Decimals Maths Activity: A Ticket to Space Maths Project Years 6-8
Description
This fun activity will have your students love learning about decimals in a space themed activity. In this maths project your students have won a golden ticket to space, but they will first need to collect a variety of objects for their journey about Rocket365! To figure out what these objects are they will need to solve a series of maths clues which focus on decimals.
Note: This is the advanced version, great for years 6-8, for the standard version (years 4-6) of the same activity with easier decimal questions click here.
The activities included are:
1. Which object to take? Matching decimals to percentages and fractions.
2. Moonboots. Multiplying decimals.
3. Animals in Space? – Addition of whole numbers and decimals.
4. Space Jam. Ordering of decimals by value.
5. The emergency button. Using the greater than and less than symbols with decimals.
6. Camera money. Working out percentage discounts using decimals.
There are also a number of extension and extra activities which include:
- A trip to space, writing activity.
- Spacecraft decimal addition maths maze.
- Describe the Alien!
- Design a Moonbase.
