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Year 5 Maths Challenge Autumn 1

Mrs Latham

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.

cilla
mick j
paul mc
john lennon 1960

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

66 responses to “Year 5 Maths Challenge Autumn 1”

  1. Manha S.

    Bronze
    ———

    Ringo Starr- 17 years old
    Paul McCarteny – 20 years old
    Cilla Black-20 years old
    Jhon Lennon- 22 years old
    ———‐—————————-
    SILVER
    ———
    1960s -1,384,000
    Now- 917,000
    The population is decreased by 467,000
    I know because , in the 1960s the first number is 1 million and now the first number is 9 hundred thousand.
    ———————————————————————————–‐–
    Gold
    —————————
    Cilla Black- 435,000
    Mick Jagger- 3,140,721
    Jhon Lennon- 22,903,171
    Paul McCarteny-45,089,117
    Paul McCarteny is the most successful singer in the Beatles.
    ————————————————————————————
    Platinum
    ———–
    Hey Jude- 8 Million copies
    Help- 4.4 million copies
    Le it be- 6 million
    Magical Mystry Tour – 7,032,199
    Seargent Pepper’s Lonely Hearts club band- 32 million copies
    My graph is my homework book.

    1. Mrs Khan

      Have a look at the ages again. This was when they became famous.

  2. Anish B.

    Bronze
    1. Paul McCarty -15
    2. John Lennon-16
    3. Mick Jagger-25
    4. Cilla Black-21
    sliver
    The Liverpool population decreased by 467,000 people because people moved to different places.
    gold
    Paul McCartney sold 100,000,000 singles.
    Mick Jagger sold 3,000,000 albums.
    Cilla black was the best-selling female singer.
    John Lennon sold 72,62 million records.

  3. Aryan M.

    Paul McCartney was 15.
    John lenon became famous at 16.
    Cilla black was 21.
    Mick Jagger was at the age of 25 when he became famous.
    Silver
    The population of Liverpool in the 60s was over 1,382,000 at its peak.
    Right now the population is 917,000.
    I think it has decreased because tourists came to see the beatles but know there is no more beatles.

  4. Alinna A.

    Bronze:
    Paul McCartney became famous at the age of 15.
    John lenno became famous at the age of 16
    Cilla became famous at the age of 21.
    Mick Jagger became famous at the age of 25.
    Silver:
    The population in Liverpool was 1,382,000 in the 1960s .
    The population now is 917,000.
    The population has decreased a lot in 2023. It has decreased by 467,000.

  5. Sayda A.

    paul mc carteny was famos when he was 15
    john lennno was famouse when he was 16
    cilla black was famous when she was 21
    mick jagger was famous when he was 25
    in 1960 there where 1,3,82,000 in livpool in 2023 there are 917,000 there poulation decrest by 467,000

  6. Rustam M.

    Paul Mc Carnteny *15
    John Lennon * 16
    Cilla Black *21
    Mike Jagger * 25

  7. Yahya K.

    BRONZE
    1.Paul Mccartey became famous at the age of 15.
    2.Cilla black became famous at the age of 20 (1943)became famous 1963.
    3.John Lennon became famous at the age of 20 (1940)became famous 1960.
    4.Mick Jagger became famous at the age of 25.
    SILVER
    The population of liverpool in the 1960s is 1,384,000
    the population of liverpool now is 917,000
    the population has decreased by 467,000

  8. Osas O.

    Cilla Black sold over 435,000 albums.
    Mick Jagger sold over 3.1 million albums.
    Paul McCartney sold over 500 million albums world wide and was knighted by the queen for his services to music.
    John Lennon sold over 72 million albums. Paul McCartney is the most successful I k

  9. Osas O.

    Paul McCartney – 15.
    2. John Lennon – 16.
    3. Cilla Black – 21.
    4. Mick Jagger -25.
    SILVER
    In the 1960s the population of Liverpool was approximately 1,382,000.
    The current population of Liverpool is 496,000. The population has decreased by 886,000 people.

