Year 5 Maths Challenge Autumn 1

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.

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 of the following Beatles songs. Make a graph to show the results.

Hey Jude
Help
Let it Be
Magical Mystery Tour
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band

68 responses to “Year 5 Maths Challenge Autumn 1”

  1. Noor A.

    Bronze
    Paul mcartly was 18 years old when he became famous
    Cilla black was 21 years old when he became famous
    Jhon lennon was 23 years old when he became famous
    Mick jagger was 24 years old when he became famous

  2. Mohammed I.

    Bronze
    Youngest
    Cilla-black -17
    Paul McCartney – 21
    John Lennon – 23
    Mick Jagger – 24
    Mick Jagger is the oldest.

  3. Umar S.

    Bronze

    Paul McCartney age was 18 years old whan he became famous
    Cilla black age was 21 years old when she became famous.
    John Lennon age was 20 years old when he became famous.
    Mick Jagger age was 15 years old when he became famous.
    Order: Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Cilla Black.

    Silver

    The population of Liverpool in the 1960 was aproxmatly 1,370,000 and in 2022 it is 912,000.
    The amount as deacresed by 458,000.

    Gold

    Cilla Black sales amount is over 1 million copies
    John lennon sales amount was over 73 million records.
    Paul McCartney had sold over 70 million copies.
    Mick Jagger had sold over 3 million copies.
    The most successful singer was Paul McCartney.

  4. Raiyan K.

    Bronze
    Youngest to oldest,
    Cilla black – She started her singing career at the age of 17, when she had turned 18 she started charting top hits.
    Paul McCartney – He was 21 years old with the beatles (mid 60’s).
    John Lennon – 23 years old, beatles tour happened.
    Mike Jagger – He became famous with the rolling stones around at the age of 23 – 24 when they had got their first number one hit.

  5. Rir K.

    Paul McCartney was 28 when he became famous.
    Cilla Black was 17 she was 18 when she became famous.
    John Lennon was 23 when he was famous in the Beatles.
    Mick Jagger was 20 when he became famous.
    Silver:
    The population of Liverpool in the 60’s was 1,384,000 but now in the year 2022 the population is 912,000.

  6. Rubab G.

    ..Bronze..

    YOUNGEST
    Cillia Blck~ 17 years old.
    Paul McCartney~ 21 years old.
    Jhon Lennon~ 23 years old.
    Mick Jagger~ 24 years old.

  7. Rubab G.

    Bronze

    YOUNGEST
    Cillia Blck~ 17 years old.
    Paul McCartney~ 21 years old.
    Jhon Lennon~ 23 years old.
    Mick Jagger~ 24 years old.

  8. Lucas R.

    Bronze
    Paul McCartney was 28
    Cilla Black was 19
    John Lennon was 16
    Mick Jagger was 20
    Silver
    In 1960,the population of Liverpool was 1384,000, now it is 912,000 and it decreased by 472,000

  9. Kirtan P.

    bronze
    youngest
    Cilla Black – 17
    Paul McCartney – 21
    John Lennon – 23
    Mick Jagger – 24
    oldest

  10. Seher A.

    Bronze – Cilla Black – 17 when she started her singing career and 18 when she started charting top hits (Coventry born, Her name was given to her by the beatles)

    Paul McCartney – 21 years old with beatles near the mid 60’s.

    John Lennon – 23 years old when the beatles tour happened in the 60’s.

    Mick Jagger – 15 when he made his TV debut in 1959 but became famous with rolling stones at around 23 24 years old in the mid 60’s when they got their first number 1 hit.

  11. Zahra D.

    Bronze
    23 John Lennon.
    19 Cilla Black
    20 Mick Jagger
    28 Paul McCartney
    Silver
    1,384,000 was the population of Liverpool’s in 1960.
    912,000 is the population now.
    The population decreased by 472,000 because 1,384,000 – 912,000 = 472,000.
    Gold
    Cilla Black sold 435,000
    John Lennon sold 73,000,000
    Mick Jagger sold 3,140,721
    Paul McCartney sold 24,933,000

  12. Sanad S.

    BRONZE:
    John Lennon-16 years old
    Cilla Black-21 years old
    Mick Jagger-21 years old
    Paul McCartney-28 years old
    SILVER:
    The population of Liverpool in the 1960s was 1,384,000.
    The population of Liverpool in 2022 is 912,000.
    The difference is 472000.
    Gold:
    -Cilla Black sold over 435000 albums.
    -John Lennon sold 73 million albums on his own.
    -Mick Jagger sold over 3140721 albums.
    -Paul McCartney sold more than 100 million albums and 100 million singles.

