Shadow Sums

Keywords: Starter | Arithmetic | Place Value | Problem Solving

• 10y4, Dagenham
• Wednesday, November 12, 2008
• "We found this quite easy but the class enjoyed it."
• 7O, Lord Lawson
• Friday, November 14, 2008
• "We found this very hard!"
• Mrs O'Hagan's Firs yr class, Holyrood Sec School Glasgow
• Friday, November 14, 2008
• "We found this starter quite hard..and as we were given it for homework we were disappointed that as it was still the same day, the numbers were changed "
• Mr Shaw, Beaulieu Convent Jersey Year 9
• Wednesday, November 11, 2009
• "We found this easier if we worked in teams. It took us 10 minutes to find our first answer."
• KGo, AHHC
• Friday, November 13, 2009
• "My Year 10s enjoyed this and thought more of these would be great."

 

• 7f1, John Port School
• Friday, November 13, 2009
• "We enjoyed this task very much. It was challenging sorting out the problem but fun!"
• Mr. G, Beacon Community College, Crowborough
• Thursday, November 11, 2010
• "A very good activity to encourage creative thinking. The first student to find a sum (Brandon Lawrence) did it after 5 trials and within 10 minutes on his own. Most of the students were happy to do this activity."
• Lizzie Lucas, Holcombe Brook Y5
• Wednesday, November 24, 2010
• "I think that there should be more of this on the website because it is good fun,me and my mum found it very easy with a little help from dad."
• Miss Hope, Castle Rushen High School
• Tuesday, November 15, 2011
• "We found this a bit of a challenge after starting off with different numbers making one of the totals. We got there in the end, after we took Robert's recommendation (We are in y13, age 17 :) )."
• Jack And Mrs Williams, 9PJH
• Tuesday, November 15, 2011
• "Very difficult but we cracked it! fun challenge."

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