Visualising and representing
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Iff
Take a triangular number, multiply it by 8 and add 1. What is special about your answer? Can you prove it?
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What's it worth?
There are lots of different methods to find out what the shapes are worth - how many can you find?
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Remainders
I'm thinking of a number. My number is both a multiple of 5 and a multiple of 6. What could my number be?
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A question of scale
Use your skill and knowledge to place various scientific lengths in order of size. Can you judge the length of objects with sizes ranging from 1 Angstrom to 1 million km with no wrong attempts?
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Even and odd
This activity is best done with a whole class or in a large group. Can you match the cards? What happens when you add pairs of the numbers together?
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Fill me up
Can you sketch graphs to show how the height of water changes in different containers as they are filled?
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Counting factors
Is there an efficient way to work out how many factors a large number has?
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Legs eleven
Take any four digit number. Move the first digit to the end and move the rest along. Now add your two numbers. Did you get a multiple of 11?