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This month:
Stage 1&2
Stage 2&3
Stage 3&4
Stage 4&5
Highest and Lowest
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Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Put operations signs ($+$ or $-$ or $\times$ or $\div$) between the numbers 3, 4, 5, 6 to make the highest possible number and lowest possible number.
Working systematically
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Combinations
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Investigations
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Multiplication & division
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Factors and multiples
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Addition & subtraction
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Generalising
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Interactivities
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Comparing and Ordering numbers
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Trial and improvement
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Published April 1999.
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