The tasks in this feature encourage learners to become more fluent with times tables, but with a difference... All too often, we offer children a question and ask them to work out the answer. By turning this around and starting from the answer, we stimulate learners' mathematical curiosity and provide much more scope for them to explore and make connections.
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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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Tables Teaser
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
How will you work out which numbers have been used to create this multiplication square?
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Starfish Spotting
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
How many starfish could there be on the beach, and how many children, if I can see 28 arms?
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Multiplication Square Jigsaw
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
Can you complete this jigsaw of the multiplication square?
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Shape Times Shape
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
These eleven shapes each stand for a different number. Can you use the number sentences to work out what they are?
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Missing Multipliers
Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
What is the smallest number of answers you need to reveal in order to work out the missing headers?
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Looking at Lego
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
This task offers an opportunity to explore all sorts of number relationships, but particularly multiplication.
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Ducking and Dividing
Your vessel, the Starship Diophantus, has become damaged in deep space. Can you use your knowledge of times tables and some lightning reflexes to survive?
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Mystery Matrix
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
Can you fill in this table square? The numbers 2 -12 were used to generate it with just one number used twice.