  10. Sheik A.

    Paul mccartney 28
    Cilla back 21
    Mick jagger 20
    John Lennon 16
    Silva
    1960 1284,000
    2023 917,000
    Increase by 912,000
    Gold
    Paul mccartney
    Cilla black
    Joun lennon

    1. Mrs Khan

      Have a look at the ages again. This was when they became famous.

  11. Mustafa A.

    (Bronze)
    Paul McCartney-18 June 1942 (age 81 years)
    Mick Jagger26- July 1943 (age 80 years)
    John Lennon-9 October 1940
    Cilla Black-27 May 1943
    Silver
    1.3 million residents and by 2001, only had 852,000
    The population decreased by 455,000 people because after the decline of the port the city emptied out of job opportunities. It’s population halved dramatically from 800,000 to 400,000 inhabitants in a relatively short period of time.

    1. Mrs Khan

      Make sure you read the question. Have a look at the ages again. This was when they became famous.

  12. Zahra N.

    Paul McCarteny was 15 when he became famous.
    Cilla black was was sge 21 when she became famous.
    John Lennon became famous at the age of 16.
    Mick Jagger became famous at the ae of 25.
    The population of Liverpool in 1861 was 1,382,000.
    In 2023 the population is 917,000.
    It has decreased by 467,000.

  13. Meena B.

    Bronze:
    1. Paul McCartney became famous at the age of 15.
    2. John Lennon became famous at the age of 16.
    3. Cilla Black became famous at the age of 21.
    4. Mick Jagger became famous at the age of 25.
    Silver:
    The population of Liverpool in the 1960’s was 1,382,000.
    The population of Liverpool now is 917,000.
    The population of Liverpool has decreased by 467,000.
    Gold:
    Paul McCartney sold 100,000,000 singles worldwide.
    Cilla Black was the best selling female.
    Before John Lennon became a singer or musician he was an electrician.
    Mick Jagger sold 3,000,000 albums.

  14. Yoshita P.

    Mike Jagger -25
    Cilla Black -21
    John Lennon- 16
    Paul McCarnteny -15

    In order :

    Paul Mc Carnteny -15
    John Lennon – 16
    Cilla Black -21
    Mike Jagger – 25

  15. Minhaj A.

    Bronze:
    1) McCartney was at 15 years of age when he got famous which makes him the youngest.
    2) John Lennon was at 16 years of age when he got famous which makes him the second youngest
    3) Cilla Black was at 21 years of age when she got famous.
    4) Mick Jagger was at 25 years of age when he got famous.
    Silver:
    The population in Liverpool in 1961 was 1,382,000.
    The population in LIverpool in 2023 is 917,000.
    The growth rate has decreased by a 0.14%.

  16. Muhammad D.

    Paul McCartney-15
    John Lennon-16
    Cilla black -21
    Mick Jagger -25
    Silver
    1.1384000
    2.917000
    3. It has decreased by467,000

  17. Mohammed K.

    Bronze
    1.Paul McCartney was 15 when he became famous.
    2.John Lennon was 16 when he became famous.
    3.Cilla black was 21 when he became famous.
    4.Mick Jagger was 25 when he became famous.
    Silver
    The population of Liverpool in the 1960’s was 1,382,000
    The population of Liverpool now is 917,000
    There has been a decrease by 465,000 people.
    Gold
    Paul McCartney sold 100,000,000 singles worldwide.

    Cilla black was the best selling female.
    John Lennon imagine album had 26,097,000.
    Mick jagger sold over 3,000,000 albums.

  18. Aiza B.

    Bronze
    Paul McCarteny -15
    Mick Jagger – 25
    Cilla lack – 21
    John Lennon-16
    Silver
    What was the population of Liverpool in 1960’s?
    The Pop-up in Liverpool in 1960 was 1,384,000.
    What is the population of Liverpool now ?
    The population is now in Liverpool 917,000.
    Has it decreased or increased?
    The population has decreased.

