Mixed

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Mixed Starters:

Abundant Buses: A game based around the concept of abundant numbers.

Analogies: Make more of analogies to help remember mathematical concepts.

Big Order: Estimate or calculate then put the large numbers in order of size.

Breathe Easily: How many breaths have you taken in your lifetime?

Christmas Eve: How many palindromic numbers can you find?

Digital Lights: Questions about the Small LEDs used to make up the digits on a calculator display.

Famous Birthdays: Work out the date Will was born by answering some number questions.

Four Gone: An activity involving a broken calculator which is missing the four button. Can you evaluate the given expressions without using the four?

Halloween: Five problems with a Halloween theme.

Hold 'Em Up!: Everyone in the class holds up an item to show which is the correct answer to the multiple choice question.

Jeopardy: Loosely based on the famous television show, how many questions cn you come up with for a given answer?

Just Four Questions: Four mathematical questions to think about at the beginning of the lesson.

Last Day: The 31st of December is the last day of the year. What mathematical lasts do you know?

Maggots: Do as many of the calculations as possible before the maggots infest!

Maths Crossword: A small crossword puzzle containing mathematical words.

Mental Test 10: The starter is a PowerPoint file containing a twenty question mental arithmetic test. It will advance from one question to the next automatically.

Mystery Numbers: Can you recognise the mystery numbers from the clues?

Six of the Best: Six calculations to perform without a calculator.

Take Sides: Put up your right hand or left hand depending on the expressions that appears.

True or False?: An activity designed to address common misconceptions.

Warm Up: Four mathematical problems.

Word Search: Create your own mathematical word search very easily.

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Hi-Low Predict

Similar to the 'Play Your Cards' right game.

Notes:

A healthy mashup of activities and ideas to use and apply mathematical knowledge in a variety of situations.

Mixed Teacher Resources:

Quickulations: Can you do the calculations before the answers appear?

True or False?: Arrange the given statements in groups to show whether they are always true, sometimes true or false.

Mixed Activities:

Chain Challenge: How fast can you perform all of the given operations without using a calculator?

Kim's Quiz: The traditional memory game played with mathematical statements.

Mathopoly: A game of buying and selling property with maths questions thrown in for good measure.

Maths Analogies: Make more of analogies to help remember mathematical concepts.

Maths Quiz: Some questions about general mathematical facts.

Maze: Each visitor to this page has a unique maze constructed for them to find their way through answering mathematical questions on the way.

Mystery Numbers: If 16 O in a P stands for 16 ounces in a pound, what do you think these mystery numbers stand for?

Pentransum: Mathematical questions with five possible answers.

Tran Towers: An adventure game requiring students to solve puzzles as they move through the old mansion.

Tran Tunnels: An adventure game requiring students to solve puzzles as they move through the tunnels.

True or False?: Arrange the given statements in groups to show whether they are always true, sometimes true or false.

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