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Number Sense and Place Value

Two-digit targets
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Two-digit targets

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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You have a set of the digits from 0 to 9. Can you arrange these in the five boxes to make two-digit numbers as close to the targets as possible?
Largest Even
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Largest Even

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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How would you create the largest possible two-digit even number from the digit I've given you and one of your choice?
That number square
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That number square

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Exploring the structure of a number square: how quickly can you put the number tiles in the right place on the grid?
Five Steps to 50
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Five Steps to 50

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Use five steps to count forwards or backwards in 1s or 10s to get to 50. What strategies did you use?
6 Beads
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6 Beads

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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If you put three beads onto a tens/ones abacus you can make the numbers 3, 30, 12 or 21. What numbers can be made with six beads?