Starting from the end sounds rather strange, but in fact can be a very useful problem-solving skill. These activities lend themselves to being tackled in this way.
This collection is one of our Primary Curriculum collections - tasks that are grouped by topic.
Nim-7
Growing garlic
Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Can you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had?
Number lines
Leah and Tom each have a number line. Can you work out where their counters will land?
What was in the box?
This box does something to the numbers that go into it. If you know the numbers that come out, what might be going on inside the box?
Doing and undoing
An investigation looking at doing and undoing mathematical operations focusing on doubling, halving, adding and subtracting.
Tables teaser
How will you work out which numbers have been used to create this multiplication square?
Starfish spotting
How many starfish could there be on the beach, and how many children, if I can see 28 arms?
Secret number
Annie and Ben are playing a game with a calculator. What was Annie's secret number?
Junior frogs
The tall tower
As you come down the ladders of the Tall Tower you collect useful spells. Which way should you go to collect the most spells?
Stop the clock
This is a game for two players. Can you find out how to be the first to get to 12 o'clock?