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LESSON RESOURCE FOR GLOBAL MATHS AND SCIENCE LESSON 2026
Join the thousands of classes around the world in the Global Maths & Science Lesson in the week 10 – 18 October 2026. To receive a certificate of participation register at https://gtenmaths.org/gmsl and post a photo of your class taken during the lesson with hashtag […]
Pelmathism is one of the many games in the AIMING HIGH book Let’s Play Mathematically, games designed for enjoyment while, at the same time, being school curriculum related.
Click a link below to download a set of large cards. Print and cut out the cards. All versions of Pelmathism are played […]
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 […]
This game is like Bingo but each player makes their own gamecard by drawing a grid and choosing 25 numbers to write on their gamecard, numbers between 0 and 100, not repeating any numbers. They cannot change the numbers once they are written on their gamecard.
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 […]
NUMBER TRICK This is for secondary students and top primary. On any calendar of any month of any year put a box around four dates, two in one week and two in the following week (all four dates must be within the same month). Add the numbers up and tell me the total. I can […]
The FIFTEEN GAME is a game for two players (or a class split into two teams).
Take it in turns to choose one of the numbers 1 to 9. It is now your number and your opponent cannot choose it. Each number can be chosen only once.
To win, be the first to pick 3 […]
Start with the easiest version on a 25 square board each player having 12 men (coloured counters). Then graduate to boards with 49 or 81 squares and 24 or 40 men each. Either 25 or 49 squares can be used on the board shown. Aim to set traps to capture your opponent’s pieces and to […]
Watch the video of the workshop for teachers. It shows how different versions of this game can be used with children of all ages. The first part is primary and the second part secondary.
Checkit can be played by 2 players or 2 teams. Each player starts with a blank […]
Find a cuboid (with edges of integer values) that has a surface area of exactly 100 square units.
Is there more than one?
It is quite easy to find a few solutions. The big challenge is to find all possible solutions.
Can you provide a convincing argument that you have found […]
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