Primary 5 Mathematics

Heuristics

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 Whole Numbers

Heuristic
Look for Patterns

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 Look for Patterns ~ Objective
Pupils should be able to:

• look for patterns in the given data to solve

the problem.

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 Look for Patterns ~ Let’s Watch

Find the smallest number of 97s that must be

added to get the digit 6 in the ones place.

Try looking
for a pattern.

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 Look for Patterns ~ Let’s Watch

97 1×7= 7
97 + 97 = 194 2 × 7 = 14
97 + 97 + 97 = 291 3 × 7 = 21
.
.
.

8 × 7 = 56

The smallest number of 97s that must be added

to get the digit 6 in the ones place is 8.

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 Look for Patterns ~ Let’s Learn

Find the smallest number of 97s that must be

added to get the digit 6 in the ones place.

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 Look for Patterns ~ Let’s Learn
We can look for a pattern.

Let’s start by looking at the

digit in the ones place in 97.

97

In 97, the digit in

the ones place is 7.

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 Look for Patterns ~ Let’s Learn

Add two 97s together. What is the

digit in the ones place in the
answer?

97
97 + 97 = 194

In 194, the digit in

the ones place is 4.

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 Look for Patterns ~ Let’s Learn

When we add three 97s, the digit

in the ones place is 1.

97
97 + 97 = 194
97 + 97 + 97 = 291
What pattern
do you notice?

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 Look for Patterns ~ Let’s Learn

The digit in the ones place in each answer

depends on the number of 7s added together.

97 1×7= 7
97 + 97 = 194 2 × 7 = 14
97 + 97 + 97 = 291 3 × 7 = 21

In other words, we can find the

multiples of 7 that have those
digits in the ones place.

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 Look for Patterns ~ Let’s Learn

From the pattern, we should look

for the smallest multiple of 7 that
has 6 in the ones place.

97 1×7= 7
97 + 97 = 194 2 × 7 = 14
97 + 97 + 97 = 291 3 × 7 = 21

We know
that
8 × 7 = 56.

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 Look for Patterns ~ Let’s Learn
97 1×7= 7
97 + 97 = 194 2 × 7 = 14
97 + 97 + 97 = 291 3 × 7 = 21 So, if we add 97
. eight times, the
.
You can check using digit in the ones
.
the calculator. place will be 6.
97 + 97 + 97 + 97 + 97 8 × 7 = 56
+ 97 + 97 + 97 = ?

The smallest number of 97s that must be added

to get the digit 6 in the ones place is 8.

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 Look for Patterns ~ Let’s Learn

We can look for patterns in Looking for patterns helps

the data given in the problem. us solve the problem.

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 Look for Patterns ~ Let’s Try
Find the smallest number of 41s that must be
added to get the digit 9 in the ones place.

Try looking
for a pattern.

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 Look for Patterns ~ Let’s Try
Are you correct?
41 1×1=1
41 + 41 = 82 2×1=2
41 + 41 + 41 = 123 3×1=3
.
.
.

9×1=9

The smallest number of 41s that must be added

to get the digit 9 in the ones place is 9.

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 Look for Patterns ~ I Can Do
Find the smallest number of 82s that must be
added to get the digit 0 in the ones place.

Try looking
for a pattern.

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 Look for Patterns ~ I Can Do
Are you correct?
82 1×2=2
82 + 82 = 164 2×2=4
82 + 82 + 82 = 246 3×2=6
.
.
.

5 × 2 = 10

The smallest number of 82s that must be added

to get the digit 0 in the ones place is 5.

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 Look for Patterns ~ Practice Makes Perfect
Find the smallest number of 83s that must be
added to get the digit 7 in the ones place.

Try looking
for a pattern.

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 Look for Patterns ~ Practice Makes Perfect

Find the smallest number of 95s that must be

added to get the digit 0 in the ones place and
the digit 7 in the hundreds place.

Try looking
for a pattern.

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 Let’s Remember
1. We can look for patterns to help us solve
problems involving whole numbers.

2. Looking for patterns makes solving

the problem…
as easy as A, B, C!

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 Answers

Slides 18 and 19
1. 9
2. 8

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