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Puzzles

The puzzle activities for 7, 8, 9 and 10 year olds provide a range of puzzles involving number, shape, memory sorting and pattern.

For ages: 7 - 8

Carroll Diagram (3D)

Sort the 3D solids by placing them in a Carroll Diagram. There are a range of Carroll Diagrams each with different crit... more

First used for Objective

Relate 2-D shapes and 3-D solids to drawings of them; describe, visualise, classify, draw and make the shapes .

I can sort shapes using different properties.

Year 3, Block B, Unit 3

For ages: 7 - 8

Number Cranes

The cranes are unloading single digits can you arrange the same three digits to make six different three digit numbers?... more

First used for Objective

Explain a process or present information, ensuring items are clearly sequenced, relevant details are included and accounts ended effectively

I can explain how to put three-digit numbers in order

Year 3, Block A, Unit 1

For ages: 7 - 8

Alien Sorting

Sort the aliens by dragging them to the correct area of the Venn diagram. You'll need to compare them to more than one c... more

First used for Objective

Use Venn diagrams or Carroll diagrams to sort data and objects using more than one criterion

I can place objects on a Venn diagram

Year 3, Block C, Unit 1

For ages: 7 - 8

Mystery Number

Triangle man thinks of a number he doubles it he adds another number to it - can you use the inverse operations, doublin... more

First used for Objective

Use knowledge of number operations and corresponding inverses, including doubling and halving, to estimate and check calculations

I can check whether the answer to a calculation is correct

Year 3, Block D, Unit 3

For ages: 8 to 9

Shuffle Square

Solve the puzzle by sliding one square at a time to move the dog to the bone. Record how many step you took, explain how... more

First used for Objective

Report solutions to puzzles and problems, giving explanations and reasoning orally and in writing, using diagrams and symbols.

I can tell people what I have found out and show some graphs to back up my conclusions.

Year 4, Block C, Unit 3

For ages: 7 to 8

Symmetrical Tiling (1line)

Complete the tile pattern on the bathroom wall. Drag the tiles into place to make pattern with reflective symmetry. ... more

First used for Objective

Draw and complete shapes with reflective symmetry; draw the reflection of a shape in a mirror line along one side

I can draw a symmetrical shape

Year 3, Block B, Unit 2

For ages: 7 to 8

Pirates Adventure

Move the pirate ship around the grid to find the buried treasure. Give instructions about the direction and distance by ... more

First used for Objective

Read and record the vocabulary of position, direction and movement, using the four compass directions to describe movement about a grid

I can follow and give instructions to make turns

Year 3, Block D, Unit 2

For ages: 8 to 9

Picnic Puzzles

Add the missing numbers to a 3 x 3 magic square, so that every row, column and diagonal adds up to the same number. Ther... more

First used for Objective

Report solutions to puzzles and problems, giving explanations and reasoning orally and in writing, using diagrams and symbols

I can describe how I solved a problem about shapes using mathematical vocabulary

Year 4, Block B, Unit 3

For ages: 8 - 10

Frog Venn Diagram

Use your knowledge of times tables and factors to sort the frogs by dragging them to the correct part of the Venn diagra... more

First used for Objective

Identify pairs of factors of two-digit whole numbers and find common multiples (e.g. for 6 and 9)

I can find a number that is a multiple of two different numbers

Year 5, Block B, Unit 1

For ages: 9 - 10

Tricky Transport

where does this field show up?... more

First used for Objective

Explain reasoning using diagrams, graphs and text; refine ways of recording using images and symbols

- I can record my method for solving a problem

Year 5, Block A, Unit 3

For ages: 8 - 10

Times Table Cards

Use your memory skills as well as times tables to pick the right pair of cards to complete the multiplication. The acti... more

First used for Objective

Derive and recall multiplication facts up to 10 × 10, the corresponding division facts and multiples of numbers to 10 up to the tenth multiple

I can work out division facts for the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 times-tables

Year 4, Block B, Unit 1

For ages: 9 - 11

Picture Perfect

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First used for Objective

Calculate mentally with integers and decimals:

I can add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers and decimals in my head

Year 6, Block A, Unit 1

For ages: 9 - 11

Baffling Beads

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First used for Objective

Use sequences to scale numbers up or down; solve problems involving proportions of quantities (e.g. decrease quantities in a recipe designed to feed six people)

I can identify and continue patterns to solve problems.

Year 5, Block E, Unit 3

For ages: 8 - 11

Sheep Pen Puzzles

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First used for Objective

Explore patterns, properties and relationships and propose a general statement involving numbers or shapes; identify examples for which the statement is true or false

- I can investigate and solve puzzles

Year 5, Block B, Unit 3

For ages: 8 to 10

Perpendicular Pruning

Help Triangle Man prune the trees in his garden. The trees grow best if all the branches perpendicular to the trunk are ... more

First used for Objective

Read and plot coordinates in the first quadrant; recognise parallel and perpendicular lines in grids and shapes; use a set-square and ruler to draw shapes with perpendicular or parallel sides

I can recognise parallel and perpendicular lines in shapes and in the environment

Year 5, Block D, Unit 2

For ages: 10 - 11

Breadhead Brain Teaser

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First used for Objective

Tabulate systematically the information in a problem or puzzle; identify and record the steps or calculations needed to solve it, using symbols where appropriate; interpret solutions in the original context and check their accuracy

I can record the calculations needed to solve a problem and check that my working is correct

Year 6, Block E, Unit 2