This learning activity, ‘Adding Adders’, features an addition array. Students are asked to use the array to solve equations and find the associated family of facts. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Algebraic Word Problems’ allows for practice solving word problems using algebra. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This learning activity, ‘An Apple a Day’, features arrays in the form of an apple tray and an ice cube tray. Students are asked to use the trays to solve addition and multiplication problems. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
In this learning activity, ‘Array Puzzles’ students explore and solve arrays of numbers using addition. They can then create more array puzzles for classmates to solve. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
In this learning activity, ‘Crunch Machine’, students must first help a number-cruncher machine complete its equations and then find the missing signs to make various equations true. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This learning activity, ‘Dicing Times’, provides a board and instructions for a game for two to four players. The game helps students to practise multiplication facts. The accompanying teaching notes include suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This learning activity, ‘Domino Facts’, provides instructions for a domino game for two to four players. The game helps to reinforce basic multiplication and division facts. The accompanying teaching notes include suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
Eleventh Heaven’ is a learning activity in which students learn how to multiply by 11 from experience and by following examples. They may use calculators at first but as they identify patterns, they will be able to use efficient strategies with 11. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes to support the use …More
In this learning activity ‘Factor Puzzles’, students explore the ways factors are represented on a polygon and solve puzzles using multiplication. They can also play a game by multiplying the numbers on two dice to cover numbered squares on a gameboard. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting …More
This learning activity, ‘Fizzing It Up’, asks students to solve a series of equations using counters and the supplied tens frames. It helps students to recognise patterns that connect addition and subtraction facts. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This learning activity, ‘Flower Power’, features a garden of flowers. Students must feed each flower a single operation that relates the numbers on its petals to the number in its centre. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This learning activity, ‘Heading for Home’, provides a board and instructions for a game for two players. The game helps students to practise simple division. The accompanying teaching notes include suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This number and operations worksheet, ‘Inverse Operations’ allows for practice explaining and using relationships between operations. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This learning activity, ‘Loopy’, provides instructions for a card game for two players. The game can be designed to reinforce any collection of mathematical facts. The accompanying teaching notes include suggestions for supporting learning and a template for teachers to create their own sets of Loopy cards.
In this learning activity, ‘Making Numbers’ students use various combinations or numbers and operations to make a target value. They have the opportunity to use brackets, an important skill for future learning in algebra. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Mixed Algebra 1’ allows for practice solving mixed algebra questions. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This learning activity, ‘On Track’, asks students to write equations about railway tracks made of Cuisenaire rods. Students must identify all multiplication facts for each length. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This learning activity, ‘Perfect Patterns’, shows a series of computer screens displaying patterns of equations. Students must work out the next equations and then make up their own equation patterns. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
The learning activity ‘Playing with Numbers’ contains a variety of short problems for students to solve and discuss. The problems engage students in thinking about the strategies they can use to solve problems that include a running race, buying movie tickets, and buying ice creams. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes to …More
The amusing learning activity ‘Quacky Questions’ has some interesting problems for students to solve, such as: How many legs are there in a group of sheep and ducks? How can you share pizzas to distribute the olives fairly? Students try out different strategies as they solve and discuss the problems. An answer sheet is provided …More
This learning activity, ‘Secret Codes’, asks students to use multiplication and division facts to decipher messages written in code. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This learning activity, ‘Six Shooters’, provides a board and instructions for a game for four players. The game helps students to practise basic multiplication facts. The accompanying teaching notes include suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This multiplication worksheet, ‘Solve It’ asks students to practise solving questions using parentheses.
This learning activity, ‘Stay on Line’, provides a grid and instructions for a number version of the game Boggle. The game is designed for two players and encourages students to think of complex equations. The accompanying teaching notes include suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
In this learning activity, ‘Testing Triangles’, students must arrange the supplied set of triangles so that matching equations sit together. Students can then create their own equation jigsaw using the supplied blank triangles. The accompanying teaching notes provide suggestions for supporting learning.
In the learning activity, ‘The Magic Fish Hooks’, a legendary river monster helps some men catch fish. Students have to use number properties to work out the relative values of the fish when they are traded for sweet potatoes. This activity includes comprehensive teaching notes to be read before beginning the activity with students, as …More
This number and operations worksheet, ‘The Same as…’ allows for practice explaining and using relationships between operations. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This learning activity, ‘Time’s Up’, features a multiplication array. Students are asked to use the array to solve equations and find the associated family of facts. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
In this learning activity, ‘What Goes Where?’, students find the missing number or sign in a series of number sentences and also use a flow chart to place children into swimming groups. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This multiplication and division worksheet, ‘What’s in the Parentheses?’ asks students to practise solving questions with parentheses.
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