Being resourceful

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?

These spinners will give you the tens and unit digits of a number. Can you choose sets of numbers to collect so that you spin six numbers belonging to your sets in as few spins as possible?

Daisy and Akram have made some number patterns. Can you find out which pattern is longer?

Two children made up a game as they walked along the garden paths. Can you find out their scores? Can you find some paths of your own?

This box does something to the numbers that go into it. If you know the numbers that come out, what might be going on inside the box?

You'll need to work in a group on this problem. Use your sticky notes to show the answer to questions such as 'how many girls are there in your group?'.

One day, five small animals in my garden had a sports day. Who do you think won each race?

This investigates one particular property of number by looking closely at an example of adding two odd numbers together.

Try some throwing activities and see whether you can throw something as far as the Olympic hammer or discus throwers.