Maths

Mythical Creatures Math Stories

Ella's Stories

There were 100 dragons playing soccer together. There are 2 teams. How many dragons are on each team?

There were 2 dragons shopping for shoes. Each dragon has 2 feet. How many shoes do they need?

There were 29 dragons playing a game but 5 went home. How many dragons were left?



Lexie's Stories

There were 10 baby dragon running all around the place. 5 fell over. How many dragons are still running?

There were 20 dragons climbing a tree and eight dragons fell off. How many dragons are still climbing the tree?

There were eighteen dragons swimming. Seven more jumped in. How many dragons are swimming altogether?

Ruby's Stories

30 dragons were fighting with some knights. 20  dragons were killed. How many dragons were left?

100 dragons were playing cards. 50 dragons lost. how many dragons won?


Amelia's Stories

There was one mother dragon sitting on her nest of eggs. Suddenly the eggs began to crack and jump and jump. Hip hop went the mother dragon because she was sitting on them. Soon there were 12 little dragons. How many dragons are there altogether?

There were eleven shining knights looking for adventure. Five fire breathing dragons were flying above their heads. Each swooped down and snatched a knight. How many knights are left now?

There were 18 stars dancing in circles around the moon. Three of them became shooting stars that dragons loved to watch. How many stars were left?

Riley's Stories

There were 100 unicorns flying in the sky. 70 flew home. How many unicorns were left flying in the sky?

There were 10 fire breathing dragons fighting knights. 6 more dragons came to help. How many dragons are now fighting the knights?

There were 5 Orks having a bbg. Soon there were 3 times that many Orks at the bbq. How many Orks have turned up for a feed?

Niamh's Stories

2 dragons went to the shop. They met 5 more dragons. How many dragons are at the shop?

3 dragons went to the shop and bought 3 apples and 4 strawberries. How many pieces of fruit did they buy altogether?

8 dragons were in the cave. 1 went off to the mall. How many dragons were left at the cave?

Neo's Stories

There were 10,100 mysterious dragons zooming up in the blue sky. 60 of them got caught by a great big mysterious monster. How many dragons were left?

James' Stories

There were 13,000 trolls in the cavern. 15,000 trolls came to live there. How many trolls are in the cavern altogether?

There were 100 pixies in the forest. 45 went off to a party. How many pixies are left in the forest?

Alannah's Stories

A mummy dragon had 2 babies and then 4 more. How many babies does she have altogether?

6 baby dragons drink 10 litres of milk each every day. How much milk do they drink altogether?

6 baby dragons went to bed, but 3 were naughty and played all night. How many went to sleep?

Holly's Stories

There were 5 catwings Browning at night. Then 5 more flew upon them. How many catwings are there altogether?

There were 12 unicorns flying gracefully over the enchanted river, when suddenly 4 dragons started chasing them and ate 3 of them. How many unicorns are left?

There were 7 fairies fluttering around fairyland when 8 more saw them and joined in. How many fairies are there altogether now?

Great Math Sites

Have you checked out the St Albans Math Blog yet? It has some great links for games and activities for you to do at home.

Some others you might want to try are shown below.

http://jmathpage.com

http://nrich.maths.org/primary-lower










Roman Numerals

James and I were discussing Roman numerals today - thanks for my homework James! If you are interested in finding out more about this you could check out the link below.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/roman-numerals.html











The Doubles Song

Learning your doubles facts to twenty will help you with your basic facts. Click on the link below to hear a song you can sing to help you. Guaranteed to be stuck in your head for hours!!

The Doubles Song with Room 19, 2011