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Year 5 Summer 2 Maths Challenge

Mrs Latham

This half term we are learning about the Ancient Greeks. The Ancient Greeks started the Olympic games in 776 BC.

Can you become an Olympic mathlete and complete our challenges?

We look forward to reading your answers in your homework books. Make them colourful and exciting.

Bronze

If the first Olympic games began in 776 BC and the modern games began in 1896, how long was it before the original games were modernised? (Remember there are 776 years until AD or CE years start).

If an Olympic athlete runs 1500m every day for a year, how far has he run? Answer in metres and Km.

Silver

The Olympic Games are held every 4 years – count in multiples from 2024 in order to identify future games. Will there be an Olympic Games in 3018? 4012? 7134? Discuss.

How many Olympic Games will there be before 2050? How many Games will be held between 2070 and 3046?

Gold

Some of the greatest Mathematicians to ever live were Ancient Greeks. Use this link as a starting point for your research and present your findings in a poster. (The link will need to be copied and pasted).

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/ancient-greeks-modern-mathematics

Show all your working outs and extra points for creativity.

Platinum

Read through the link.

https://www.mathsisfun.com/pythagoras.html

Then show how to calculate the side marked ?

Show your answer with a square root sign (where x would be your answer) or use a calculator (or online) to calculate the square root.

13 responses to “Year 5 Summer 2 Maths Challenge”

  1. Amina H.

    Bronze
    It took 1503 year.

  2. Amina H.

    Bronze
    The athlete ran for 547,500m. I got the answer by timing 365 × 1,500 = 547,500m. I got the 365 from year because it has 365 days. The km is 547.5 . I got the answer by dividing 547,500 ÷ 1,000 = 547.5 km.

  3. Rubab G.

    Bronze –
    If the first Olympic games began in 776 BC and the modern games began in 1896, how long was it before the original games were modernised? (Remember there are 776 years until AD or CE years start).

    It could take 1503 years

    If an Olympic athlete runs 1500m every day for a year, how far has he run? Answer in metres and Km.

    It takes 547500 metres

  4. Maddox B.

    bronze
    1500 years for the olympics to be made
    547490

  5. Tipian I.

    Gold :
    Ancient Greeks Mathematicians
    —————————————————————-
    There were many many tales and stories about different things that happened in Ancient Greece but , I will talk about maths .
    Enjoy :]
    Archimedes:
    Archimedes was the founder of maths and also known as, the father of maths because he contributed and developed maths and his skills so he is the current father of maths .
    Pythagoras
    Pythagoras first discovery was that” the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.”
    Hypotenuse = the longest side of the right – angled triangle/ Side opposite the right angle.

  6. Malachy B.

    i have compleated my work and tuseday ill bring it in

  7. Malachy B.

    guys not on the blog

  8. Yunus R.

    Bronze
    It would take 1503 years for The Olympics to be made. he will run 547500 metres in a year to succeed.☺
    Silver
    In 3018 there was not going to be a Olympics day
    On 4012 There will be a Olympic day.
    In 7134 there will not be a Olympic day for a game

  9. Zahraa Y.

    Bronze:
    1500 years until it was modernised
    In m 13.905m(meters) in km it is 0.0139km.
    Silver:
    Each yes it will happen in 3018, 4012 and 7134 because I know that the 4 times table always ends in an even number which is either 0,2,4,6, or 8.
    There will be 6 games in total between 2023 and 2050.

  10. Hanfaa N.

    Bronze
    It would take 1503 years to make the Olympics modernised.
    The person will run 547500 metres in that year.
    Silver
    In 3018 there’s not going to be an Olympic games.
    In 4012 there are going to be Olympic games.
    in 7134 there is not going to be an Olympic game.
    Gold
    Pythagoras in Ancient Greece was the number one mathematician.
    Thales of Miletus was the first mathematician in Ancient Greece.
    Euclid, Greek Eukleides and Pythagoras were very famous mathematicians.

  11. Billing Karanbir

    Platinum
    Start with a2 + b2 = c2

    Put in what we know 4°2 + 12°2 =c2

    Calculate squares: 8 + 144=c2

    8+144=162

    Swap side.c2=162

    Square root of both sides: c = √162

    Calculate: c=12

  12. Xlexben F.

    Gold
    Ancient Greece was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.
    Features
    The main physical geographic features of Ancient Greece included mountains, islands, and the sea. The mountains of Ancient Greece separated people geographically. Due to this separation, Greek city-states tended to be isolated from one another. This meant that societies grew and developed independently.
    Greek mathematics refers to mathematics texts and ideas stemming from the Archaic through the Hellenistic and Roman periods, mostly attested from the late 7th century BC to the 6th century AD, around the shores of the Mediterranean. What did the ancient Greeks do for math?
    Greek mathematicians also contributed to number theory, mathematical astronomy, and combinatorics, What did the ancient Greeks do for math? Greek mathematicians also contributed to number theory, mathematical astronomy, combinatorics, mathematical physics, and, at times, approached ideas close to integral calculus. How did the Greeks write math?
    How did the Greeks write math?
    It employed the vertical stroke for a one, and symbols for “5″, “10″, “100″, “1000″, and “10,000″.
    How did the Greeks change math?
    Influenced initially by the Egyptians, Greek mathematicians would push on to make breakthroughs such as Pythagoras’ theory of right-angled triangles and, by focussing on the abstract, bring clarity and precision to age-old mathematical problems

  13. Haroon K.

    I have completed this task in my homework book, I tried my best.

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