Number Stage 4

This problem is designed to help children to learn, and to use, the two and three times tables.

Choose four of the numbers from 1 to 9 to put in the squares so that the differences between joined squares are odd.

In this problem, we're investigating the number of steps we would climb up or down to get out of or into the swimming pool. How could you number the steps below the water?

Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.

Three children are going to buy some plants for their birthdays. They will plant them within circular paths. How could they do this?

The Man is much smaller than us. Can you use the picture of him next to a mug to estimate his height and how much tea he drinks?

Can you split each of the shapes below in half so that the two parts are exactly the same?

At the beginning of May, Tom put his tomato plant outside. On the same day he sowed a bean in another pot. When will the two be the same height?

There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...

What happens when you add three numbers together? Will your answer be odd or even? How do you know?

Can you find different ways of showing the same fraction? Try this matching game and see.

Look at different ways of dividing things. What do they mean? How might you show them in a picture, with things, with numbers and symbols?

The large rectangle is divided into a series of smaller quadrilaterals and triangles. Can you untangle what fractional part is represented by each of the shapes?

Which is quicker, counting up to 30 in ones or counting up to 300 in tens? Why?

Can you put the numbers 1 to 8 into the circles so that the four calculations are correct?

Use the lines on this figure to show how the square can be divided into 2 halves, 3 thirds, 6 sixths and 9 ninths.

Each child in Class 3 took four numbers out of the bag. Who had made the highest even number?

Can you complete this jigsaw of the multiplication square?

This big box multiplies anything that goes inside it by the same number. If you know the numbers that come out, what multiplication might be going on in the box?

What numbers would you put on this number line as it goes under the sea level?

Can you put the numbers 1-5 in the V shape so that both 'arms' have the same total?

Amy has a box containing domino pieces but she does not think it is a complete set. Which of her domino pieces are missing?

Can you fill in this table square? The numbers 2 -12 were used to generate it with just one number used twice.