Highest and Lowest

This activity gives a good opportunity to explore using the knowledge and skills the pupils already have in a "safe" environment. Having tried this challenge, many children will be able to explore further some of the attributes associated with the four rules of number and place value.

Could you make this answer bigger somehow?

Could you make this answer smaller somehow?

How have you got your ideas?

As more experienced pupils get through this activity then other forms of number manipulation may be applied e.g. using powers.

Many pupils will benefit from using a calculator so that their energies can be applied to exploring ideas and reasoning rather than just be taken up with calculating.