Being resourceful

  • Dozens
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    Dozens

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    7 to 14
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    Can you select the missing digit(s) to find the largest multiple?

  • A rolled up old-fashioned treasure map.
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    Treasure Hunt

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    7 to 14
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    Can you find a reliable strategy for choosing coordinates that will locate the treasure in the minimum number of guesses?

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    Missing Multipliers

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    7 to 14
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    What is the smallest number of answers you need to reveal in order to work out the missing headers?

  • Reasoned Rounding
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    Reasoned Rounding

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    7 to 14
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    Four strategy dice games to consolidate pupils' understanding of rounding.

  • More Less is More
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    More Less Is More

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    7 to 14
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    In each of these games, you will need a little bit of luck and your knowledge of place value to develop a winning strategy.

  • Dicey Operations
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    More Dicey Operations

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    7 to 14
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    In these multiplication and division games, you'll need to think strategically to get closest to the target.

  • Number Lines in Disguise
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    Number Lines in Disguise

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    7 to 14
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    Some of the numbers have fallen off Becky's number line. Can you figure out what they were?

  • A chopped carrot beside a whole carrot. The carrot top sits away from the chopped carrot.
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    Remainders

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    7 to 14
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    I'm thinking of a number. My number is both a multiple of 5 and a multiple of 6. What could my number be?

  • Diagonal Sums
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    Diagonal Sums

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    7 to 14
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    In this 100 square, look at the green square which contains the numbers 2, 3, 12 and 13. What is the sum of the numbers that are diagonally opposite each other? What do you notice?