The tasks below provide opportunities for learners to get better at generalising.
Largest even
Round the two dice
This activity focuses on rounding to the nearest 10.
Nim-7
Ring a ring of numbers
Choose four of the numbers from 1 to 9 to put in the squares so that the differences between joined squares are odd.
How odd
Stop the clock
This is a game for two players. Can you find out how to be the first to get to 12 o'clock?
Lots of lollies
Frances and Rishi were given a bag of lollies. They shared them out evenly and had one left over. How many lollies could there have been in the bag?
Magic Vs
Can you put the numbers 1-5 in the V shape so that both 'arms' have the same total?
Three dice
Investigate the sum of the numbers on the top and bottom faces of a line of three dice. What do you notice?
Button-up some more
How many ways can you find to do up all four buttons on my coat? How about if I had five buttons? Six ...?
Six numbered cubes
Got it
A game for two people, or play online. Given a target number, say 23, and a range of numbers to choose from, say 1-4, players take it in turns to add to the running total to hit their target.