Being collaborative

  • A wall clock with no numbers.
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    What Is the Time?

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    5 to 11
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    Can you put these times on the clocks in order? You might like to arrange them in a circle.

  • Discuss and Choose
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    Discuss and Choose

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    5 to 11
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    This activity challenges you to decide on the 'best' number to use in each statement. You may need to do some estimating, some calculating and some research.

  • Order, Order!
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    Order, Order!

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    5 to 11
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    Can you place these quantities in order from smallest to largest?

  • Half Time
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    Half Time

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    5 to 11
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    What could the half time scores have been in these Olympic hockey matches?

  • If the World Were a Village
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    If the World Were a Village

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    5 to 11
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    This activity is based on data in the book 'If the World Were a Village'. How will you represent your chosen data for maximum effect?

  • How Tall?
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    How Tall?

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    5 to 11
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    A group of children are discussing the height of a tall tree. How would you go about finding out its height?

  • Take three numbers
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    Take Three Numbers

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    5 to 11
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    What happens when you add three numbers together? Will your answer be odd or even? How do you know?

  • That number square
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    That Number Square

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    5 to 11
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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?

  • How do you see it?
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    How Do You See It?

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    5 to 11
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    Here are some short problems for you to try. Talk to your friends about how you work them out.

  • Ordering cards
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    Ordering Cards

    Age
    5 to 11
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    This problem is designed to help children to learn, and to use, the two and three times tables.