  13. Mohammed S.

    BRONZE
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    When Paul McCartney became famous at the age of 28.
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    Mick Jagger was about 20 years old when he became famous.
    __________________________________________________________
    When Cilla Black became famous she was aged 19.
    __________________________________________________________
    When John Lennon became famous he was around 17 years old.
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    Silver
    __________________________________________________________
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    The population of Liverpool during the 1960s was 1,384,000.
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    The population of Liverpool currently is 496,784.
    __________________________________________________________
    The population of Liverpool between 1960 and 2022 decreased.
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    Year 5 Maths Challenge Autumn 1
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  14. Maddox B.

    BRONZE-
    1] john lennon 16
    2] mick jagger 17
    3] cilla black 19
    4] paul mcartney 28

  15. Lexi M.

    Bronze these poeple became famous at these ages

    Paul mcCartney is 28
    And mick jagger was 20 cilla black is 19
    John lennon is 16

  16. Xlexben F.

    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.
    john lennon was 16 years old
    Kill a black was 19 years old
    Mick jagger was 20 years old
    Paul mcCartney was 28 years old
    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.
    In the 1960’s This was the Beatles Population:1,384,000,0.00%
    Now In 2022 this is the Beatles Population:912,000,0.00%
    (That is a big improvement ever since 1960’s)
    And in Liverpool the improvement/Increase From 1960’s to 2022 which is now has improved by 4.02% And I know this because Ever since 2021 in Liverpool the Beatles Population was:906,000,0.00%.
    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?
    It was cilla black who was sucsusful first and got the first contract.
    platinum:
    1. 8 million people copies
    2. 1,594 032
    3.11.7 million
    4.2,373,987
    5.3n million copies
    Platinum
    Research the record sales of the following Beatles songs. Make a graph to show the results.
    Hey Jude nearly sold 8 million copies
    Help sold 1,594,032
    Let it be sold 11.7 miliion
    Magical mystery sold 2,373,987
    Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band sold 32 miliion copies of the song to lots of people from around the world!

  17. Aisha A.

    Bronze:
    Cilla Black was born in 1943 2015 in Coventry and she was a singer.
    John Lennon was a song writer and he had Beatles (1940-1980)
    Cilla Black: 27
    John Lennon: 19

  18. Mohammed I.

    Bronze
    John pennon was 16 years old, Cilla flack was 19 years old, Mick bagger was 20 years old and Paul McCartfey was 28 years old.
    Silver

  19. Muhammad R.

    I have done it my homework book

  20. Sania K.

    Bronze
    Paul McCartney was 15
    Cilla Black was 21
    John Lennon was 17
    Mick Jagger was 19
    Silver
    The population of Liverpool in the 1960 was 996,000 people.
    The population of Liverpool now is 435 500 people this means the population of Liverpool has decreased.
    The population decreased by 560500.
    Gold
    Paul McCartney sold over 100 million albums so that means Paul McCartney was the most successful singer out of the people.
    The least successful was Cilla black with 43500 albums sold.

    1. Sania K.

      Bronze
      Paul McCartney was 15
      John Lennon was 17
      Mick Jagger was 19
      Cilla Black was 21

  21. Minaal A.

    John Lennon was around 16 years old
    Mick jagged was about 20 years old
    Cilla black was 19 years old
    Paul McCartney was 28 years old

    Silver
    The population was 1,384,000 in the 1960s.
    The population of Liverpool now is 496,784 2022.it has discreasd be use it was1,384,000 in the 1960s and now it is 496,784.

  22. Ramarni J.

    I have did this in my homework book!

