Convince Me! - Lower Primary

Here are some challenges that you can work on and then see if you can convince someone that your solutions are right! Have a go!


I Like ...

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level

Mr Gilderdale is playing a game with his class. What rule might he have chosen? How would you test your idea?

Two Numbers Under the Microscope

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level

This investigates one particular property of number by looking closely at an example of adding two odd numbers together.

Even and Odd

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level

This activity is best done with a whole class or in a large group. Can you match the cards? What happens when you add pairs of the numbers together?

How Odd

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level

This problem challenges you to find out how many odd numbers there are between pairs of numbers. Can you find a pair of numbers that has four odds between them?

Numbers as Shapes

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level

Use cubes to continue making the numbers from 7 to 20. Are they sticks, rectangles or squares?

A Bag of Marbles

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level

Use the information to describe these marbles. What colours must be on marbles that sparkle when rolling but are dark inside?

Ring a Ring of Numbers

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level

Choose four of the numbers from 1 to 9 to put in the squares so that the differences between joined squares are odd.

Halving

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level

These pictures show squares split into halves. Can you find other ways?

Lots of Lollies

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level

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?

Odd Times Even

Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level

This problem looks at how one example of your choice can show something about the general structure of multiplication.

In the Playground

Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level

What can you say about the child who will be first on the playground tomorrow morning at breaktime in your school?