Comparing and ordering numbers

  • Who can be the winner?
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    Who Can Be the Winner?

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Some children have been doing different tasks. Can you see who was the winner?
  • Here to There 1 2 3
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    Here to There 1 2 3

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Move from the START to the FINISH by moving across or down to the next square. Can you find a route to make these totals?
  • Twizzle's Journey
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    Twizzle's Journey

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Twizzle, a female giraffe, needs transporting to another zoo. Which route will give the fastest journey?
  • Street Sequences
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    Street Sequences

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Investigate what happens when you add house numbers along a street in different ways.

  • Sorting the Numbers
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    Sorting the Numbers

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Complete these two jigsaws then put one on top of the other. What happens when you add the 'touching' numbers? What happens when you change the position of the jigsaws?
  • Sweetie Box
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    Sweetie Box

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Max and Bryony both have a box of sweets. What do you know about the number of sweets they each have?

  • Making Pathways
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    Making Pathways

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you find different ways of creating paths using these paving slabs?

  • One to Fifteen
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    One to Fifteen

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you put the numbers from 1 to 15 on the circles so that no consecutive numbers lie anywhere along a continuous straight line?
  • Sort them out (2)
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    Sort Them Out (2)

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you each work out the number on your card? What do you notice? How could you sort the cards?