  23. Eman A.

    Bronze
    1. Paul Mccartney:28
    2. Cilla black:19
    3. John lemnon:28
    4. Mick jigger:17

    1 is largest
    2 is third largest
    3 is second largest
    4 is smallest
    Silver
    liverpools population in the 1960s was 1.384,000.
    in 2022 the population decreased to 249,311
    the reason of was because the immigration of unemployment.
    Gold

  24. Mohamed E.

    Bronze:
    John Lemon was 16
    Cilla Black was 19
    Mick Jagger was 20
    Paul McCartney was 28

    Silver:
    The population of liverpool was 1,384,000.
    The population of liverpool was 496,784 in 2019.
    Increased by 495,400

  25. Rayyana M.

    Silver
    The population of liverpool was 1,384,000.
    The population of liverpool is496,784 (2019).
    It has increased by 495,400.

  26. Ayaan M.

    Bronze:
    John lennon was 16 years old, Cilla Black was 19 years old, Mick Jagger was 20 years old and Paul McCartney was 28 years old.
    Silver:
    The population of liverpool in the 1960s use to be 737,637 and in the present time the population of liverpool is 912,000 this is because over the years liverpool has got more popular when the beatles had stop the band because of the murder of one of their band mates.
    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?
    It was Cilla black who was successful first and got the first contract first out of the 4.
    Platinum:
    Hey jude almost sold 8 million copies of the fantastic song,
    she helped sold 1,594,032 copies,
    she Let 11.7 million copies be sold,
    Magical mystery sold 2,373,987 and
    Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band sold 32 million copies of the song to lots of people from around the world!

  27. Bakary C.

    Bronze
    john lennon was 16 years old
    Kill a black was 19 years old
    Mick jagger was 20 years old
    Paul mcCartney was 28 years old
    Silver

    The Beatles in 1964.
    Clockwise (from top left): John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison
    Background information
    Origin Liverpool, England
    Genres
    Rock, pop

    Years active 1960–1970
    Labels EMI, Parlophone, Capitol, Apple, Polydor
    Members John Lennon
    Paul McCartney
    George Harrison
    Ringo Starr
    Past members Stuart Sutcliffe
    Pete Best
    Beatles ad 1965 just the beatles crop
    Together in 1965, celebrating a Grammy win
    The Beatles magical mystery tour
    Filming a sequence for “I Am the Walrus”
    The Beatles were an English rock band, started in Liverpool, England in 1960. The members of the band were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Most people say they are the most successful and influential band in the history of popular music. The group were a main part of the creation of 1960s counterculture. They began as a skiffle and beat band and were influenced by 1950s American rock and roll. They later used parts of classical music and Indian music.

    Their main songwriters were Lennon and McCartney. Before The Beatles became popular, they played in clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over three years between 1960 and 1963, with Stuart Sutcliffe playing bass. They went through many drummers, including Pete Best, before finally asking Ringo Starr to join in 1962. Sutcliffe also quit, meaning Paul McCartney started playing the bass instead. Brian Epstein was their manager and George Martin produced most of their music. Their first single was “Love Me Do”, in late 1962. It was a hit and they became popular in the United Kingdom. As they became more popular, the press called the popularity “Beatlemania”.

    By 1964, the Beatles were worldwide stars and led the “British Invasion” of the United States. They brought out some of the best-selling albums of the 1960s, with twelve studio albums. They broke-up in 1970. John Lennon was later murdered in New York City in 1980 and George Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001. McCartney and Starr still make music.
    1960 1,384,000 0.00%
    2022 912,000, a 0.66% increase from 2021.population of Liverpool in 2021 was 906,000, a 0.44% increase from 2020. In Liverpool in 2020 was 902,000, a 0.56% increase from 2019.

  28. Abdulahi D.

    Bronze:McCartney became famous in the UK 🇬🇧 in 1963 age:28
    Mick jagger:20
    Cila black age:19
    John lennon age 16
    Silver
    The beatles at the 1960s
    Was1384,000.00
    The beatles at 2022 is lower so now it is 912,000.00

  29. Ammara K.

    Silver
    The population in 1960s was 1,384,000
    the population of Liverpool now is 912,000
    It has decreased by 472000
    I had to take away 1,384,000 from 912,000.

  30. Aro M.

    Liverpool populatio in 1960 was 1384
    now 2022 249,311
    it is increase 0.66%

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