Why not?
8. What vehicle would be possible but not very likely?
Why?
9. What if it were a different time of day?
10. What if the weather were different?
Year 5 Block B Unit 3

7. Wednesday 6th May 2009
= ?
2. What number, with 2 decimal places, could round to 10?
3. order largest first, 7.39, 7.93, 9.73, 3.97, 3.79, 9.37
4. write one and 2 tenths as a decimal
Write a digit in the box so that the number
rounds to 4. How many different answers are there?
Show this data as a
frequency chart.
What fraction of the
throws were…
…3 or more?
…odd numbers?
…even numbers?
…prime numbers?
Number of throws
Dice-rolling experiment
Score
Year 5 Block B Unit 3

8. Thursday 7th May 2009
= ? + ? + ?
2. round to the nearest integer
3. count from 0.0 to 4.0 in steps of 0.4
x 3
x 7
6. What was the difference
in time between the
shortest and the longest
time in the 200m race?
/ in the 800m race?
Write 5 questions more
questions using the
information in this table.
Year 5 Block B Unit 3

9. Friday 8th May 2009 1. round 4.82 to the nearest integer
2. write three and four hundredths as a decimal
3. count from 0.0 to 5.0 in steps of 0.5
x 6
x 8
6. Name some different ways of representing data.
7. These weights are in grams or kilograms.
4 kg, 400 g, 14 kg, 1.4 kg, 650 g.
8. Convert all those in g to Kg
9. Convert all those in kg to g.
10. Put them in order from the lightest to the
heaviest.
Year 5 Block B Unit 3

10. Monday 11th May 2009 1. write three and four hundredths as a decimal
2. write three numbers between 0.3 and 0.4
3. write the number that lies in the middle of
8.1 and x x 7
6. How much further did the
winner jump than the person
who came second?
7. Who jumped further than Tom,
but not as far as Sam?
8. Jan and Sue jumped 272cm
together. How far did Sue jump?
9. Write 3 other questions using
the information here.
Year 5 Block B Unit 3

11. Tuesday 12th May 2009 1. How much more is it to buy
2 adult single tickets to Hull
than one return?
2. How much for 2 adults and
3 children to go to Leeds
and back?
3. The difference between which 2 tickets is £2.30?
Estimate the capacity of these objects…
4. a can of coke
5. a large bottle of lemonade
6. a bucket
7. a mug of tea
8. a kitchen sink
9. a teacup
Year 5 Block B Unit 3

12. Wednesday 13th May 2009
1. write one tenth and nine hundredths as a decimal
2. How many US dollars do you get for £10?
3. How many US dollars do you get for £5?
4. How many US dollars do you get for £20?
5. How many US dollars do you get for £100?
6. Harry, Eve and Josh measured the same objects. Here
are Harry’s measurements.
pencil length 16 cm TV screen width 33 cm door width 77 cm cube length 1.9 cm ruler width 3.8 cm room length 830 cm
Eve wrote her measurements in millimetres. What did she write?
Josh wrote his measurements in metres. What did he write?
Year 5 Block B Unit 3

13. Thursday 14th May 2009
1. 6 x 8? = 5?4
÷ ?? = 8
3. The perimeter of an equilateral triangle
is 288cm. What is the length of two sides?
4. ?.? + ?.? + ?.? = 1
5. A calculation with a quotient of 7 r 4
6. These weights are in grams or kilograms.
 800g, 950g, 1 and 34 kg, 1.7 kg, 1.01 kg.
7. Convert all those in kg to g.
8. Convert all those in g to Kg
9. Put them in order from the heaviest to the
lightest.
10. Write 4 new weights which fall in between the
weights in your list.
Year 5 Block B Unit 3

14. Friday 15th May 2009
1. 0.? + 0.? + 8.? = 10
2. How many euros do you get for £10?
3. How many euros do you get for £5?
4. How many euros do you get for £20?
5. How many euros do you get for £100?
Name a container which holds about… ml ml
8. 1 litre
9. 2 litres
10. 5 litres
Year 5 Block B Unit 3

15. Monday 18th May 2009
1. (17 ? 9) ? 47 = replace the ?s with + - x ÷
2. There are 70 children. Each tent takes up to 4
children. What is the least number of tents needed?
, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9 ___, ___, ___
4. ___, ___, ___, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, x 40
6. How many more have
blue eyes than brown?
7. How many children
are represented?
8. Did more children have
‘blue or brown eyes’, or
did more children have ‘green or grey eyes’?
Year 5 Block B Unit 3

16. Tuesday 19th May 2009 1. write three decimals between 0.75 and 0.82
2. write the number that lies in the middle of 1.1
and 1.6
÷ 7
4. 74 x 83
x 6
Emily did some
Research. This
is her result.
How could she have to found this information?
Write statements to show you understand what she found.
Year 5 Block B Unit 3

17. Wednesday 20th May 2009
1. How many 30s are there in 360? 2. ?4 x 9 = 666
3. 1.9m + 38cm m x ÷ 8
6. 22 children were asked whether they walked to school. 11 children said yes. What fraction of a pie chart would be taken up by the Yes segment? one quarter, one third or one half. Explain your answer.
7. In a survey of 18 children, 12 had green eyes and 6 had blue eyes. What fraction of a pie chart would be taken up by the segment for blue eyes? one quarter, one third, or one half. Explain your answer.
8. In one year, 300 mountain bikes were sold. On a pictogram where 1 wheel represents 50 bikes, how many wheels would you put on the mountain bikes line? 1 , 6 or 300. Explain your answer.
Year 5 Block B Unit 3

18. Thursday 21st May 2009 1. How many 40s are there in 800?
2. ?4? X 6 = m+ 207cm m
4. 63 x x 8
6. In a pictogram of favourite sandwich fillings, a face
represents 4 children. The line for jam shows 7.5 faces.
How many children prefer jam fillings? 30 , 28 or 7.5
7. Which of these would be best to show how the temperature
of a pie changes over time when it is put in the oven?
Pie chart, Line graph or Bar chart.
people were asked what they'd had for breakfast. A pie
chart was drawn of the results. Toast took up one quarter of
the chart. What does this show?
60 people had toast, 90 people had toast or most people
like toast for breakfast
Year 5 Block B Unit 3

19. Friday 22nd May 2009 1. Sam jumps 1.5m. How many points does she get?
2. Ben and Sam get 6 points together.
What is the shortest distance Ben
could have jumped?
3. What is the longest distance?
4. Zoe gets 1 point What is the longest
distance she could have jumped. 5.
Year 5 Block B Unit 3