Comparing and ordering numbers

  • Round the Four Dice
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    Round the four dice

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    This activity involves rounding four-digit numbers to the nearest thousand.

  • Greater Than or Less Than?
    problem

    Greater than or less than?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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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

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Use your knowledge of place value to try to win this game. How will you maximise your score?

  • True or False?
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    True or false?

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Without doing lots of calculations, can you decide which of these number sentences are true? How do you know?
  • Ordering Journeys
    problem

    Ordering journeys

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    How would you put these journey lengths in order?

  • Worms
    problem

    Worms

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Place this "worm" on the 100 square and find the total of the four squares it covers. Keeping its head in the same place, what other totals can you make?
  • The Magic Number and the Hepta-Tree
    problem

    The magic number and the hepta-tree

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Find the exact difference between the largest ball and the smallest ball on the Hepta Tree and then use this to work out the MAGIC NUMBER!
  • A Numbered Route
    problem

    A numbered route

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you draw a continuous line through 16 numbers on this grid so that the total of the numbers you pass through is as high as possible?
  • Sets of Four Numbers
    problem

    Sets of four numbers

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    There are ten children in Becky's group. Can you find a set of numbers for each of them? Are there any other sets?