Practical Maths

Great team work

Using practical resources in maths helps us in so many ways. We can see and feel what a number looks like along with writing our understanding down. We have been thinking about the different maths facts we can use to get to certain figures and here are a couple of examples of our thinking.
The number rods are not only really colourful they also fit perfectly in the number track so we can check our thinking. 

Five different multiplications to make 20