Addition and subtraction

  • Number Lines
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    Number Lines

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    Leah and Tom each have a number line. Can you work out where their counters will land?

  • Tug of War
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    Tug of War

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    Can you use the numbers on the dice to reach your end of the number line before your partner beats you?

  • Shut the box
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    Shut the Box

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    5 to 7
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    An old game with lots of arithmetic!

  • Sort them out (1)
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    Sort Them Out (1)

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    5 to 7
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    Can you each work out the number on your card? What do you notice? How could you sort the cards?

  • Even and odd
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    Even and Odd

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    5 to 7
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    This activity is best done with a whole class or in a large group. Can you match the cards? What happens when you add pairs of the numbers together?

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    Pairs of Numbers

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    If you have ten counters numbered 1 to 10, how many can you put into pairs that add to 10? Which ones do you have to leave out? Why?

  • The add and take-away path
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    The Add and Take-Away Path

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    5 to 7
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    Two children made up a game as they walked along the garden paths. Can you find out their scores? Can you find some paths of your own?

  • What was in the Box?
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    What Was in the Box?

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    5 to 7
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    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?

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    Two Numbers Under the Microscope

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    5 to 7
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    This investigates one particular property of number by looking closely at an example of adding two odd numbers together.

  • Ring of Numbers
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    Ring of Numbers

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    5 to 7
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    Choose four of the numbers from 1 to 9 to put in the squares so that the differences between joined squares are odd.