M for Maths

A Maths Starter of The Day

Write down as many mathematical words as possible that begin with the letter "M".

 

 

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"When the students have had 5 minutes to think of their words, they could all stand up behind their chairs. Going around the class, each student calls out a word they have found beginning with the given letter. A student who doesn’t have a word which hasn’t already been called out sits down. The last student to remain standing is the winner."

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Thursday, September 14, 2006

 

"Today we did this at the Dover Grammar school for girls and what we did was we wrote down all the words in a list, then each pair of children used rock paper scissors to decide who should start.
the children who won would go against the other child to see who has the most in a way like this,
Wendy: multiply
Jade: million
and so on. the one who has the most faces another child ands so a winner is found, the winner faces the teacher! HAHAGAGAGAHAHAH"

Mrs Reeves, Dover Grammar School For Girls
Thursday, September 13, 2007

 

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Here are some answers: map, mapping, mass, mathematics, maximum, mean, measure, median, method, metre, metres per, mid point, mile, miles per hour, millennium, millilitre, millimetre, minimum, minus, minute, mirror line, mixed number, modal class, mode, month, most significant digit, multiple, multiplication, multiply, multiply out, mutually exclusive,