We looked at rounding to decimal places which will lead onto rounding to significant figures. This is under Library – Number – Estimating and Accuracy – Rounding Decimals as well as Significant Figures.
The class were assigned homework for Friday 13th December to investigate a famous mathematician. The class organised themselves into groups of 3 or 4 and gave a group presentation on the mathematician that they have investigated. Last week the class were producing posters or other presentations ready to deliver to the rest of the class this week. The class evaluated one another’s presentations whilst I checked the facts they presented. The class gave suggestions to one another on how to improve their presentations.
The class were given advance warning that there would be a Test week beginning 17th February – one period of revision then the test) on the following topics – Multiples, Factors & Primes; Powers & Roots; Pythagoras; Estimation & Rounding; Angles & Scale Drawings; Areas of compound shapes, Surface Area & Volume; Speed/Distance/Time; Circles as well as Patterns & Relationships.
