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Another TARGET game for any number of players or for the whole class as a lesson starter. You want to win so THINK MATHEMATICALLY. To get near to the target of 100 you must get
roughly 100×2-digit number = 4-digit number.
Think what that means for the tens digit in the 2 digit number and […]
A tetrahedron (plural tetrahedra) is a solid with four triangular faces. How many different tetrahedra can you make using the four different types of triangle shown in the diagram if you have an unlimited number of each type?
Type R are right angled isosceles triangles with sides a, a and b units.
Type […]
PLAY FOR FUN – THINK AND WIN – PLAY AND LEARN
This game helps you to understand place value. You want to win so THINK MATHEMATICALLY! The number must be big so put a big digit in the thousands place.
The game can easily be adapted to 2-digit or 3-digit numbers or […]
A game for any number of players. You want to win so THINK MATHEMATICALLY!
For the TARGET 1000 version you divide a 4-digit number by a 1-digit number. Think about aiming for an answer near 1000, so how do you choose the thousands digit and the single number?
For the simpler TARGET […]
A game with a TARGET of 1000 for any number of players. You want to win so THINK MATHEMATICALLY! What should the hundreds digits add up to? How will you choose your hundreds digits?
You will need a set of 10 cards numbered 0 to 9 or a […]
This is another TARGET game for the whole class to play as a lesson starter.
You want to win so THINK MATHEMATICALLY! You want to get the answer to the subtraction close to 1000. So make your top number about ONE THOUSAND more than the bottom number.
You will need a set […]
Count in 4s to give the 4 times table: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, … 80, 84, 88, …
Now shift the 4 times table up 3 to give 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, … 83, 87, 91, …
Which tables were shifted to give the following sequences? By how much? Explain […]
The Cape Town cable car takes tourists to the top of Table Mountain. The cable is 1.2 kilometres in length and makes an angle of 40 degrees with the ground.
Draw a scale diagram and use it to find an approximate value of the vertical height (h) climbed by the cable car.
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In your kitchen or in a supermarket, look at the information on labels on unopened packages and discover how heavy the items are. Some small items may be labelled in grams and other items will be labelled in kilograms.
The photos […]
The lattice points are where the lines intersect. How many interior lattice points do your lines go through?
Draw more grids. Before you draw the diagonals, can you predict how many lattice points they will go through? How do you know?
A point whose […]
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