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More Number Fluency Tasks Upper Primary

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 two are games and so could be revisited many times, whereas the remaining activities are one-off challenges.
I'm Eight
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I'm Eight

Age
5 to 11
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Find a great variety of ways of asking questions which make 8.
Number match
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Number match

Age
5 to 11
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A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.

Consecutive Numbers
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Consecutive Numbers

Age
7 to 14
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An investigation involving adding and subtracting sets of consecutive numbers. Lots to find out, lots to explore.

Three Dice
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Three Dice

Age
7 to 11
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Investigate the sum of the numbers on the top and bottom faces of a line of three dice. What do you notice?
Spiralling Decimals
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Spiralling Decimals

Take turns to place a decimal number on the spiral. Can you get three consecutive numbers?

Forgot the Numbers
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Forgot the Numbers

Age
7 to 11
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On my calculator I divided one whole number by another whole number and got the answer 3.125. If the numbers are both under 50, what are they?

Reach 100
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Reach 100

Age
7 to 11
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Choose four different digits from 1-9 and put one in each box so that the resulting four two-digit numbers add to a total of 100.

Sealed Solution
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Sealed Solution

Age
7 to 11
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Ten cards are put into five envelopes so that there are two cards in each envelope. The sum of the numbers inside it is written on each envelope. What numbers could be inside the envelopes?