Cambridge Primary Maths Mapping Stage 4

This activity challenges you to decide on the 'best' number to use in each statement. You may need to do some estimating, some calculating and some research.

These clocks have been reflected in a mirror. What times do they say?

These clocks have only one hand, but can you work out what time they are showing from the information?

In this problem, we're investigating the number of steps we would climb up or down to get out of or into the swimming pool. How could you number the steps below the water?

Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.

Can you split each of the shapes below in half so that the two parts are exactly the same?

At the beginning of May, Tom put his tomato plant outside. On the same day he sowed a bean in another pot. When will the two be the same height?

The large rectangle is divided into a series of smaller quadrilaterals and triangles. Can you untangle what fractional part is represented by each of the shapes?

Use the lines on this figure to show how the square can be divided into 2 halves, 3 thirds, 6 sixths and 9 ninths.

This big box multiplies anything that goes inside it by the same number. If you know the numbers that come out, what multiplication might be going on in the box?

The picture shows a lighthouse and some underwater creatures. Can you work out the distances between some of the different creatures?

Can you put the numbers 1-5 in the V shape so that both 'arms' have the same total?

What happens when you add three numbers together? Will your answer be odd or even? How do you know?

Can you find different ways of showing the same fraction? Try this matching game and see.

Tom and Ben visited Numberland. Use the maps to work out the number of points each of their routes scores.

This activity is based on data in the book 'If the World Were a Village'. How will you represent your chosen data for maximum effect?

What statements can you make about the car that passes the school gates at 11am on Monday? How will you come up with statements and test your ideas?

Have a look at this data from the RSPB 2011 Birdwatch. What can you say about the data?

Each of the nets of nine solid shapes has been cut into two pieces. Can you see which pieces go together?

Here are the six faces of a cube - in no particular order. Here are three views of the cube. Can you deduce where the faces are in relation to each other and record them on the net of this cube?

Investigate the different shaped bracelets you could make from 18 different spherical beads. How do they compare if you use 24 beads?

Cut differently-sized square corners from a square piece of paper to make boxes without lids. Do they all have the same volume?