Mixed

There are 366 different Starters of The Day, many to choose from. You will find in the left column below some starters on the topic of Mixed.

A lesson starter does not have to be on the same topic as the main part of the lesson or the topic of the previous lesson. It is often very useful to revise and consolidate topic by using a starter based on a totally different topic. Some of the most popular starters are shown in the right column below.

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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 and calculate then put the large numbers in order.

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.

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

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

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 Discrimination: An activity involving a calculator which is missing the six button. Can you evaluate the given expressions without using the six?

Six for Starters: Six calculations to perform.

Six of the Best: Six calculations to perform.

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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Featured Starter "Student Loans" Which student got the best deal?

Mixed Activities:

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

Maths Knowledge Quiz: Can you work out which numbers are hidden behind the clouds?

Pentransum: Mathematical questions with five possible answers.

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

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