1. S.O.D.A. Start Of Day Activity
Morning registration mathematics activity
Aligned to the Renewed Framework for Mathematics
Stoke-on-Trent Primary Maths Team

2. S.O.D.A. Start Of Day Activity
WHAT IS IT?
10 mathematics questions per day based on the Renewed Framework for Mathematics.
Questions 1-5 consolidate maths from the previous unit.
Questions 6-10 are based on the previous year’s coverage of the next unit (following Block sequence A B C D E).
This will support you in pitching the learning appropriately for the next unit and gathering evidence for APP.
WHAT IS IT NOT?
SODA is NOT intended to be used during any part of the daily mathematics lesson.
It is an ADDITIONAL resource to support the CONSOLIDATION of learning which has taken place previously.

3. S.O.D.A. Start Of Day Activity
WHEN?
During the registration period at the start of the day.
Pupils could record their answers in a ‘SODA’ book.
Go through the questions and discuss strategies the children used with the pupils during registration.
Ensure that you model the correct mathematical vocabulary and always encourage the children to use it correctly.
HOW?
Use SODA as it stands or personalise the questions for your pupils by adapting / replacing them.

4. Councillors on Line
Year 3, Block B, Unit 3
Questions based on Year 3, Block A, Unit 3
Questions based on Year 2, Block C, Unit 3

5. Monday 4th May 2009
1. I add 7 to a number the total is 19. What was the
number?
2. The X Factor starts at 7.10pm. It lasts for 40 minutes.
What time does it finish?
3. The results show starts 30 minutes after The X Factor
finishes. What time does the results show start?
4. It costs 25p per minute to vote for your favourite act.
Each call lasts for 3 minutes. How much does it cost
to vote?
5. How much do 10 votes cost?
6. Debra told her teacher that the children in 2B all eat
their breakfast by half past seven. How could we find out if this is true?
7. What do you think we will find? Why?
8. What information do we need?
9. How will you collect the information?
10.How would you represent the information that you have collected and why?
Year 3 Block 3Unit 3

6. Councillors on Line
Tuesday 5th May 2009
1. Twenty apples need to be shared by 5 children. What
calculation do you need to complete to solve this problem?
2. If 2 buns cost 34p, what is the cost of 1 bun?
3. Use a number line to work out =
4. Use a number line to work out 362 – 75 =
5. Add 8 units to 56.
6. Investigate different ways of making 50p
using only silver coins. How many different
ways can you find?
7. Look at the table. How many more
children prefer chipped potatoes to mashed?
8. The most popular way to cook potatoes is…
9. How many children are in the class
altogether?
10. How many children liked chipped
Potatoes and boiled potatoes altogether?
Chipped 12
Mashed 2
Baked
Boiled
Year 3 Block 3 Unit

7. Wednesday 6th May 2009 1. I think of a number and multiply it by 4.
The product is 20. What was my number?
2. Count back in 5’s from 35. How many 5’s did
you count?
3. List 5 numbers that will divide exactly by 2.
4. List 5 numbers that will divide exactly by 5.
5. List 5 numbers that will divide exactly by 3.
6. This shape is made from five identical
squares touching edge to edge.
Make different shapes from the
four identical squares, touching
edge to edge.
Year 3 Block 3 Unit 3

8. Thursday 7th May 2009
1. To the nearest 100 there are 400 children in this school.
What is the smallest number of children possible?
2. What is the largest number of children possible?
3. Could there be 350 pupils? Explain your answer.
4. Could there be 450 pupils? Explain your answer.
5. List 5 2-digit numbers that will divide exactly by 10.
6. Year 4 counted the letters
in their names. Where do the
names ‘Jodie’ Jessica’
‘Sammy’ ‘Kieron’ belong in the table?
7. How many letters are there in total, with children who
have four letters in their name?
8. Which two names have a total of eleven letters?
9. How many letters are there in total, in all the names?
10. Katie and Peter leave the class. How many letters are
there altogether now?
Jane Katie Jessie Katrina
Kate Peter Phillip
Gary
Year 3 Block 3 Unit 3

9. Friday 8th May 2009
1. If I start at 9 and count in 2’s, will 18 be in my
sequence?
x 3 =
3. 10 x 3 =
4. Use the two answers above to find 17 x 3 =
5. If I multiply a number by 8 and then divide the
answer by 8, what happens?
6. Think about some questions, such as your
favourite activities in games lessons.
7. How could you decide?
8. What information do you need?
9. How will you organise the information?
10. Put the information into a simple graph.
Year 3 Block 3 Unit 3

10. Monday 11th May 2009 What strategies would help to solve these
mental calculations. =
2. 37 – 9 = =
4. 12 x 4 =
5. 12 – – 9 =
6. What is the most popular
drink?
7. How many more children preferred coffee to tea?
8. How many children liked tea and juice altogether?
9. What is the difference in number of children between those
who liked juice compared to coffee?
10. Order the drinks by popularity, most popular first.
juice coffee tea pop water
Year 3 Block 3 Unit 3

