The Twizzle Trail

Arrow Arithmetic 1

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

The first part of an investigation into how to represent numbers using geometric transformations that ultimately leads us to discover numbers not on the number line.

Arrow Arithmetic 2

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Introduces the idea of a twizzle to represent number and asks how one can use this representation to add and subtract geometrically.

Arrow Arithmetic 3

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

How can you use twizzles to multiply and divide?

Twizzle Arithmetic

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Arrow arithmetic, but with a twist.

Twizzles Venture Forth

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Where we follow twizzles to places that no number has been before.

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