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These cards contain some lower-order questions and, focusing on the same mathematical topic, some more
challenging questions - ones that require higher-order thinking skills. Cut them out and pair them up.
7. Making Sticks
Kimie and Sebastian were making sticks from
interlocking cubes. Kimie made blue sticks 2
cubes long. Sebastian made red sticks 3 cubes
long. The both made a lot of sticks.
Kimie put her blue sticks end to end in a long
line. Sebastian put his red sticks end to end in a
line underneath Kimie!s.
Can the make their lines the same length" #ow
man sticks could Kimie use" #ow man would
Sebastian put down" #ow long is the line
altogether"
Can the make an other lines"
8. Domino Sorting
#ere are some dominoes taken out of a full set$
Sort them into two groups, one with an odd
number of spots and one with an e%en number of
spots.
&o ou ha%e an dominoes left o%er" 'h, or
wh not"
(ow put the dominoes into pairs. The number of
spots on each pair of dominoes must make a total
of ).
#ow man pairs can ou make"
'hich dominoes are left o%er"
Can ou pair them up in an different was so
that each pair adds up to )"
'hich dominoes are left o%er now"
*re there an dominoes which are alwas left
o%er"
Can ou e+plain wh"
9. Seven Sticks
,+plore the triangles that can be made with
se%en sticks of the same length.
10. Near Doubles
*dd these near doubles
2- . 2/)) . )012 . )- ...etc
1. Fractions
'hat is half of 0"
'hat is half of /-"
'hat is half of 2"
. Triangles
'hich of these shapes are triangles"
!. Fair Feast
#ere is a picnic that Chris and 3ichael are going
to share equall$
Can ou tell what each of them will ha%e"
". #rab it$
4la on a blank /-- grid with a partner. Take
turns to choose a number. 5f our number can be
di%ided e+actl b 2, score 2 points. 5f it can be
di%ided e+actl b 3, score 3 points and so on.
67ou can decide whether or not to count / and
the number itself.8
'hat are good numbers to pick" 'h"
'hat!s the best number to pick"
'hat are poor numbers to pick" 'h"
%. Take &'a(
'ork out the following take awa 6subtraction8
sums$
). Har* or +as(,
9ook at the take awa sums. :ind the easiest, the
hardest, and three which are not hard or eas. &o
them and write down 6or sa8 wh ou!%e chosen
these fi%e sums.
11. T-e Hun*re* #ame
This game is for two plaers. 7ou need ten cards
with the digits - to ; on them. 5t might also be
useful to ha%e a two pieces of paper or card with
two bo+es drawn on them to represent a two-
digit number.
Turn the cards face down and mi+ them up. The
aim of the game is to make the closest number to
/--. ,ach plaer takes one card to start with and
decides whether that is the units or tens digit of
their number and places it on their paper in front
of them. ,ach plaer then takes a second card
which becomes the missing digit of their two-
digit number. The winner is the plaer whose
number is closer to /--. 7ou could ha%e a points
sstem so that the plaer with the closer number
scores / point and then pla first to /-.
'hat strategies do ou ha%e for winning"
1. S.uares
4lot the three points listed below and then find
the co-ordinates of the fourth point that is needed
to complete a square$
6a8 62,28 61,28 62,18
6b8 6),/-8 6;,/-8 6;,08
6c8 61,)8 63,08 62,)8
6d8 6),)8 61,28 6<,;8
6e8 etc.
1!. String( /ua*s
7ou need a group of four people holding a loop
of string.
3ake a quadrilateral with one line of smmetr.
3ake a quadrilateral with two lines of smmetr.
3ake a quadrilateral with three lines of
smmetr.
3ake a quadrilateral with four lines of
smmetr.
'hat quadrilateral ha%en!t ou made"
1". S(mmetr(
&raw all the lines of smmetr on these
quadrilaterals.
etc
1%. &**ition
'hat is$
).1"
3.;"
2.)"
3.3"
1). 0 T'o
7ou need a /-)- number grid and a partner. Take
turns to draw a ) square = shape on the grid.
*dd up the two biggest numbers in our =. Keep
going until ou can!t fit an more =s on the grid,
adding on our score each time. The winner has
the bigger score. 7our = could be upside down,
or on its side.
17. S-aring
&o the following di%ision 6sharing8 sums.
1)>) 12>0 22>< ...etc
18. 1lace 2alue
'hich of these numbers is bigger$
<2 or 2<"
;2 or ;/"
;; or /-/"
19. S.uare 3t
'ith a partner take it in turns to mark an spot
on a square dott grid 6ou should use different
colours8.
The winner is the first to ha%e four marks that
can be ?oined b straight lines to form a square.
Squares can be of an si@e and can be tilted.
0. Multi4les
9ist the numbers between / and 3- that are$
6a8 in the two times table
6b8 in the three times table.