11. Tuesday 12th May 2009 represents 2 people 1. 5 ÷ 5 = 2. 70 ÷ 5 =
÷ 5 =
÷ 5 =
÷ 5 =
4. Use the answers above to find
175 ÷ 5 = Explain your answer.
5. Continue 12, 17, 22, 27, …, …, …,
6. __ vanilla ice creams were sold?
7. ___ more strawberry ice-creams
than vanilla ice-creams were sold?
8. ___ fewer chocolate ice-creams
were sold than vanilla ice-creams?
9. What was the total number of
ice creams sold?
10. What is the least popular
flavour ice – cream?
vanilla
Straw-berry
Choco- late
Banana
represents 2 people
Year 3 Block 3 Unit 3

12. Wednesday 13th May 2009 1. Continue the pattern: 7, 10, 13, …, ..., …,
2. If I start at 8 and count in 3’s, will 22 be in my
sequence?
3. There are 24 apples in a pack. Each apple costs 18p. I
buy ¼ of a pack. How many apples is this?
4. How much does this cost?
5. I drink 240ml and my friend drinks 370ml of orange
squash from a litre bottle. How much squash is left in
the bottle?
Think about the following measurements: mm, cm, m, km, kg, g, ml, l
6. What would you measure the length of your desk in?
7. I can measure the capacity of a bottle of pop in?
8. I can measure a bike in?
9. Which unit of measurement would you use to record
the distance from your house to Blackpool?
10. Estimate the length of your interactive whiteboard.
Year 3 Block 3 Unit 3

13. Thursday 14th May 2009 1. 38 ÷ 6 = (Remember to include a remainder)
2. If you put 38 eggs into boxes of 6 how many boxes
would you need? 3. Why?
4. To make a cake you need 6 eggs. How many cakes
can be made with 38 eggs? Why?
6. How long do you think this line is?
7. Draw a line for the person sitting next to you and
then ask them to estimate how long it is.
8. Measure your partner’s line.
9. Estimate the weight of a pineapple.
10. What is the most likely mass of a bear?
4.5kg 1000g 45kg 200kg
Year 3 Block 3 Unit 3

14. Friday 15th May 2009 1. Find the perimeter of each of the
irregular shapes
on the 1cm grid.
2. The perimeter of a
rectangle is 24cm2
what could the
dimensions be?
3. Draw a rectangle
with the dimensions
54mm by 21 mm.
4. What is the
perimeter of the
rectangle you have
drawn?
5. What is the area of
the rectangle you
have drawn?
Year 3 Block 3 Unit 3

15. Monday 18th May 2009 1. Continue the pattern: 76, 86, 96, …, …, …,
2. I start at 34 and count in 10’s, will 104 be in my sequence?
3. Lewis makes a call from a telephone box. He has £2 in
coins. He uses these five coins to make the call.
How much money has he got left? =
= 567
6. Look at the cup. One of the amounts below is an
estimate of the capacity of the cup.
2 metres litres cm ¼ litre ½ litre
7. A normal school day could be......? 6 metres, 60 metres, 6
hours, 6 kilos
8. A puppy might weigh about 5 grams, 5 foot, 5cm, 5 kg
9. Should we measure the length of our corridor in cm or M?
10. What would you use to measure your waist?
Year 3 Block 3 Unit 3

16. Tuesday 19th May 2009
1. Continue the pattern: 17, 21, 25, …, ..., …,
2. I start at 9 and count in 4’s, will 22 be in my sequence?
3. Harry does English and maths homework each week. It
takes him a total of two and a half hours. He spends 80
minutes doing English homework. How many minutes
does he spend doing maths homework?
4. Megan is 109cm tall. Sunil is 137cm tall. How much taller
is Sunil than Megan?
5. What value does
the pointer show?
6. What will the pointer
show after 6cm?
7. What number lies half
way between 1 and 2?
8. Match the weights to the
correct scale 15
Year 3 Block 3 Unit 3

17. Wednesday 20th May 2009 Dessert 5 Dessert 1 Dessert 4 Dessert 2
1. Can you find a different total for 3 desserts?
2. What is the cheapest total you can find?
3. What is the most expensive total you can find?
4. Three apples cost 27p. What do 2 apples cost?
5. How much for 9 apples?
6. How many ml s are in each container?
7. How many more ml s would fill each cylinder?
8. Draw a line 7.5cms long.
9. Ask your partner to measure and check the
accuracy of your line
£1.62
£1.36
£1.57
£1.49
75p
Year 3 Block 3 Unit 3
Year 4 Block E unit 2

18. Thursday 21st May 2009 1. Use 3 of the digit cards 2 3 6 7
to make the smallest possible even number.
2. Use 3 of the digit cards to make the largest
possible odd number.
3. Make the largest possible multiple of 2.
4. Make a 3-digit number less than 400.
5. Make a 3-digit number between 200 and 300.
Measure these objects to the nearest half centimetre.
6. pencil 7. rubber sharpener crayon
10. Two other items of your choice
Year 3 Block 3 Unit 3

19. Friday 22nd May 2009 1. What is 3 x 3 added to 4 x 4?
2. 5 is a quarter of a number. What is that number?
3. 20 children sit at tables in groups of 4. How many groups are there?
4. Ben saved 24 10p coins and 15 20p coins. How much
money did Ben save?
5. Harry multiplied 2 numbers, his answer was 60. What could his two numbers have been. List all possibilities.
6. Record the following measurements:
Year 3 Block 3 Unit 3