Year 5 Number Sequences Maths Challenge

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 5 Number Sequences Maths Challenge is designed to checks pupils’ understanding of finding missing values within a number sequence. Pupils will help Sandra identify the missing values using their knowledge of number sequences and equivalent fractions.

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National Curriculum Objectives

Fractions (including decimals and percentages)

Mathematics Year 5: (5F2a) Recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions and convert from one form to the other and write mathematical statements > 1 as a mixed number [for example, 2/5 + 4/5 = 6/5 = 1  1/5 ]

Mathematics Year 5: (5F3) Compare and order fractions whose denominators are all multiples of the same number