Number Systems

08 Aug 2018

KS1 Maths: Year 1 Counting

  Activity: Counting accurately, preservation of number Resources needed: Multilink cubes   Show the children a group of about 25 or 26 multilink cubes and ask for some estimates of the number. Remind children that estimating is a sensible guess. Discuss some of the estimates and arrive at a consensus. […]

07 Aug 2018

KS2 Maths Tricks

Resources needed: whiteboards and pens Explain to the children that you are going to show them a variety of maths tricks with numbers. They can try the tricks out themselves on their friends or family to amaze them! TRICK 1: Think of any number – if it is even, divide […]