Mental calculations

  • One Big Triangle
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    One big triangle

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Make one big triangle so the numbers that touch on the small triangles add to 10.

  • Two flowers with the numbers 15 and 16 on them
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    Butterfly flowers

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you find two butterflies to go on each flower so that the numbers on each pair of butterflies adds to the number on their flower?

  • What's in a Name?
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    What's in a name?

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    What do you notice about these squares of numbers? What is the same? What is different?

  • Number Balance
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    Number balance

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you hang weights in the right place to make the the number balance balanced?

  • Domino Sorting
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    Domino sorting

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Try grouping the dominoes in the ways described. Are there any left over each time? Can you explain why?

  • Number Lines
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    Number lines

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Leah and Tom each have a number line. Can you work out where their counters will land?

  • Sort them out (1)
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    Sort them out (1)

    Age
    5 to 7
    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?

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    Pairs of numbers

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    If you have ten counters numbered 1 to 10, how many can you put into pairs that add to 10? Which ones do you have to leave out? Why?

  • What Could \It Be?
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    What could it be?

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    In this calculation, the box represents a missing digit. What could the digit be? What would the solution be in each case?

  • Unit Differences
    problem

    Unit differences

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    This challenge is about finding the difference between numbers which have the same tens digit.