Challenging challenges

If 9 +  10 = 19 then ...

Applying our thinking to challenging questions is something we regularly do in class. It can be difficult to figure out what you are doing at first and it can make you feel a bit unsure but using the maths skills we have been using in class helps a great deal. Especially when you are missing lots of information like in the question above!

This question is a great example of the 'real life' problems we are challenged with. The important thing to do for this type of problem is to show your thinking as you are trying to puzzle it out.

Indoor and outdoor maths

Team work in action

Sometimes in maths it's just too much to do things on your own. So what do we do, well we work as a team. So when we were set the task of making a continuous numberline to 1,000 it was just the sort of job for team work.

Once we had measured carefully so we had enough increments to help our counting we took advantage of the lovely autumn sunshine and collected a selection of items from the grounds The final job was to then decided exactly where we should place the conkers, leaves and sticks on our enormous numberline.

Perfect weather for outdoor maths

Solving Number Trios

A definite thumbs up for great thinking

Solving maths questions when you are given all of the information you need is one thing but what what athinking bout when you are given the answer and have to find the missing information! Confused? You could be, if you haven't got your maths brain switched on fully!

Ganges have been solving all manner of number trio problems and then taking things a step further with the linked family of calculations. As long as you understand that addition is the inverse (opposite) of subtraction you are fine.

Using Numicon to check is a good idea