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Journeys in Numberland
7 to 11
Tom and Ben visited Numberland. Use the maps to work out the number of points each of their routes scores.
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Alternative record book
14 to 18
In which Olympic event does a human travel fastest? Decide which events to include in your Alternative Record Book.
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What's in a name?
5 to 7
What do you notice about these squares of numbers? What is the same? What is different?
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Climbing conundrum
7 to 14
Five children are taking part in a climbing competition with three parts, where their score for each part will be multiplied together. Can you see how the leaderboard will change depending on what happens in the final climb of the competition?
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What's inside/outside/under the box?
This article describes investigations that offer opportunities for children to think differently, and pose their own questions, about shapes.
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Numbers and notation - ambiguities and confusions
While musing about the difficulties children face in comprehending number structure, notation, etc., it occured to the author that there is a vast array of occasions when numbers and signs are used in anomalous ways; often these are at the earliest stages, when they must be enormously confusing. However, they also frequently happen in adult situations.
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Count the beat
This article, written by Nicky Goulder and Samantha Lodge, reveals
how maths and marimbas can go hand-in-hand! Why not try out some of
the musical maths activities in your own classroom?