Just Four Questions

How many days have passed since the beginning of this year?
Two consecutive numbers add up to 7983, what are they?
What is the square root of one quarter?
If 40% of the cost of an item is $4.40. What is the cost of the item?

A Mathematics Lesson Starter Of The Day

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  • The square root and percentage questions may just stimulate some discussion about some common misconceptions. Have your students ever found square roots of fractions before? Did they realise that the square root of a number can be larger than the number itself? Did they use their calculator for the percentage question or are they confident to do this sort of calculation in their heads?

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Teacher, do your students have access to computers such as tablets, iPads or Laptops?  This page was really designed for projection on a whiteboard but if you really want the students to have access to it here is a concise URL for a version of this page without the comments:

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However it would be better to assign one of the student interactive activities below.

Laptops In Lessons

Here is the URL which will take them to a related student activity.

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