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Starter of The Day Transum Mathematics Topics

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This starter is one of those you could use today then use it again next week to see any learning which may have taken place. Each time the page is reloaded the questions are regenerated from random numbers so simply remembering answers from the previous time the starter was attempted won't work! Each of the four questions invite a number of different strategies to arrive at the answer and rather than only focussing on the answers it is worthwhile comparing methods used by pupils in your class.

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Note to teacher: Doing this activity once with a class helps students develop strategies. It is only when they do this activity a second time that they will have the opportunity to practise those strategies. That is when the learning is consolidated. Click the button above to regenerate another version of this starter from random numbers.

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Teacher, do your students have access to computers such as tablets, iPads or Laptops? This page was really designed for projection on a whiteboard but if you really want the students to have access to it here is a concise URL for a version of this page without the comments:

Transum.org/go/?Start=February25

However it would be better to assign one of the student interactive activities below.

Laptops In Lessons

Here is the URL which will take them to a related student activity.

Transum.org/go/?Num=262

Extension

Using one multiplication, one addition and one subtraction what is the largest calculation result that you can get from the following numbers in this order?

2467

Curriculum Reference

See the National Curriculum page for links to related online activities and resources.