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Year 5 Maths Challenge

Mrs Street

Hi Year 5! Are you ready to take the challenge!?

This half term we are learning about the 1960’s so I have set you a challenge about this time period and you will need to use your place value knowledge to solve it.

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Bronze

Investigate British singers in the 1960’s: Paul McCartney, Cilla Black, John Lennon, and Mick Jagger. Find out how old they were when they became famous and order from youngest to oldest.

Silver

The Beatles were a famous band from Liverpool in the 1960’s. What was the population of Liverpool during the 1960’s? What is the population of Liverpool now? Has it increased or decreased? By how much? Explain it.

Gold

Research the record sales for the following singers; Cilla Black, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger, using this knowledge identify who is the most successful singer. You will need to explain why using correct mathematical vocabulary. What is the difference in records sold between the most successful and least successful?

Platinum 

Research the record sales for the following singers; Cilla Black, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger, using this knowledge identify who is the most successful singer. You will need to explain why using correct mathematical vocabulary. What is the difference in records sold between the most successful and least successful? How many records have they sold altogether? John Lennon and Paul McCartney were in the famous British band ‘The Beatles’. Using their solo record sales and those of The Beatles how many records have the sold combined altogether?

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73 responses to “Year 5 Maths Challenge”

  1. Mohammed W.

    Bronze:
    Mick Jagger -15
    Cilla black-20
    John Lennon-23
    McCartney-28
    Silver:
    Year population
    ——————————————-
    1960 1,384,000
    2022 912,000
    —————————————-
    Difference 472,000
    ————–
    The difference between the population in the 1960 and in 2022 has decreased by 472,000.
    gold:
    Cilla Black sold over 435,000 records.
    John Lennon sold 7 million Albums.
    Paul McCartney has sold 100 million albums and 100 million singles.
    Mick Jagger has sold over 3,140,721 albums, including 1,500,000 in the US and 120,000 in the United Kingdom.
    Mick Jagger was the most successful because he sold 3,140,721 records.
    Cilla Black was the least successful because she sold 435,000 records.
    The difference between the most successful and the least successful was by 2,705,721 records.

  2. Amanah S.

    bronze
    John Lennon was 16 when he became famous
    Cilla black was 21 when she was famous
    Mick Jagger was 27 when he was famous
    Paul McCartney was 28 when he was famous
    silver
    the population in 1960 was 1384000
    the population in 2021 was 906443
    its decreased by 477557

  3. Kevin R.

    Bronze:

    Paul McCartney was 15 when he became famous.

    John Lennon was 16.

    Mick Jagger was 17 when he started singing.

    Cilla Black was the oldest at 20.

    Silver:

    I predict the population will decrease because people move around more now.

    Liverpool’s population in the 1960 was 1,384,000. It decreased to 1,287,000 in 1969. That’s a difference of 97,000 in 9 years.

    It’s population now is 960,000.

    The population has decreased 327,000.

  4. Mohanned A.

    Paul McCartney age 28 Cilla Black age 20 John Lennon age 16 Mick Jagger age 19

  5. Fariha A.

    Bronze
    Paul Mcartney-28
    Mick jagger-19
    Cilia black – 20
    John Lennon -16
    Silver
    The population was 1384000 and now it is 906,000 .

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