Year 3 Being resourceful

  • problem

    Play to 37

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    In this game for two players, the idea is to take it in turns to choose 1, 3, 5 or 7. The winner is the first to make the total 37.

  • Build it up
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    Build it up

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you find all the ways to get 15 at the top of this triangle of numbers? Many opportunities to work in different ways.

  • problem

    Wonky watches

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    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?

  • Amy's Dominoes
    problem

    Amy's dominoes

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Amy has a box containing domino pieces but she does not think it is a complete set. Which of her domino pieces are missing?

  • Two Clocks
    problem

    Two clocks

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    These clocks have only one hand, but can you work out what time they are showing from the information?

  • problem

    How much did it cost?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Use your logical thinking skills to deduce how much Dan's crisps and ice cream cost altogether.

  • Now and Then
    problem

    Now and then

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Have a look at the results for some events at past Olympic Games. Can you use these to predict the results at the next Olympics?

  • problem

    This Pied Piper of Hamelin

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Investigate the different numbers of people and rats there could have been if you know how many legs there are altogether!

  • problem

    Watch the clock

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    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?

  • Square subtraction
    problem

    Square subtraction

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Look at what happens when you take a number, square it and subtract your answer. What kind of number do you get? Can you prove it?