Mental Test 9

A Maths Starter of The Day

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Keywords: Starter | Arithmetic | Mental Methods

  • Mrs Skuse, Langley School, Norwich
  • Monday, January 28, 2008
  • "Excellent! The timing keeps the students focused and it brings out the competitive edge in them, especially the boys."
  • Year 9, Coln House School
  • Thursday, January 28, 2010
  • "Some students wanted more time on some of the questions, but other questions had ample time. Students liked the variety of questions.
    Good points for discussion and correcting misconceptions. Thank you."
  • Set 1 Year 4, Banks Lane Junior School
  • Tuesday, February 15, 2011
  • "We thought this was a challenging test for year 4 but everyone had a really good try and would have achieved even better scores if they had a slightly longer time."

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Computer Teacher, do your students have access to computers?
Do you have "Laptops in Lessons"?

Whether your students each have a TabletPC or share a desktop PC, this activity lends itself to eLearning (Engaged Learning).

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Here is the URL which will take them to a concise version of this page.

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Students could each be given a copy of the PowerPoint from this page and asked to edit it to produce a slightly different test for the rest of the class. They will need to edit the answer page too!