1. S.O.D.A. Start Of Day Activity
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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
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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
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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.

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Year 3, Block A, Unit 3
Questions based on Year 3, Block E, Unit 2
Questions based on Year 2, Block B, Unit 3

5. Monday 20th April 2009
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1. Complete this in as many different ways as you can: ? X ? = 36
2. Find different multiplication facts with a product of 30?
3.12 biscuits are shared equally between 4 children. How many does
each child get?
4. An 80cm piece of string is cut into 4 equal pieces. How long is each
piece?
5. 3 children buy a bunch of flowers for their mum. They cost £1.50
Each child pays and equal amount. How much does each child pay?
6. The pet shop has kittens and parrots. Altogether there are 24 legs.
How many kittens and how many parrots could there be?
7. Joe says there are 2 parrots and 5 kittens. Is he right? Show the
calculations you need to complete to see if he is correct.
8. How many different answers can you find?
9. Create a list of your answers.
10. Check your answers with a friend – are there more answers?
Year 3 Block A unit 3

6. Tuesday 21st April 2009 1. How many sides do 4 pentagons have?
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1. How many sides do 4 pentagons have?
2. What multiplication fact did you do to find the
answer?
3. If 3 x 5 = 15, what is 6 x 5?
4. How did you work this out?
5. How would knowing that 3 x 9 = 27 help you to
solve 6 x 9?
6. I think of a number and add 12 to it. My total is
38. What is my number?
7. How can I solve this problem?
8. Write down the calculation that you would do.
9. Show me how to solve this problem using an
empty number line.
10. Write your own ‘Thinking of a number’
problem.
Year 3 Block A unit 3

7. Wednesday 22nd April 2009 1. What fraction of this shape is shaded?
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Wednesday 22nd April 2009
1. What fraction of this shape is shaded?
2. How do you know?
3. Write this fraction in a different way.
4. How many more ways can you write this fraction?
5. How many different ways can you write ¼?
Round these numbers to complete the table.
Number
Nearest 10
Nearest 100 56
249 28
891
674
455
Year 3 Block A unit 3

8. Thursday 23rd April 2009 1. How many different ways can you complete
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Thursday 23rd April 2009
1. How many different ways can you complete
this division calculation: 24 ÷ ? = ?
2. 41 ÷ 3 =
3. 33 ÷ 2 =
4. If I divide an even number by an odd number
will there always be a remainder?
5. How do you know
6. Which of these numbers are multiples of 3?
13, 18, 25, 30, 42, 43, 60
7. How do you know?
8. Which are multiples of 5?
9. Estimate the answers to these calculations:
 +   – 295.
10. How did you work out your estimates?
Year 3 Block A unit 3

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Friday 24th April 2009
1. How many different ways can you complete this
division calculation: 48 ÷ ? = ?
2. 41 ÷ 4 =
3. 23 ÷ 2 =
4. If I divide an odd number by an even number will there
always be a remainder?
5. How do you know?
6. A pie went into the oven at 2.10pm. It will be cooked at
3.00pm. How long will the pie be in the oven?
7. A TV program starts at 7.45pm. It lasts for 25
minutes. What time will it finish?
8. Three cakes cost 24p. How much will 2 cakes cost?
9. What calculations did you do?
10. Megan is 109cm tall. Sunil is 137cm tall. How much
taller is Sunil than Megan?
Year 3 Block A unit 3

10. Monday 27th April 2009 1. There are 24 legs. How many spiders is this?
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Monday 27th April 2009
1. There are 24 legs. How many spiders is this?
2. How many legs do 7 dogs have?
3. 36 eyes are looking at you. How many cats is
this?
4. Make up your own word problem for 32 ÷ 4 =
5. Create another problem with the same answer
6. Can a triangle have two right angles?
7. How many different shapes can you make by
placing two identical right-angled triangles
edge to edge?
8. How do you know you have found them all?
9. Describe each shape.
10. Josie had £10. She spent £2.35. How much
money did she have left?
Year 3 Block A unit 3

11. Tuesday 28th April 2009 1. List all of the addition words.
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1. List all of the addition words.
2. List all of the subtraction words.
3. List all of the multiplication words.
4. List all of the division words.
5. I think of a number, double it and add 3. My
answer is 23, what was my number?
6. What is the answer to 20 ÷ 5?
7. How many 5p biscuits can I buy for 20p?
8. Make up another problem that means you need
to work out 20 ÷ 5 to solve it.
9. Work out 205 – 198 =
What strategies did you use?
10. Use ‘counting on’ to work out 75 – 69 =
Year 3 Block A unit 3

12. Wednesday 29th April 2009 1. What is ½ of 26?
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Wednesday 29th April 2009
1. What is ½ of 26?
2. I have 80p. I spend ¼ of it. How much do I spend?
3. How did you work this out? Is there another way
to solve the problem?
4. I think of a number, halve it and subtract 2. My
answer is 3. What was my number?
5. 47 ÷ 10 =
6. Which of these numbers are multiples of 2?
28, 45, 30, 17, 88, 35, 40, 90, 96,
7. How do you know?
8. Which are multiples of 5?
9. Estimate the answers to these calculations:
 +   – 177.
10. How did you work out your estimate?
Year 3 Block A unit 3

13. Thursday 30th April 2009 1. What operation would change 670 into 67?
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Thursday 30th April 2009
1. What operation would change 670 into 67?
2. How did you decide on your answers?
3. Books are 20cm long. If 4 are placed end to end
how long will they be?
4. What calculation did you use to work this out?
5. How can you use 4 x 7 = 28 to help solve 40 x 7?
6. The shop is open for 6 days each week. It is open for 8 hours
each day. How many hours is the
shop open each week?
7. Show how you work it out.
8. There are 12 stickers in a sheet. Each sticker costs 28p. I
buy a quarter of the sheet. How many stickers is this?
9. What calculation did you do?
10. I pour out 180 ml and then 270 ml from a one-litre bottle of squash. How much is left?
Year 3 Block A unit 3

14. Friday 1st May 2009 1. What is the value of the 8 in the number 18?
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Friday 1st May 2009
1. What is the value of the 8 in the number 18?
2. Multiply 18 by 10.
3. What is the value of the 8 in your answer? 4. What operation would change 23 into 230?
5. What operation would change 6 into 600?
6. Name these 2D shapes.
7. Draw a quadrilateral that has two angles that are
smaller than right angles and two that are bigger than
right angles.
8. Which shapes always have four right angles.
9. Imagine two squares the same size placed so that they
touch side to side. What shape does this make?
Year 3 Block A unit 3