Activities inside and outside your home

  • Maths Ideas Create your own version of the TV show ‘Countdown’ to play with members of your family. Aim for a target number!
  • Play multiplication Bingo! One person can be the ‘caller’ the rest of the family can cross off the answers when they are shouted. E.g. ‘6 x 8’ – If someone has 48 then they can cross it off.
  • Create a giant board game outside on the patio, use people as the counters.
  • Play the ‘Yes / No’ game. Place items in a bag/box. Ask questions about sides, edges etc.
  • Multiplication hopscotch – Chalk out a hopscotch grid outside, place multiplication questions/ answers in each square and call them out as you play.
  • Telling the time (outside) – chalk out a giant clock, the children can then be the hands of the clock. Battleships – draw a grid with coordinates and guess where the ‘ships’ are.
  • Create a timetable of your ideal day at home, include a range of different activities.
  • Play a board game with someone in your house. Or create one of your own!
  • Get baking! Measure your ingredients accurately. Can you convert them from g – kg?
  • Measure the rooms in your house, for each room write the area and perimeter. Draw a ‘floor plan’ to go with your work.
  • Plan a holiday (including costs) for a family to a place of your choosing. Include, travel, accommodation, meals/food and entertainment.
  • Find out about all the jobs that use Maths. Pick one and explain why Maths is important.
  • Find a recipe. Scale up/down to make enough for 4, 8 or 12 people.
  • Plan a day trip to … for … people. Add up the cost of the day including, travel, food and activities. Create ‘Maths artwork’ using only regular polygons. Name and describe each polygon.
  • Record how long you walk for each day. Work out the average walk length for the week.
  • Using an online supermarket website, create a shopping list to feed a family of 4 for a week using a budget of £50.
  • In your house, find examples of the following types of angles: acute, right, obtuse, reflex.
  • Create worded problems for family members using the four rules: addition, subtraction, multiplication & division.
  • Be the banker in a game of Monopoly ensuring you calculate change accurately.
  • Record the outside temperature over a week. Create a line graph.

 

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