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 1
Questions based on Year 5, Block D, Unit 1 (Q1-Q3 for longer problem solving questions, 11th, 13th, 17th, 20th 28th November)
Questions based on Year 4, Block A, Unit 2

5. Monday 10th November 2008 1. How many times bigger is 3000 than 30?
2. How many cm are there in 3 ¼ m?
3. Measure the longest side of the page in mm
4. Estimate the width and height of the classroom door
5. The race winner’s time is 12 m 24 s the silver
medallist is 1 min 32 s slower. What is the time of the
silver medallist.
6. What does the 5 represent in £4.50?
7. Which is larger, 267p or £2.76
8. Two numbers which multiply to make 40
9. Two numbers with a difference of 14
10. Make up a word problem for the calculation 6x5
Year 6 Block E Unit 1

6. Tuesday 11th November 2008
1. Three tins of food weigh 1625g. The heaviest weighs
700g. The lightest weighs half of this. How heavy is
the other tin?
2. There are 100 rubbers at the start of the year 16
children use 2 rubbers, 14 children use 3. How many
are left at the end of the year?
3. It costs £5.37 to post 2 parcels. One costs £ How
much does the other cost to post?
4. What does the 8 represent in m
5. How many division facts can you make including 12?
6. How many tens are there in 300?
7. 9 x 3 = 27 , 9 x 30 = ? , 270 ÷ 3 =
8. Do all divisions have remainders?
Year 6 Block E Unit 1

7. Wednesday 12th November 2008 2. How many m in 4 km?
1. How many times smaller is 4 than 4000?
2. How many m in 4 km?
3. Estimate the height of your chair
4. A heptagon has sides 6cm in length. What is the
perimeter?
5. A square has a perimeter of 148cm. How long is each
side?
6. What does the 2 represent in £8.52
7. Which is larger, 927p or £9.72
8. How many division facts can you make including 24?
9. How many hundreds in 7000?
10. Make up a word problem for the calculation 40÷4
Year 6 Block E Unit 1

8. Thursday 13th November 2008
1. The dog weighs 5.8kg, the cat weighs half as
much. The rabbit weighs 0.5kg more than the
cat. How much do they weigh altogether.
2. A charity collects 3 £20 notes, 14 £5 notes,
27 £1 coins, 10 50p s, 20 20p s, 60 10p s. How
much money do they collect altogether?
3. It costs £50 to sponsor a goat. How many goats can
they sponsor? How much more money do they need
to sponsor another goat?
4. What does the 8 represent in m
5. Order smallest to largest, £0.56, 65p, 7p, £0.70
6. What comes next, £0.75, £0.85, £0.95 …
7. 7 x 3 = 21 , 7 x 30 = ? , 210 ÷ 3 =
8. The product of two numbers is What could the
two numbers be?
Year 6 Block E Unit 1

9. Friday 14th November 2008 1. How many times larger than 20 is 200?
2. How many cm is 70 mm?
3. Measure the length of your pencil in mm
4. What time is 20 minutes before 5 pm?
5. My birthday is 3rd Sept. How many days ago
was it?
6. What does the 8 represent in m
7. How many division facts can you make
including 32?
8. What is 10 times bigger than 600?
9. Write a division calculation with no remainder
10. Make up a word problem for the calculation
50-8
Year 6 Block E Unit 1

10. Monday 17th November 2008
1. The silver medal high jumper jumped 2m 34cm. The
gold medallist jumped 20mm higher. How high is this?
2. Is it better value to buy 4 tins of coke for £2.20, or 6 tins
of coke for £2.40? Explain your answer mathematically.
3. London will host the Olympic games in The last
time this happened was 52 years before What
year was that?
4. What comes next, £1.73, £1.83, £1.93 …
= ? explain your working
6. What is 10 times bigger than 900?
7. A division calculation with a remainder of 1
8. Another division calculation with a remainder of 1
Year 6 Block E Unit 1

11. Tuesday 18th November 2008 1. What do I multiply 70 by to get 7000?
2. A race is m. How many km is this?
3. How many mm is 4.6 cm?
4. Draw a line 83 mm in length
5. The area of a 60mm by 30mm rectangle in cm2
6. 25 x ? = 2500
7. What fraction of £1 is 60p?
8. £4.76, £3.76, £2.76, _____
9. £8.13, £8.23, £8.33, _____
10. Make up a word problem for the calculation
39+21
Year 6 Block E Unit 1

