The tasks in this Primary feature offer opportunities to dig deeply into number, place value and calculation. Learners are encouraged to explore mathematical structures, demonstrate their creativity, and explain and generalise their findings.
You can watch a recording of the webinar in which we discussed the mathematical thinking which can be prompted by these activities.
Going deeper: achieving greater depth in the primary classroom
Growing garlic
Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Can you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had?
Robot monsters
Use these head, body and leg pieces to make Robot Monsters which are different heights.
100 square jigsaw
Number round up
Coded hundred square
This 100 square jigsaw is written in code. It starts with 1 and ends with 100. Can you build it up?
Domino sets
How do you know if your set of dominoes is complete?
Always, sometimes or never? Number
Are these statements always true, sometimes true or never true?
The Deca Tree
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.
Amy's dominoes
Amy has a box containing domino pieces but she does not think it is a complete set. Which of her domino pieces are missing?
Sealed solution