Comparing and ordering numbers

  • Highest and Lowest
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    Highest and Lowest

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Put operations signs between the numbers 3, 4, 5 and 6 to make the highest possible number and lowest possible number.

  • Carrying Cards
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    Carrying Cards

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    These sixteen children are standing in four lines of four, one behind the other. They are each holding a card with a number on it. Can you work out the missing numbers?

  • Multiplication Square Jigsaw
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    Multiplication Square Jigsaw

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you complete this jigsaw of the multiplication square?

  • Nice or Nasty
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    Nice or Nasty

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...

  • Olympic Starters
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    Olympic Starters

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Look at some of the results from the Olympic Games in the past. How do you compare if you try some similar activities?

  • Sorting the Numbers
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    Sorting the Numbers

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you put the numbers in the correct place in this Carroll diagram?

  • Would You Rather?
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    Would You Rather?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Would you rather: Have 10% of £5 or 75% of 80p? Be given 60% of 2 pizzas or 26% of 5 pizzas?

  • Round the Four Dice
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    Round the Four Dice

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    This activity involves rounding four-digit numbers to the nearest thousand.

  • Greater Than or Less Than?
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    Greater Than or Less Than?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Use the numbers and symbols to make this number sentence correct. How many different ways can you find?

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    Factor-Multiple Chains

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you see how these factor-multiple chains work? Find the chain which contains the smallest possible numbers. How about the largest possible numbers?