These tasks will help children become more fluent in the context of number and calculation. They supplement the activities in our Fluency Feature. The first three are games so could be revisited many times, whereas the other three are one-off challenges.
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Incey Wincey
In this game, children roll the dice and count how many steps to move the spider up or down the drainpipe.
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I'm Eight
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
Find a great variety of ways of asking questions which make 8.
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Number match
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.
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Secret Number
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
Annie and Ben are playing a game with a calculator. What was Annie's secret number?
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Lots of Lollies
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
Frances and Rishi were given a bag of lollies. They shared them out evenly and had one left over. How many lollies could there have been in the bag?