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DOWNLOAD the Maths Week England 2024 30-Minute Lesson details
Resources needed: pencil and paper, 5 by 5 grids, 2 sets of cards numbered 1 to 10, envelope or bag.
Warm-up (5 minutes)
For the 3 […]
Both players start with zero points and take turns to throw the dice as many times as they like adding the total at each throw to their score.
Suppose you throw a double one. On the next throw, is your chance of throwing a double one the same, more likely or less […]
In the Lucky Numbers Game 6 balls are numbered 1 to 6 and 3 balls are chosen at random, without replacing any of the balls, so that 3 different winning numbers are chosen. There is no significance in the order of the numbers.
When you play this game you get a ticket with […]
In the Mathopia Lottery, 49 balls numbered 1 to 49 are mixed up and 6 different winning numbers are chosen by choosing 6 balls at random without replacing any of the balls. You can do this with numbered cards instead of balls. To play the game, all the players make their own […]
For scissors hold out 2 fingers like a pair of scissors.
For paper hold your hand out flat.
For rock clench your hand into a fist.
Count 1 , 2, 3 and then, at the same time, both players make one of the signs: scissors, or paper or […]
Six bags of sweets each contain green, white, yellow, orange and red sweets with equal numbers of each colour (5 flavours).
You pick sweets from the bag without looking. If you pick 2 sweets what different combinations of colours can you get?
This is a game for 2 players. You need a pack of 52 playing cards. Shuffle the cards. One player is dealer and turns the cards face up one at a time. Before seeing the card, the other player must say ‘red’ or ‘black’ and wins […]
The probability that there are two people in a group with birthdays in the same month depends on the size of the group.
What if the group has more than twelve people?
What about a group of 2 people? What is the probability they have birthdays in different months?
Both 9 and 10 can be made up in 2 different ways by adding pairs of the numbers 1, 2, … 6, that is
9 = 3 + 6 = 4 + 5
10 = 4 + 6 = 5 + 5
Explain why it is that when you throw two dice you are more […]
If Busi has 3 children what is the probability that at least one will be a girl?
Imagine tossing a coin three times.
What’s the probability you will get a head on at least one of the tosses?
Suppose you drew this tree diagram. How would it help you to find the answers to […]
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