Exploring and noticing

  • A rolled up old-fashioned treasure map.
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    Treasure Hunt

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you find a reliable strategy for choosing coordinates that will locate the treasure in the minimum number of guesses?

  • Reasoned Rounding
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    Reasoned Rounding

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Four strategy dice games to consolidate pupils' understanding of rounding.

  • The Number Jumbler
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    The Number Jumbler

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    The Number Jumbler can always work out your chosen symbol. Can you work out how?

  • Dicey Operations
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    More Dicey Operations

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    In these multiplication and division games, you'll need to think strategically to get closest to the target.

  • Chocolate
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    Chocolate

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    There are three tables in a room with blocks of chocolate on each. Where would be the best place for each child in the class to sit if they came in one at a time?

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    Doughnut Percents

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you make doughnuts by matching these fractions, decimals and percentages?

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    Counting Cogs

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Which pairs of cogs let the coloured tooth touch every tooth on the other cog? Which pairs do not let this happen? Why?

  • Method in multiplying madness?
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    Method in Multiplying Madness?

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Watch our videos of multiplication methods that you may not have met before. Can you make sense of them?

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    Three Neighbours

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Take three consecutive numbers and add them together. What do you notice?

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    Inky Cube

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    This cube has ink on each face which leaves marks on paper as it is rolled. Can you work out what is on each face and the route it has taken?