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 4, Block C, Unit 3
Questions based on Year 4, Block B, Unit 3
Questions based on Year 3, Block D, Unit 3

5. Monday 1st June 2009 1. A multiple of 6 that is also a multiple of 9
3. Sue wanted to use her calculator to add 463
and 391. she entered 263 + 319 by mistake. By how
many was the answer wrong?
4. What should the answer have been?
5. Double 9, double 90, double 900
6. There are 245 children at a school have a packed
lunch. 38 go home for lunch. The other children have a
school lunch. How many have a school lunch?
7. How did you work this out?
8. Derek buys a bar of chocolate costing 45p and another
at 53p. He pays with a £2 coin. How much change
does he get?
9. Make up a worded problem for the calculation 6 x 8.
10. James has saved £6.85 towards a game that costs
£ How much extra does he need?
Year 4 Block C Unit 3

6. Tuesday 2nd June 2009 1. Using the numbers 6, 7 and 42, create some
sentences using the vocabulary product, factor, multiplied by and multiple of.
Draw some dotty grids like this with 9 dots in a square
How many different triangles can you make by joining
the dots?( is the same triangle as )
2. A coach hold 53 people. A school in Hull is taking 244
children to visit a castle. How many coaches will they
need?
3. Will they have any spare seats. If so how many?
4. There are 107 boys on the coaches. How many more girls
are there?
5. When they reach the castle the children will be put into 5
groups. How many children will be in each group?
6. The journey from the school to the castle takes 4 hours.
They set off a 9a.m.and spend 3 ¼ hours at the castle.
What time do they arrive back at school?
Year 5 Block A Unit 3

7. Wednesday 3rd June 2009
1. 8 + 7 = 15. Write three other facts that you can
work out from this addition fact.
2. 54 ÷ 9 = 6. Write three other facts that you can
work out from this division fact.
3. 18, double it, double it, double it.
4. 108, halve it, halve it, halve it
5. A pair of numbers with a sum of 15 and a product of
54.
6. Abdul works out that 98cm – 37cm = 61cm. How could
you check this is correct.
7. I think of a number, double it and take four away. I get
the answer 16. What was my number?
8. How did you work it out?
9. Create a similar problem for the person sitting next to
you.
= 200
Year 4 Block C Unit 3

8. Thursday 4th June 2009 1. What is the area of A and B?
2. What is the perimeter of A and B?
3. Draw a different shape with
the same area as A.
4. Draw a different shape with
the same area as B.
5. Draw a shape with the combined area of A and B.
6. Add together 28, 37 and 64.
What is the difference between these numbers? =
= 200
= Explain your method.
Year 4 Block C Unit 3

9. Friday 5th June 2009 1. Write a calculation that you could do to check
that the answer to 54 × 4 is 216.
2. Draw and describe a hexagon.
3. A pair of numbers with a sum of 15 and a product of 56.
4. I think of a number, add 3 and multiply by 3. The
answer is 15. What was my number?
? = 9
6. 25 x 6 =
7. A bus ticket costs 80p. What will be the cost of 5
tickets. How much change will you get from £5.00?
8. Caramel Swirls cost 45p each. How much will eight
cost?
9. A pack of four pens cost £ How much will one
pen cost.
10. What is the remainder when 28 is divided by 6?
Year 4 Block C Unit 3

10. Monday 8th June 2009
1. Which three numbers in this list have a sum of 190?
2. How did you work it out?
3. Which pairs of these numbers have a difference of 60?
4. How did you work it out?
5. Draw and describe a kite.
6. A slices of bread weighs 60 grams. How much do 5
slices weigh?
÷ 5 = x
8 x 5 = 40
8. 5 x = ÷ = ÷ = 8
Year 4 Block C Unit 3

11. Tuesday 9th June 2009 a b c d e 1. 2. Multiply the number of
right angles in this shape by 6?
3. Which shapes do
not have a right angle?
4. Write down five objects in your
classroom that have right angles.
5. How many degrees are there on a straight line?
6. How many right angles are there on a straight line?
a b c d e
Year 4 Block C Unit 3

12. Wednesday 10th June 2009
1. A pair of numbers with a difference of 4 and a
product of 32.
2. Start at 3, double and subtract 1. Continue the
pattern. =
4 800 – 400 =
– =
6. Read the scale
7. How many more
grams are needed
to make 60kg?
8. How many grams
is each division
worth on each scale?
9. How many mls are there?
mls are poured away. What capacity is left?
Year 4 Block C Unit 3

13. Thursday 11th June 2009 1. 476 – 50 = 2. 2000 – 1989 = 3. 318 – 60 =
– 1980 =
5. Draw a net of a
square-based pyramid.
6. What time does the clock read?
7. How would a digital clock show the
time at twenty minutes to three?
8. A walk to school takes 25 minutes.
Candice needs to be at school
by 10 to nine. What time does she
need to leave?
9. What time would a digital clock show
at the time she left?
10. What would the time on this analogue
clock read in digital time?
Year 4 Block C Unit 3

14. Friday 12th June 2009 sequence.
1. Start with 3. Double and add one. Continue the
sequence.
2. Will all the numbers in the sequence be odd?
3. Write a division fact with a remainder of 3.
4. Write all the factors of 12.
5. ? X ? = 18 Write all the different possibilities.
Write these in analogue time.
7. A cake started cooking at this time It
cooked for 45 minutes. At what time did it finish
cooking?
8. Sam leaves He arrives at
home at school at
How long does it take to get there?
Year 4 Block C Unit 3