10 Quick Questions (while we wait)

1. 11 × 11
2. Which is greater 2³ or 3²
3. If South has the bearing 090° what is NW?
4. -5 × -7
5. 3 Apples + Banana – 4 Apples + 2 Apples
6. What day of the year is 3^rd of July?
7. If there are 388 people at a conference, and 1/8 skip the last workshop, how many still attend?
8. What is the next Pythagorean triple after 3-4-5?
9. I invest $100 at 5% returns. How much will my grandchildren have in 100 years? (1SF)
10. If A = 1 and B = 2, what is the value of NZAMT

=121

=3² (8 < 9)

= 315°

= 35°

= 1 Apple, 1 Banana

= 184^th

= 345 people

= 5-12-13

= $100,000

= 14 + 26 + 1 + 13 + 20

= 74

On the 3^rd of July 2024 at 1:30pm…

Songs & Starters

Gareth Bell

Mean Median Mode song

Mean is the average, add and divide them

Median is the middle, mode is most common

Range is the big one, minus the small one

This works for a sample, or the population

Gareth Bell

• Horowhenua College �– EQI 494 (Decile 3), coed, Levin�
• Several NCEA subjects, �including HOD Digitech, and TIC Music.

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Nā tō rourou, �nā taku rourou �ka ora ai te iwi

Today

Part 1) Using songs to teach Maths

Part 2) Starting activities

Part 3) Download any of my resources

Part 4) Fun finish (if time)

Part 1) Math Songs

Acknowledging Sources

Angle Name Rap

An Obtuse angle, �is between the Right and the Straight

An Acute angle is Less

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And anything else, �that’s bigger than straight

is called a Re-flex .

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WHY: do Songs in Math?

1. Stick in your head�
2. Break up long classes �
3. Engage the unengaged �
4. Make Math fun

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Ella and Riley

Student video here removed for privacy.

WHERE: do they fit?

• Friday Afternoons, / Double periods.
• Revision - start or end of class positivity
• Fire Drills
• Instead of notes?
• Used for Rote Learning
• What are the letters of bedmas
• Which way around to x and y go
• What is PPDAC
• What are the digits of pi
• What should code comments have?
• Law of Demand

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HOW: to make em

1. Classroom Instrument?
2. Beatbox into phone – To convert…
3. That pen-tapper at the back – x and y
4. Youtube.com/audiolibrary (free Audio Library)
5. AI generated (suno.com), �and a rhyme dictionary
6. Show someone else’s (youtube)

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HOW: to get engagement?

1. Sell it humbly
2. Options:
1. Write the notes or sing them?
2. One more time, or into the text book?
3. Little and often. Line line changes over time…
4. Relevant style to your akonga

Let’s try it!

My Mum suggested we create a song now.

• Topic:
• 2-6 rhyming lines:
• Really repetitive catchy tune/rhythm

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Suno.com

Rhymezone.com

Song written during workshop!

My Mum suggested we create a song now.

• Topic: rounding
• 2-6 rhyming lines:

�If it’s below five, �just chop and drop�If it’s 5 or above �give it the (up) shove.

Suno.com

Rhymezone.com

Part 2) Starters

Starters Wish-list

1. Projected, not hand written �– teacher free for admin/behaviour etc
2. First questions are easy
3. Optional Wero/Challenge Question at the end
4. Revises all area of curriculum etc
5. Pictures
6. Date in top corner (auto updates)
7. 5-10 minutes
8. Easy to run, easy to mark
9. Enough for the whole year
10. One for Year 9, one for year 10, one for Year 11

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Year 9 “10 Quick Questions”

• >70 slides
• Four-day curriculum rotation
• Green

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1. -4 + 6
2. 6 -- 4
3. 18 ÷ 6
4. 8 x 8
5. 8²
6. What was life expectancy in 2010?��������
7. ¾ - ½
8. What is the median in this list of number of siblings? �{ 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5}
9. Solve this �magic �square:���
10. Jim collects McDonald’s toys. He has 78. His Cousin visits and gives him another 64. Now how �many does he have?�

CQ) I think of a number, double it and add one.  If my finishing number is 17, what number did I start with?

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9

4

6

10

5

= 2

= 10

= 3

= 64

= 64

= 81

= ¼

= 1.5

142

= 8

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10QQ

2024 Numeracy Results?

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Year 11 “10 Quick Questions”

• Based on Numeracy Exam
• Only two terms worth so far
• I got better at themes. Vaping, Unicorns, football, caffeine, sleep.

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1. 3 × 5
2. 4²
3. 3 + 2 × 7
4. Danni is going to Dunedin. �What time do they arrive? ������
5. The first flight is 619km how �many metres is this?
6. What angle is Baldwin St?
7. I stand at the bottom of �Baldwin St, What’s the chance �I fall up hill? (as a word)

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8. How many more people at Castle than Baldwin St? �
9. How many people total?
10. Which is cheaper: a family pass for four people to Cadbury Factory for $24 or ‘The Special’ two for $10?

CQ) Baldwin St goes up 1m for every 2.86m across. If it is straight, and the diagonal is 350m, what is the change in elevation?

= 30°

= 15

= 16

= 17

= 30

= √(2.86² + 1²) …÷ 350

= 116m

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= 619,000

= Impossible

= 2

= 6:18pm

Tourists at each attraction

10QQ

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HOW: Do I run it?

• Projected before students enter
• Quiet
• Set a timer (e.g. 6 minutes)
• Self mark – explain the hard ones
• “Friday Sticker Day” �– positivity and quick feedback
• Others print it for relief

WHAT: is wrong with it?

• Not much use of Te Reo

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• Year 11s: Not a full set, and only covers recent exam questions, but not wider numeracy curriculum

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• Year 9s: Not much use of Algebra, and overdid Magic squares, �and not enough timestables

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• No year 10 one, yet.

Kia ora

Part 3) Resources

garethbell.com

GarethBell.com

• 10qq for Year 9s,
• 10qq for Year 11s
• Friday math games,
• Math breakers - brain break, in room, mathematical activities
• Links to math tshirts ($20 delivered), wireless clickers ($10 delivered)

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One Question:

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Is there one thing �from this workshop �you want to take �to your classroom?

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