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 A, Unit 3
Questions based on Year 5, Block E, Unit 2
Questions based on Year 4, Block B, Unit 3

5. Monday 20th April 2009
1. A number whose double lies between 1.2 and 1.3
2. What number is the midpoint of 1.45 and 1.53 on a
number line?
3. Count up from 0 in ¼s in improper fractions up to 9/4.
4. Now convert these to mixed numbers.
5. 5 ¾ = __ quarters
6. A multiple of 6 that is also a multiple of 9
7. A multiple of 3 that is also a multiple of 8
8. Sue wanted to use her calculator to add 463
and 391. she entered 263 + 319 by mistake. By
how many was the answer wrong?
9. What should the answer have been?
10. Double 9, double 90, double 900
Year 5 Block A Unit 3

6. Tuesday 21st April 2009
1. There are 3 gold candles in every packet of 10. How
many gold candles are there in every 20? in every 30?
2. A police force has 3 policemen for every 2 policewomen.
What numbers of policemen & policewomen could there
be?
3. A teacher earns £5 for every £2 a hairdresser earns. If a
teacher earns £25,000 in one year how much does a
hairdresser earn in one year?
4. Using the numbers 6, 7 and 42, create some sentences
using the vocabulary product, factor, multiplied by and
multiple of.
Draw some dotty grids like this with 9 dots in a square
How many different triangles can you make by joining
the dots?( is the same triangle as )
Year 5 Block A Unit 3

7. Wednesday 22nd April 2009
1. What does the diagram show as a mixed number?
2. What does the diagram show as an improper fraction?
Write the decimal equivalents for these fractions…
3. 7/10, 4/10, 2/100, 8/100, 15/100, 60/100
4. Draw a number line from 0 – 1, mark it in fifths below…
5. …mark the equivalent decimals above the numberline
6. 8 + 7 = 15. Write three other facts that you can
work out from this addition fact.
7. 54 ÷ 9 = 6. Write three other facts that you can
work out from this division fact.
8. 18, double it, double it, double it.
9. 108, halve it, halve it, halve it
10. A pair of numbers with a sum of 15 and a product of 54.
Year 5 Block A Unit 3

8. Thursday 23rd April 2009 5. 30% of ____ = 60ml
1. A gardener has a 5 litre can of fertiliser. She uses 1/5
of the can on tomatoes and 3/10 on flowers. How
many litres are left over?
2. What proportion of the can is this?
3. A mile is 1760 yards. Raffa walked 7/10 of a mile. How
far is this in yards?
4. ?/? of ? = 12 … find 3 different ways to complete this
5. 30% of ____ = 60ml
6. What is the area of A and B?
7. What is the perimeter of A and B?
8. Draw a different shape with
the same area as A.
9. Draw a different shape with
the same area as B.
10. Draw a shape with the combined area of A and B.
Year 5 Block A Unit 3

9. Friday 24th April 2009
1. Find 10% of… £3.00, 5 kg, 250ml, 760mm, 42 cm
2. Find 20% of … £3.00, 5 kg, 250ml, 760mm, 42 cm
3. Find 5% of … £3.00, 5 kg, 250ml, 760mm, 42 cm
4. ____% of £50 = £20
5. Georgio uses 4 carrots for every ½ litre of soup. How
much soup can he make from 20 carrots? How many
carrots would he need for 2 litres of soup?
6. Write a calculation that you could do to check
that the answer to 54 × 4 is 216.
7. Draw and describe a hexagon.
8. A pair of numbers with a sum of 15 and a product of 56.
9. I think of a number, add 3 and multiply by 3. The answer
is 15. What was my number?
? = 9
Year 5 Block A Unit 3

10. Monday 27th April 2009
Draw a numberline from 0-2. Mark 0.5 1, 1.5 on the line.
Use a calculator to find the decimal equivalents for these fractions and mark them on the number line with an arrow below the line e.g. 4/5 (4÷5)= 0.8… 6/8, 3/5, 2/3, 8/5, 7/12, 13/7
Now work out a fraction that will go between the ones you have already written, draw an arrow from above the line.
6. Which three numbers in this list have a sum of 190?
7. How did you work it out?
8. Which pairs of these numbers have a difference of 60?
9. How did you work it out?
10. Draw and describe a kite.
Year 5 Block A Unit 3

11. Tuesday 28th April 2009 1. 1/3 of 150ml 2. 2/3 of 150 ml
3. 3/5 of 500g
4. 3/5 of 1000g
5. 3/5 of 1500g
Copy and
complete
Year 5 Block A Unit 3

12. Wednesday 29th April 2009 1. 50% = ½ = 0.5 what other percentage
equivalents do you know?
2. one seventh of what number is 6?
3. One pencil costs 15p. How much do 5 cost?
4. Two envelopes cost 36p. How many can I buy
with £1.50?
5. How much money have I got left?
6. A pair of numbers with a difference of 4 and a
product of 32.
7. Start at 3, double and subtract 1. Continue the
pattern.
Year 5 Block A Unit 3

13. Thursday 30th April 2009 1. A chocolate bar has 8 squares. Edna eats
2 pieces and Bill eats 3 pieces of
chocolate. What fraction does Edna eat?
2. What fraction does Bill eat?
3. What fraction remains?
4. What mixed number is equivalent to 2 ¾?
5. Two fractions that are the same as 0.2
10. Drew a net of a square-based pyramid
Year 5 Block A Unit 3

14. Friday 1st May 2009 1. Draw a square grid with 100 squares.
2. Shade 10% red.
3. Shade ¼ green.
4. Shade 3/6 blue
5. What fraction is unshaded?
6. Start with 3. Double and add one. Continue the
sequence.
7. Will all the numbers in the sequence be odd?
8. Write a division fact with a remainder of 3.
9. Write all the factors of 12.
10. ? X ? = 18 write all the different possibilities
Year 5 Block A Unit 3