Year 3 Being resourceful

Lola bought a balloon at the circus. She gave the clown six coins to pay for it. What could Lola have paid for the balloon?

The value of the circle changes in each of the following problems. Can you discover its value in each problem?

There is a clock-face where the numbers have become all mixed up. Can you find out where all the numbers have got to from these ten statements?

Can you predict when you'll be clapping and when you'll be clicking if you start this rhythm? How about when a friend begins a new rhythm at the same time?

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?

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

This 100 square jigsaw is written in code. It starts with 1 and ends with 100. Can you build it up?

This group activity will encourage you to share calculation strategies and to think about which strategy might be the most efficient.

Look at some of the results from the Olympic Games in the past. How do you compare if you try some similar activities?

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

In this game the winner is the first to make the total 37. Is this a fair game?

Can you find all the ways to get 15 at the top of this triangle of numbers? Many opportunities to work in different ways.

Mandeep's watch loses two minutes every hour. Adam's watch gains one minute every hour. Can you work out what time they arrived at the airport?

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

Use your logical thinking skills to deduce how much Dan's crisps and ice cream cost altogether.

Investigate the different numbers of people and rats there could have been if you know how many legs there are altogether!

During the third hour after midnight the hands on a clock point in the same direction (so one hand is over the top of the other). At what time, to the nearest second, does this happen?

How could you arrange at least two dice in a stack so that the total of the visible spots is 18?

This cube has ink on each face which leaves marks on paper as it is rolled. Can you work out what is on each face and the route it has taken?