Comparing and ordering numbers

  • Would You Rather?
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    Would You Rather?

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    Would you rather: Have 10% of £5 or 75% of 80p? Be given 60% of 2 pizzas or 26% of 5 pizzas?

  • Round the Four Dice
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    Round the Four Dice

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    This activity involves rounding four-digit numbers to the nearest thousand.

  • Greater Than or Less Than?
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    Greater Than or Less Than?

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    Use the numbers and symbols to make this number sentence correct. How many different ways can you find?
  • Less is More
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    Less Is More

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    Use your knowledge of place value to try to win this game. How will you maximise your score?

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    Factor-Multiple Chains

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    7 to 11
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    Can you see how these factor-multiple chains work? Find the chain which contains the smallest possible numbers. How about the largest possible numbers?

  • Now and Then
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    Now and Then

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    7 to 11
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    Have a look at the results for some events at past Olympic Games. Can you use these to predict the results at the next Olympics?

  • Dicey Operations
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    Dicey Operations

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

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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?

  • 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?