Stencils

Teacher: The stencils can be dragged over the numbered card once the students have had a guess.

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Primary 7, Bargeddie Primary School, North Lanarkshire
Thursday, February 24, 2011
"We enjoyed this starter because we found it quick, easy and fun! With all the stencils on, we found that the digits still visible were: 1, 3, 1 and 4...
13 14 - A very significant year in Scotland as it was the Battle of Bannockburn!"
Jake Bridges, UK
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
"This was quite interesting and it was also very fun and easy."

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Answers

The blue stencil

Extension question: If all three stencils are placed over the numbered card at the same time, which digits can still be seen?


	Teacher, do your students have access to computers? Do they have Laptops in Lessons or iPads? Whether your students each have a TabletPC, a Surface or a Mac, this activity lends itself to eLearning (Engaged Learning).

Here is the URL for a concise version of this page without comments or answers.

Transum.org/go/?Start=February24

Here is the URL which will take them to another activity involving a grid of numbers.

Transum.org/go/?to=Sudoku