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  • Dicey Perimeter, Dicey Area
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    Dicey Perimeter, Dicey Area

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    7 to 11
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    In this game for two players, you throw two dice and find the product. How many shapes can you draw on the grid which have that area or perimeter?
  • Shape Draw
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    Shape Draw

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    7 to 11
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    Use the information on these cards to draw the shape that is being described.

  • Round the Four Dice
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    Round the Four Dice

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

  • Round the Dice Decimals 2
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    Round the Dice Decimals 2

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    7 to 11
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    What happens when you round these numbers to the nearest whole number?

  • Round the Three Dice
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    Round the Three Dice

    Age
    7 to 11
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    What happens when you round these three-digit numbers to the nearest 100?

  • Round the Dice Decimals 1
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    Round the Dice Decimals 1

    Age
    7 to 11
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    Use two dice to generate two numbers with one decimal place. What happens when you round these numbers to the nearest whole number?

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

    Age
    7 to 11
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    Use the numbers and symbols to make this number sentence correct. How many different ways can you find?
  • A4 Fraction Subtraction
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    A4 Fraction Subtraction

    Age
    7 to 11
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    This task offers opportunities to subtract fractions using A4 paper.

  • Seeing Parallelograms
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    Seeing Parallelograms

    Age
    7 to 11
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    Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a parallelogram.

  • Digit Discovery
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    Digit Discovery

    Age
    7 to 11
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    Here is an interesting property about two sets of digits. Can you work out what the digits might be?