Year 3 Being resourceful
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problemBuild it up
Can you find all the ways to get 15 at the top of this triangle of numbers? Many opportunities to work in different ways.
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problemWonky watches
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?
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problemAmy'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?
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problemTwo clocks
These clocks have only one hand, but can you work out what time they are showing from the information?
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problemHow much did it cost?
Use your logical thinking skills to deduce how much Dan's crisps and ice cream cost altogether.
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problemNow and then
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?
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problemThis Pied Piper of Hamelin
Investigate the different numbers of people and rats there could have been if you know how many legs there are altogether!
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problemWatch the clock
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?
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problemSquare subtraction
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?