St Peter’s Harare 018240

Candidate Name: KWANGWARE SEAN

Candidate No. 0131

LEARNING AREA: Mathematics

LEVEL: GRADE 6

SYLLABUS TOPIC: Numbers

SUB-TOPIC: Roman Numerals

TOPIC: Use of Roman Numerals

COMPETENCE/SKILLS: Problem solving, constructing, recording,

researching and decision making

Background

Most people find hard to represent and interpret roman numerals

The CALA

The CALA consist of two parts, part A and part B.

Introduction

Roman numerals is a numerals system that originated in ancient Rome and

remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into late
middle ages. Numbers are represented by combination of letters from the lati
alphabet
Part A

Research on Roman Numerals

In Roman Numerals system a letter placed after another of greater value adds
e.g XVI=16, whereas a letter placed before another of great value subtracts.
Modern styles of Roman numerals uses seven symbols each with a fixed integer
value. In Roman numerals Z = 2000. The roman number system was designed
basically for estimating the prices of goods and trading business therefore do
not have any value to represent zero. The word nulla was used to represent zero.

Table of different Roman numeral symbols

Roman Arabic

I 1

V 5

X 10

L 50

C 100

D 500

M 1000
List of any 10 Roman numerals

Roman Arabic

XIII 13

VLI 46

LXXXIX 89

CVI 106

DCCVII 707

IM 999

MMIX 2009

MMMXXXIII 3033

MMMDCCC 3800

MMMMD 4500

Part B

List of different symbols and equivalence

Arabic Roman

97 VCII

408 CDVIII

599 DIC

1006 MVI

2050 MML

3150 MMMCL

4400 MMMMCD
Write up your findings

Number Roman No. Calculation

St Peter’s Harare 018240

Candidate Name: KWANGWARE SEAN

Candidate No. 0131

LEARNING AREA: Mathematics

LEVEL: GRADE 6

SYLLABUS TOPIC: Measures

SUB-TOPIC: Volume

Background

People overspend and go out of budget due to poor or incorrect use of homely
measures. Children should be aware of the correct homely measures for various
uses in the home.

Part A

List modern homely measures

Cups

Spoon

Sticks

Strings

Buckets

How each homely measure is used for

Cups for measuring amount of water required

Spoon for measuring salt or sugar

Sticks for measuring short distances

Strings is used for measuring length

Buckets for estimsting large volumes of a liquid e.g water

Part B

Materials used to construct listed homely measures

Bucket-----------------plastic

Stick ---------------- wood

Cup-------------------ceramic

Spoon---------------------stainless steel

String---------------------wool

Pictures of homely measures

Spoon
 A cup

A bucket

A string
A stick