It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.

‘To be numerate is to confidently and effectively use mathematics to meet the everyday demands of life’. ‘Numeracy is a life skill – vital for you to make informed decisions in your everyday life and vital for the UK to build a strong economy and compete globally’. ‘It helps people manage their personal and social lives as well as increasing opportunities at work’.

Numeracy Money < Cost of shopping Correct change Discounts Wages Bus fares Budgeting Time Management < Getting up for school Planning journey to school Arriving to lesson on time Job interviews Work Cinema times Cooking < Weighing ingredients Portions Timing Temperatures Planning Events < Holidays Birthdays Day Trips Buying a car Building/selling a house

Calculate the correct change from £100 if you bought shopping totalling £ % gave the wrong answer. School starts at 8.30 am, it takes you 25 minutes to walk to school. You always arrive 10 minutes early. What time do you leave home? 28% got this question wrong! Four friends decide to lose weight. Jo – 500g Hasran – 1kg Kevin – 1kg 200g Cathy – 750g How much weight did they lose altogether? 45% of adults answered this question incorrectly

Let us not be numeracy fools… – – 9.20

What could you be doing to improve your numeracy skills? Practice! Measure ingredients Calculate cost of shopping Time calculations Journey times Puzzles

But also… Complete the numeracy board – along the mathematics corridor. The first person to present me the answers to all three activities that day will receive a Numeracy Card which entitles you to a free lunch. …and…

The Number Hunt Challenge What? Keeping your numerical brain in check and your eyes peeled will win you wonderful and amazing prizes. Why? To improve your numeracy skills When? Thursday 6 th November 2014 Who? Everyone

Every member of staff at Harris Boys’ Academy will be wearing a piece of mathematical information for the whole day. Just like Mr Vertannes.

What you will be given…

100 Miss Mehta Incorrect Correct

What happens when you have completed the booklet? When your booklets are complete - put them in the ‘The Number Hunt’ Box in Miss Mehta’s Room (2.14).

Why should I complete this booklet? For all these reasons we mentioned before… ‘To be numerate is to confidently and effectively use mathematics to meet the everyday demands of life’. ‘Numeracy is a life skill – vital for you to make informed decisions in your everyday life and vital for the UK to build a strong economy and compete globally’. ‘It helps people manage their personal and social lives as well as increasing opportunities at work’. But also… Prizes can be won!

Prizes VIP Cards Gentlemen Cards

The Number Hunt Challenge What? Keeping your numerical brain in check and your eyes peeled will win you wonderful and amazing prizes. Why? To improve your numeracy skills When? Thursday 6 th November 2014 Who? Everyone Any Questions?

Countdown The challenge is to use the numbers available and the four standard operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) to hit a target. Each card can only be used once. It may not be necessary to use all the cards. 295

Countdown

Answers 50 x 5 = x 10 =

What day is the 5 th November?

On the 5 th November 1605, Guy Fawkes was discovered under the House of Commons with several barrels of gunpowder. He was preparing to blow up the building on the opening of parliament that day. Since that day the fact that he didn’t manage to blow up the government has been celebrated on the 5 th November with fireworks and bonfires. How many years ago was Guy Fawkes discovered? = 409

Here are some other interesting dates. Can you work out how many years ago these things happened? Every year Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the 4 th Thursday in November in memory of the first successful harvest the pilgrims had after they arrived on the continent. The first thanksgiving was in On the 4 th November 1843 the statue of Lord Nelson was put on top of Nelson’s column in Trafalgar Square, London where it still stands today. On the 17 th November 1558, Queen Mary (Tudor) died. She was England’s first ruling queen and daughter of Henry VIII. Ready for the answers?

The first thanksgiving in 1621 was 393 years ago. Nelson’s column was built 171 years ago in Queen Mary I died 456 years ago in 1558.

Just a final thought… …are these magic or maths? Think of a number. Double it. Add 10. Halve it. Take away your original number. Is your answer 5? Write down your age. Multiply it by 1/5 of 100. Add on 10. Multiply by 20% of 25. Now add on your shoe size (if it's a half size round to a whole number). Finally subtract 50. What is your final answer? The first two digits should be your age and the last two your shoe size.