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Posted by Peter on 14th July 2011
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Resource of the Week: Year 3 maths investigation

In year 3 children are expected to be able to solve problems involving numbers, follow a line of enquiry, identify patterns and organise information. Investigations are a great way to do this as well as developing logical thinking. This is a fun investigation for children from Year 3 upwards (7+ yrs) which encourages children to [...]

Posted by Peter on 13th July 2010
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Year 3 maths worksheet: Make 12 investigation

Here we have a rather nice number investigation for Year 3. Using exactly 5 of the cards, how many ways can 12 be made? It is probably a good idea to cut out the cards, or make your own, to make it much easier to move the numbers around to make the number sentences. As [...]

Posted by Peter on 11th January 2010
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Year 1 Investigation: Snowflake numbers

Still chilly outside so a little ‘snowflake’ number investigation suitable for Year 1 children (5-6 yrs old). Given the numbers 1, 3 5 and 7 what addition sums can be made? Encourage working in a logical way. The second question asks how many different answers can be made when subtracting. There are less possible different [...]

Posted by Peter on 9th June 2009
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Year 3 Maths Investigation: Across and Down

Investigations are a great way to develop logical thinking and improve systematic lines of enquiry. This is a fun investigation for children from Year 3 upwards (7+ yrs). The task is: Put in the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the squares on the grid so that the total across is the same [...]