Maths : Problem solving

Finding all Possibilities (PDF, 1.28Mb)   Mainly suitable for: KS2, KS3 Review: Primary National Strategy Problem Solving Materials.  (1.28 MB) Maths   Mathematical Challenges for Able Pupils (PDF, 3.00Mb)   Mainly suitable for: KS2, KS3 Review: Primary National Strategy Problem Solving Materials.  (3.00 MB) Maths   Addition and subtraction problem solving    Mainly suitable for: KS1, KS2 Maths   Problem solving   Mainly suitable for: KS1, KS2 Review: An interactive game Maths   Multiplication problem solving   Mainly suitable for: KS1, KS2 Maths   Finding Rules and Describing Patterns (PDF, 300Kb)   Mainly suitable for: KS2, KS3 Review: Primary National Strategy Problem Solving Materials.  (299 KB) Maths   Logic Problems (PDF, 852Kb)   Mainly suitable for: KS2, KS3 Review: Primary National Strategy Problem Solving Materials.  (852 KB) Maths   Virtual maths fest   Mainly suitable for: KS2, KS3 Maths   Mathematics Problem Solving 9   Mainly suitable for: KS2 Review: This is worksheet fromn the RHL school which comprises of a selection of word problems using various number strategies, including probability. Some of the questions involve the calculations of averages. Children are required to read the problems and select the mathematics for the task. This worksheet is part of a range of high quality maths worksheets on this same site. The worksheet is well organised and presented with space for answers to be recorded if required. Maths   Triangular numbers   Mainly suitable for: KS2, KS3 Maths   Changing numbers (signed)   Mainly suitable for: KS1, KS2 Maths   Site owner's description: An animation to show how to make two numbers the same by adding units, tens and hundreds. Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips Solving Money Word Problems   Mainly suitable for: KS2, KS3 Maths   Site owner's description: Printable - PDF (Acrobat reader) Mathematical Games   Mainly suitable for: KS2 Review: This page has links to five mathematical games, four from India and one from Egypt. They are: Sixteen soldiers, Nine Mens Morris, Pachisi, Alquerque and an unknown game. Each game has a picture taken in the relevant country with a description of how to play the game and something about its history. All of the games have versions that we play in Britain today.Children are challenged to play the games and investigate various things about them. Many of the challenges are open ended so children could tackle them at their own level.The strength of the site is that it gives a different way to introduce an investigation or challenge to children by showing them a game they know but in a different form. Maths   Problem Solving   Mainly suitable for: KS2, KS3 Maths   Site owner's description: PowerPoint file Weight activities   Mainly suitable for: KS2, KS3 Maths   Place Value and Palindrome Riddles   Mainly suitable for: KS2 Review: Five number riddles involving palindromes using various clues, would be good for a maths problem of the week feature in class. Can be easily printed off and ideal as a homework activity. There is the added feature of helping the children with key mathematical language for example explaining what the > and < signs mean. Could also be used as an extension exercise. Maths   Paying with £1 and 10p (Signed)   Mainly suitable for: KS1, KS2 Maths   Site owner's description: An animation showing Bill and Bernie using £1 and 10p at the laundrette. Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips Using clues to solve logic problems - Captain Calamity animation   Mainly suitable for: KS1, KS2 Maths   Site owner's description: Captain Calamity must use logic and clues to find and slay the huge, fire-breathing dragon if he is to save Princess Amber. Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips Problem Solving   Mainly suitable for: KS2, KS3 Maths   Site owner's description: PowerPoint file Make it count   Mainly suitable for: KS1, KS2 Review: This is an interactive maths game that needs Shockwave installed in order to run. It is an excellent game to use when teaching children to problem solve and investigate numbers. The idea is to find ways of using 4 numbers to match a target number exactly. You don't have to use all the numbers - but you can use each number only once. You can add, subtract, multiply, divide and even put them together. There are different levels and each will vary the number of signs you can use and the choice of digits will be reduced to increase the difficulty. A teacher could introduce the activity on an interactive whiteboard or even an ordinary board, explaining how the game works. Children could then play as a class, discussing what to choose and why certain numbers would not work, or they could play in pairs or individually on individual computers. Maths   T3 U6b Solving Problems & Puzzles   Mainly suitable for: KS2, KS3 Maths   Site owner's description: PowerPoint file Real life problems (2)   Mainly suitable for: KS2 Review: This is an activity from the Primary Resources website. It is a worksheet which cpmproses real life problems. The children are asked to work out the mathematics involved in the question before attempting to solve the problem. There