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Which Way?

The tasks in this feature encourage you to make a deliberate choice about the way you solve a calculation. We hope this will help you become a more curious and adventurous mathematician, with the confidence to use any method that you think suits a particular calculation.

Fruity Pairs
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Fruity Pairs

Age
5 to 7
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Which two items of fruit could Kate and Sam choose? Can you order the prices from lowest to highest?
Subtraction Slip
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Subtraction Slip

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Can you spot the mistake in this video? How would you work out the answer to this calculation?
Countdown
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Countdown

Here is a chance to play a version of the classic Countdown Game.
Picture Your Method
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Picture Your Method

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you match these calculation methods to their visual representations?
Compare the Calculations
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Compare the Calculations

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you put these four calculations into order of difficulty? How did you decide?
Method in multiplying madness?
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Method in multiplying madness?

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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Watch our videos of multiplication methods that you may not have met before. Can you make sense of them?
Number Facts
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Number Facts

Age
5 to 7
These activities will help you know and use number facts.
Number Facts
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Number Facts

Age
7 to 11
This feature gathers together activities which will help you get better at knowing and using number facts.
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Can you think flexibly?

Age
11 to 16
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The problems in this feature challenge you to explore different ways of arriving at a solution