Year 6 Being resourceful

  • More Fraction Bars
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    More fraction bars

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What fraction of the black bar are the other bars? Have a go at this challenging task!

  • Extending Fraction Bars
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    Extending fraction bars

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you compare these bars with each other and express their lengths as fractions of the black bar?

  • Price Match
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    Price match

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you find pairs of differently sized windows that cost the same?

  • Different Deductions
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    Different deductions

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    There are lots of different methods to find out what the shapes are worth - how many can you find?

  • Treasure Hunt
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    Treasure hunt

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you find a reliable strategy for choosing coordinates that will locate the treasure in the minimum number of guesses?

  • Diagonal Sums
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    Diagonal sums

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    In this 100 square, look at the green square which contains the numbers 2, 3, 12 and 13. What is the sum of the numbers that are diagonally opposite each other? What do you notice?

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    Doughnut percents

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Can you work as a team to make doughnuts by matching these fractions, decimals and percentages?

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    Counting cogs

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Which pairs of cogs let the coloured tooth touch every tooth on the other cog? Which pairs do not let this happen? Why?

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    Three neighbours

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Take three consecutive numbers and add them together. What do you notice?

  • Number Lines in Disguise
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    Number lines in disguise

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Some of the numbers have fallen off Becky's number line. Can you figure out what they were?