12. Wednesday 19th November 2008
1. The pentagon’s perimeter is 505cm what is
the length of one side?
2. Name something that is approximately 1m in length.
3. The perimeter of a rectangle is 46cm. One short side
is 4cm. How many cm is a long side?
4. The runners have completed 20000M and have
30000M to go. How long is the race in km?
5. Draw a line 108 mm in length.
= ? explain your working
7. What is 10 times bigger than 1000?
8. what calculation changes 32 to 3200
9. How much more is £1.09 than 74p?
10. Estimate
Year 6 Block E Unit 1

13. Thursday 20th November 2008 1. The runners have completed 20,000m and
have 30,000m to go. How long is the race in km?
2. It takes 5 minutes to swim 8 lengths. If I keep
to the same pace, how long will it take to
swim 100 lengths?
3. If I start swimming at 8:00 am, what time will I
finish?
5. write the first ten multiples of 7
6. write the first ten multiples of 8
7. estimate 812 – 455
– 195 is it more efficient to count up or
count back?
Year 6 Block E Unit 1

14. Friday 21st November 2008 1. What do I divide 500 by to get 50?
2. Name something that is approximately 10cm.
3. The time is 09:04 what time will it be in 20 minutes?
4. Draw 2 lines with a difference in length of 7mm
5. Is 1073 mm greater or less than 1m?
= ? explain your working
7. divide 49 by 7
8. 56 x 10
÷ 9
x 3
Year 6 Block E Unit 1

15. Monday 24th November 2008 1. What do I divide 7000 by to get 700
2. The octagon’s perimeter is 480mm, what is
the length of one side?
3. What is 467mm to the nearest 10 cm?
4. Is the X axis vertical or horizontal?
5. Is the Y axis vertical or horizontal?
6. 7 times 8
7. the 8th multiple of 7
x 100
÷ ? = 30
x 6
Year 6 Block E Unit 1

16. Tuesday 25th November 2008 1. What do I divide 9000 by to get 90?
2. Name something that is approximately 200mm long.
3. The time is 10:38 what time will it be in 15 minutes?
4. What units would you use to measure the area of the
playground?
5. (3,0) Which is the X co-ordinate, 3 or 0?
= ? explain your working
= ?
8. divide 27 by 3
÷ 10
x 7
Year 6 Block E Unit 1

17. Wednesday 26th November 2008 1. How many g is 3.5 kg?
2. The time is 09:49 what time will it be in 27 minutes?
3. Write in digital time, quarter past 1 pm
4. A shape with 4 right angles has a perimeter of
194 cm is it a square or a rectangle? Explain.
5. (12,4) Which is the Y co-ordinate 12 or 4?
6. the product of 8 and 6
÷ ? = 500
8. _2 + 1_ = 50 complete the missing digits
9. 50 x 9
10. A calculation which gives a remainder of 2
Year 6 Block E Unit 1

18. Thursday 27th November 2008 1. How many Kg is 750g?
2. Write in digital time, quarter to 2 pm
3. (5,1) describe how you would plot this co-ordinate
4. (4,2) (3,7) If you plotted both these co-ordinates in the
1st quadrant, which point would be more to the right
of the other?
5. Which co-ordinate would be more towards the top?
6. 7_ + _4 = 100 complete the missing digits
÷ 4
8. _3 + 2_ = 1_ _ complete this 2 different ways
9. write a calculation with a product of 240
10. Write a calculation with a quotient of 10
Year 6 Block E Unit 1

19. Friday 28th November 2008
1. Mark saved £4.20 in 20p coins. How many 20p
coins did he have?
2. It takes 2 ½ minutes to run 500 M. If I keep to
the same pace, how long will it take to run 10
km?
3. If I start running at 9:06 am, what time will I
finish?
4. using the numbers 1-20 once only, write
… a calculation with the largest total
5. … a calculation with the largest difference
6. … a calculation with the largest product
7. … a calculation with a quotient of 2
8. … a calculation with a difference of 14
Year 6 Block E Unit 1