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 E, Unit 3
Questions based on Year 5, Block D, Unit 3
Questions based on Year 5, Block A, Unit 1

5. Monday 29th June 2009 Find the missing angles.
2. Write a number sequence that includes -4.
3. __, -8, -5 __ , __ , __
4. What is the ‘rule’ of the above number
sequence?
5. What is the value of 3 in 136,457 ?
6. Write the above number in words.
Year 5 Block E Unit 3

6. Tuesday 30th June 2009 1. About how heavy are 7 parcels of 7.6Kg?
2. About how many 125 ml glasses can you pour from a 1.5
litre jug?
3. A rectangle has the dimensions
4cm by 13cm. What is the
perimeter?
4. What is the area of the rectangle?
5. What could be the length and
width of a rectangle with the
area of 64 cm2
6. The weight of all the lollipops is…
7. The weight of one lollipop is …
8. I add 2 other different items. The
scale now reads 168g . What
could be the weights of the
two items?
9. Find all the different solutions.
(think systematically!)
Year 5 Block E Unit 3

7. Wednesday 1st July 2009
1. Is the area of a square with sides 8.4cm, 70.54, or
70.56?
2. How could you prove the answer to Q6. without doing a
calculation?
3. I made 2.4 litres of tropical juice using orange, pineapple
and mango juice. I use 1285 ml of orange and 375ml of
pineapple juice. How much mango juice do I use?
4. Construct a square with sides of 54 mm.
5. Measure the diagonal in mm.
6. 12 x 6
7. What is the value of 1 in 1,236,452 ?
8. Write the above number in words.
9. Write thirty thousand and twenty in figures.
10. Write a number sequence that includes -8
Year 5 Block E Unit 3

8. Thursday 2nd July 2009 Use a calculator to work out these answers
1. ¾ of 876 cm
2. 2/3 of 408 ml
3. 5/6 of 288g
4. I buy some beading to edge 3 square cushions. The
length of one side of a cushion is 15.5cm. How much
beading do I need?
5. Zips are sold in 3 sizes, 100mm, 150mm and 200mm.
Which is the best size to choose for my cushions?
6. Another way to write 1500g
7. Which unit would you use to measure the weight of a
pencil? cm, ml, g, Kg
8. Which unit would you use to measure the length of a
pencil? cm, M, ml, g, Kg 7. What item could you measure
in g?
9. What item could you measure in Kg?
Year 5 Block E Unit 3

9. Friday 3rd July 2009
1. How many ml in 1 litre?
2. How many ml in 4.75 litres?
3. What unit of measurement would you use to
measure the amount of water… in a cup?
4. … in a sink?
5. … in a spoon?
6. Round 10,782 to the nearest 100.
7. Double 2.4
8. What is the value of 0 in 8,036,452 ?
9. Write the above number in words.
10. Write ten thousand and three in figures
Year 5 Block E Unit 3

10. Monday 6th July 2009 A B 1. Which has more liquid, A or B?
2. The liquid from the 2 measuring cylinders
are poured into one container. How much
liquid is there?
3. 5 people share the liquid equally.
How many ml do they each get?
4. How much needs to be added to A to
fill it to the top?
5. How much needs to be added to B to fill
it to the top?
6. Halve 6.2
8. Double 6.3
10. How many nines are there in 99? A B
Year 5 Block E Unit 3

11. Tuesday 7th July 2009 1. Find the total of the decimals in each row,
column and diagonal.
2. What is the difference
between the largest and
the smallest total?
3. Which two numbers on the grid
total 1.4?
4. Which two numbers on the grid have a
difference of 1.7?
5. Which three numbers on the grid total 7.7?
6. 90 x 7 =
7. Write 4 factors of 30
8. Divide 120 by 4
9. Multiply 1000 by 0.6
10. Double 4.13
Year 5 Block E Unit 3

12. Wednesday 8th July 2009 1. Which 2 numbers have the largest total?
the largest difference?
Which row, column or
diagonal has …
3. … the largest total?
4. … the smallest total?
5. Divide 60 by 3
6. How many nines are there in 81?
7. The 9th multiple of 8
9. 5 x 80
Year 5 Block E Unit 3

13. Thursday 9th July 2009
Copy this onto squared paper. Reflect the coloured dots in the two lines of symmetry.
Year 5 Block E Unit 3

14. Thursday 9th July 2009
Answer.
Year 5 Block E Unit 3

15. Friday 10th July 2009
1. write the co-ordinates of the triangle.
2. Translate the shape 2 squares to the left and 1 square
down. Write the co-ordinates of the triangle now.
3. A rectangle has the dimensions 7.5cm by 12.3 cm.
What is the perimeter?
4. What is the area of the
rectangle?
5. What could be the length
and width of a rectangle
with the area of 36.4 cm2
x 4
x 100
– 6.7
9. Double 7.9
Year 5 Block E Unit 3

16. Monday 13th July 2009
Show me your method:
1. Sylvia jumped 2.85 metres on his second attempt at the
long jump. This was 49 centimetres longer than on her
first try. How far in metres did she jump on her first try?
2. Arun made a cocktail . He poured 2.85 litres of orange ,
1.29 litres of apple juice and 745 mls of grapefruit juice
into a large bowl? How much cocktail did he make?
3. Carol drinks 2/10 of the liquid. How much is left.
– = =
6. divide 300 by 3
7. Write all the factors of 32
– 3.4
10. Multiply 0.8 by 10
Year 5 Block E Unit 3

17. Tuesday 14th July 2009
1. I have 8 bowls of water. Each bowl holds 3.8 litres. How
much water do I have?
2. Multiply the answer to question 1 by 9.
3. 9 tins of beans weigh 1.116kg. How much does each tin
of beans weigh?
4. What is the total mass of 45 pins weighing 2.3g each?
5. 1 box contains 52 tubs of margarine, which individually
weigh 1.52kg. What is the total weight of the box?
6. “I can think about an experiment, predict what might
happen and decide how I could go about finding out
whether it is true.”
Consider and write down 5 different things you would like to investigate in our future maths lessons.
Year 5 Block E Unit 3

18. Wednesday 15th July 2009 8cm 5. Halve 8.24 6. 6.7 + 2.5 7. Halve 9.71
1. Write the rule for working out the area of a rectangle.
2. Write a rule for working out the area of a triangle.
3. With your partner, test if your rules work. How did you
test your rule?
4. Calculate the area and perimeter cm
8cm
5. Halve 8.24
7. Halve 9.71
9. Double 13.7
Year 5 Block E Unit 3

19. Thursday 16th July 2009 A sprout weighs 32g
Find the weight of one mushroom and one lollipop in g.
Year 6 Block B Unit 1

20. Friday 17th July 2009
– 4.8
2. 50 x 5
3. Write the 4 x table to 40.
4. Write the 8 x table to 80.
5. What do you notice about the numbers in the
4x and 8x tables?
6. How many hundreds are there in 1000?
7. Divide 6700 by 1000
8. £4.70 x 2. Write a different calculation with the
same answer.
9. (£ p) find the change from £5
x 26
Year 6 Block B Unit 1