is a real selection of different types of problems here. The maths content includes fractions multiplication dividion, money. Children could be encouraged to check their work using inverse operations. As usual a high quality worksheet from Primary Resources. Maths   Kids Strategy Games   Mainly suitable for: KS1, KS2 Review: Kids love playing games, as well as being fun these games will improve their problem solving skills. There are four pages of brain games with over ten games on each page. The games are ready to play and fully interactive. Each game has a set of instructions. Games include Traffic Control where you have to control the traffic by operating the lights, Peg Logic which is similar to Solitaire, Connect Four, Tower of Hanoi and Pipe Dream where you have to connect all the pipes to keep the water flowing. An excellent site. Maths   Fractions Problem Solving   Mainly suitable for: KS2, KS3 Maths   Site owner's description: Word document Logic Problems   Mainly suitable for: KS2, KS3 Review: This website contains logic problems that you can play directly on the site. You can also print off the puzzles so they can be used away from the computer. Every month a new interactive logic puzzle is posted with its PDF Print ´n´ Play Version. To add to the challenge, the answers aren’t posted until the following month. There is an archive of previous puzzles, which gives you a large selection of puzzles to solve. The puzzles could be used in the classroom for developing thinking skills. Maths   Solving problems using bar charts based on the weather (Signed)   Mainly suitable for: KS1, KS2 Maths   Site owner's description: Introducing the children to a real life situation in which bar charts are useful. Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips Problem Solving   Mainly suitable for: KS2, KS3 Maths   Site owner's description: Zip file collection Paying with £1 and 10p   Mainly suitable for: KS1, KS2 Maths   Site owner's description: An animation showing Bill and Bernie using £1 and 10p at a laundrette. Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips Changing numbers   Mainly suitable for: KS1, KS2 Maths   Site owner's description: An animation to show how to make two numbers the same by adding units, tens and hundreds. Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips Odd and even numbers - animation   Mainly suitable for: KS1, KS2 Maths   Site owner's description: The challenge is to work out the magic combination for a safe by finding a three digit even number. Includes counting pairs of shoes in twos. Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips Problem Solving - Amount of chairs? (Signed)   Mainly suitable for: KS1, KS2 Maths   Site owner's description: Chuckle Brothers are trying to work out how many chairs they need for the guests. Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips Solving problems using bar charts based on the weather   Mainly suitable for: KS1, KS2 Maths   Site owner's description: Introducing children to a real life situation in which bar charts are useful. The presenter looks at hours of sun shine and amounts of rain in given destinations then draws conclusions from them. The clip then poses a problem for the children to answer. Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips Digit teaser   Mainly suitable for: KS1, KS2 Maths   Site owner's description: Cartoon style clip focusing on moving digits with pupils finding three digits which add up to twenty five. Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips Divided into two (Signed)   Mainly suitable for: KS1, KS2 Maths   Site owner's description: Using turtles to solve two simple division problems. Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips Problem Solving with Times Tables 2   Mainly suitable for: KS2, KS3 Maths   Site owner's description: Word document Solving Word Problems with a Calculator   Mainly suitable for: KS2, KS3 Maths   Site owner's description: PowerPoint file Fractions of Quantities Problem Solving   Mainly suitable for: KS2, KS3 Maths   Site owner's description: Word document Division - punts (Signed)   Mainly suitable for: KS1, KS2 Maths   Site owner's description: How many boats do you need to cross a river Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips Numbers from one to thirty-one - a page for each day of the month   Mainly suitable for: KS2, KS3, KS4 Review: Based on the book ´´Numbers: Facts, Figures & Fiction´´ there is a webpage for each day of the month full of facts, both mathematical and cultural, tantalising problems and anecdotes. This is a really different and original website. The facts for each given number often lead to more investigative activities. Children could be encouraged to think of their own facts for each of the numbers of the month. They could make up a collection. An interesting website that is well worth a look! Maths   A fraction wall (Signed)   Mainly suitable for: KS1, KS2 Maths   Site owner's description: Two problems are solved using a fraction wall in this clip. Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips << Previous Page Page 1 2 3 4 5 of 5 Next Page >>

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