Divisibility Investigation

• Find a way of telling if a number is divisible by 3. Hint: Add up the digits.

• Find a way of telling if a number is divisible by 4. Hint: Look at the last two digits

• Find a way of telling if a number is divisible by 6.

• Find a way of telling if a number is divisible by 8. Hint: Look at the last 3 digits.

• Find a way of telling if a number is divisible by 9.

• Find a way of telling if a number is divisible by 11. Hint: Pair up the digits from the right. Add the numbers made together.

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Camp groups

There were 96 children at a camp...

1. They were put into groups of 3 for a game. How many groups of 3 were there?
2. They were put into groups of 8 to go for a walk. How many groups of 8 were there?
3. They were put into groups of 6 to do some jobs. How many groups of 6 were there?

Instructions:

1. Do your working in your maths journal, ensuring you date it and work neatly. If you need to draw a picture or a diagram to help you.
2. In your maths journal, make the strategy you used clear to follow - i.e. don't just write the answers - show your working.
3. Make comments (using anonymous) but please put your first name on the comment. 
4. Keep each comment separate.

Ref. p59 National Curriculum Maths Level 3

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Basketball

Five basketball cards are put in each pack

1. How many complete packs can be made from 154 cards?
2. How many cards will be left over?
3. Reuben K wants 174 cards. How many packs of 4 must he buy?

Instructions:

1. Do your working in your maths journal, ensuring you date it and work neatly. If you need to draw a picture or a diagram to help you.
2. In your maths journal, make the strategy you used clear to follow - i.e. don't just write the answers - show your working.
3. Make comments (using anonymous) but please put your first name on the comment. 
4. Keep each comment separate.

Ref. p59 National Curriculum Maths Level 3

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Photo albums

Olivia has 50 photos. 
She wants to put 4 on a page of her album. 
She thinks she needs 200 pages.

1. Explain why she is wrong.
2. How many pages with 4 photos will Olivia have?
3. How many photos will be left over?

Instructions:

1. Do your working in your maths journal, ensuring you date it and work neatly. If you need to draw a picture or a diagram to help you.
2. In your maths journal, make the strategy you used clear to follow - i.e. don't just write the answers - show your working.
3. Make comments (using anonymous) but please put your first name on the comment. 
4. Keep each comment separate.

Ref. p59 National Curriculum Maths Level 3

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The Stairs Problem

How many steps will he run on the super stairs? How long will it take him to run them?

Write down an estimate and share it with your classmates. 

1. What information would you need to solve this problem?
2. Write down your thoughts as comments to this blog post.
3. Extra for Experts: If someone wanted to run 1,000,000 steps, what kind of super staircase would that require?

Put your thoughts as comments to this post - post anonymously but please put your name to your ideas.

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