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  • That number square
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    That Number Square

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    5 to 11
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    Exploring the structure of a number square: how quickly can you put the number tiles in the right place on the grid?

  • Digit Addition
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    Digit Addition

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    5 to 11
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    Try out this number trick. What happens with different starting numbers? What do you notice?

  • Dicey Operations in Line
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    Dicey Operations in Line

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    7 to 11
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    In these addition, subtraction, multiplication and division games, you'll need to think strategically to get closest to the target.

  • Which Scripts?
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    Which Scripts?

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    7 to 11
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    There are six numbers written in five different scripts. Can you sort out which is which?

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    Which Is Quicker?

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    7 to 11
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    Which is quicker, counting up to 30 in ones or counting up to 300 in tens? Why?

  • Trebling
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    Trebling

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    7 to 11
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    Can you replace the letters with numbers? Is there only one solution in each case?

  • The Deca Tree
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    The Deca Tree

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    7 to 11
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    Find out what a Deca Tree is and then work out how many leaves there will be after the woodcutter has cut off a trunk, a branch, a twig and a leaf.

  • The Thousands Game
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    The Thousands Game

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    7 to 11
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    Each child in Class 3 took four numbers out of the bag. Who had made the highest even number?

  • What Do you Need?
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    What Do You Need?

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    7 to 11
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    Four of these clues are needed to find the chosen number on this grid and four are true but do nothing to help in finding the number. Can you sort out the clues and find the number?

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    Four-Digit Targets

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    7 to 11
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    You have two sets of the digits 0-9. Can you arrange these in the five boxes to make four-digit numbers as close to the target numbers as possible?