  19. Mojirolaoluwa S.

    1 .Paul McCartney . 81 and 16,700,000
    3.Cilla Black . 72 and 554,000
    4.John Lennon . 40 and 17,300
    2.mick jagger . 80 and 5.100,000

  20. Alex M.

    Paul MCartney was 15
    Jhon Lennon was 16
    Villa Black was 21
    Mick Jagger was 25
    Silver
    I think the population was 20 500
    And now the population is 19 000

  21. Muhammed G.

    The most successful singer was Mick Jagger in my opinion because he sold 6.3 million copies of one of his most famous songs in living room, or around the world than any of the other singers in the closest to his number of copies sold 4;461;610

  22. Muhammed G.

    Gold
    John Lennon‘s best selling album was double fantasy in 1980 sold for 4,461,610 times and was ranked in 19, 1980s songs
    Cilla Black
    Cilla Black’s greatest selling album, was anyone has a heart, which was first in the UK top charts for female artist she sold around 950,000 copies
    Paul McCartney
    Paul McCartney‘s bestselling score must go to the mall of McTyer in 1977 and he, sold around 4 million copies of them not including the USA
    Mick Jagger
    Mick Jagger’s best selling album was Miss you in 1978. How do you spell 6.3 million copies of them

  23. Ammar W.

    mikiu was 19 whehn he became famous

  24. Ammar W.

    Bronze
    1 ) Paul MaCartney was 15 year’s when he became famous beacaus that’s when he joned
    the Beatls.
    2)cilla black was 21 on agust 1 1964 that’s when she became famous
    and jound the beatls.
    John lennon was 22 wehn he became famous

  25. Muhammed G.

    Paul McCartney 15
    John Lennon 16
    Cilla Black. 21
    Mick Jagger 25
    Silver The population of Liverpool decreased because in the 1960 s was 1’382’000 people and the population now is 917’000 so 1382’000 – 917’000=465’000

  26. Aisha A.

    bronze
    Paul McCartney- he was famous at the age of 15.
    Mick Jagger- he was famous at 25.
    John Lennon- he was famous at 16.
    Cilla Black-he was famous at 21.
    Silver
    The population of Liverpool in 1960s it was 1,384,000.
    The population of Liverpool in 2023 is 917,000.

  27. Myiesha S.

    Bronze
    Paul McCartney-15
    Cilla Black-21
    John Lennon-16
    Mick Jagger-25
    Silver
    What was the population of Liverpool during the 1960’s?
    In 1960 the population of the city of Liverpool was 737,637.
    What is the population of Liverpool now?
    The population of liverpool is now 513.44K.
    Has it increased or decreased?
    It has been decreased.
    Gold
    Cilla Black
    She was the best-selling female artist of the 1960s.
    She supported Margaret Thatcher and said that she had put the Great into Great Britain again.
    John Lennon
    He was born on October 9, 1940 and died on December 8, 1980.
    He was investigated by the FBI for his political views and activities.
    Paul McCartney
    Before becoming a musician, McCartney was an electrician.
    McCartney is also one of the most popular solo performers of all time, both in record sales and attendance at his concerts.
    Mick Jagger
    He was a singer.

  28. Mopelola L.

    Bronze
    Paul McCartney-15
    John Lennon-16
    Cilla Black-21
    Mick Jagger-25
    Silver
    The population of Liverpool has decreased by 465,000 from 1961. I know this because in 1961, the population of Liverpool was 1,382,000 and now the population of Liverpool is 917,000. 1,382,000-917,000 = 465,000.

    1. Muhammed G.

      Paul McCartney 15
      John Lennon 16
      Cilla Black. 21
      Mick Jagger 25
      Silver The population of Liverpool in the 1960 s was 1’382’000 people and the population now is 917’000 so 1382’000 – 917’000=465’000

  29. Harrison S.

    Bronze
    Mick Jagger became famous at 15 years old.
    Paul McCartney became famous at 15 years old.
    John Lennon became famous at 16 years old.
    Cilla Black became famous at 20 years old.
    Silver
    The population of Liverpool in 1960 was 1, 384,000.
    The population of Liverpool in 2023 is 917,000.
    There has been a decrease of 467,000 in the population of Liverpool since 1960 to 2023.

    1. Mrs Khan

      Have a look at the ages again. This was when they became famous.

  30. Mrs Davison

    Wow this is such a fun learning challenge, I can’t wait to have a look at your homework… I might even have a go myself!

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