Maze 100

Can you go through this maze so that the numbers you pass add to exactly 100?

Delia's Routes

A little mouse called Delia lives in a hole in the bottom of a tree.....How many days will it be before Delia has to take the same route again?

Snails' Trails

Alice and Brian are snails who live on a wall and can only travel along the cracks. Alice wants to go to see Brian. How far is the shortest route along the cracks? Is there more than one way to go?

Watch Your Feet

Stage: 2 Challenge Level:

Why do this problem?

This problem will give opportunities for pupils to develop spatial awareness as well encouraging a logial approach to solving the challenge. There is also the opportunity for pupils to explore different ways of recording.

Getting the pupils interested by talking about many children's habit in some countries of not walking on the cracks will lead well into this exploration.

Key questions

Can you tell me about why you chose this route?

Can you find a different route?

How will you record what you've done?

Possible extension

Learners could explore what happens when the path has a right angle turn or two.

Possible support

Squared paper and/or simple drawing programs may be useful.

Multiplication & division. Route inspection problems. Visualising. Interactivities. Combinations. Working systematically. Investigations. Addition & subtraction. Practical Activity. Factors and multiples.

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