Get Mathematical!

• Miss Pollock
• March 26, 2020
• Hayford
• 1145

Sorted by age group, Nrich offers fun games and activities which encourage exploration, problem solving and a love for maths. 

 

 

Have a debate with someone to decide which one doesn’t belong. Who can give the most persuasive reasons? Suitable for P1-P7 Click here for debate fuel.

 

 

 

CBeebies Numeracy for little learners. Ideal for P1-3.

 

 

ict games has a mix of games and activities to help younger learners enjoy using their numeracy skills. Suitable for P1-3.

 

 

Click here to explore ABCYa’s fun and educational games – suitable for P2-7.

 

 

 

Click here to your mental maths skills to the test with these ten daily questions – suitable for P2-P7.

 

 

 

 

Arcade + academic = ARCADEMICS. Click here to play their games – suitable for P4-7.

 

 

Sheppard Software have lots of games to help practise lots of different skills. Suitable for P4-7. 

 

Maths Playground is a valuable collection of games and activities to help develop young mathematicians – suitable for P4-7.

 

Click here to play the Countdown numbers game – suitable for P4/5 – P7.

 

 

Click here to download and print Connect 4 with a numeracy twist!

You’ll need a dice to play the game. If you don’t have one handy you could use this online dice

 

IXL provides repeated practice of number facts to increase confidence and fluency – click here to visit. Aimed at P1-P7, but most suited for P5-P7,

 

Corbett 5-a-day maths offers daily questions revisiting lots of learning – and gives answers. Suitable for P5-7.

 

 

Click here to explore the puzzles and problems on Maths Cats – suitable for P4-P7. 

 

 

Number of the Day

Choose today’s number (whole number or decimal).

Make up 5 challenges for your partner.

E.g. double today’s number / add your age to today’s number / subtract your age from today’s number / multiply it by yesterday’s number / multiply today’s number by 10/ etc.

Click here for a list of ideas!

Build a den

Set den challenges for each other with a maths twist.

E.g. build a den with a perimeter bigger than a sofa cushion, use a triangle in your den structure, the door must be larger than 6 handspans.

 

Plan a party

You have a budget of £200 to plan a party (birthday, Christmas, paddling pool party’.

Think about: food, drinks, entertainment, party bag, activities, decorations, how many people you’re inviting.

 

How much is your name?

A=1, B=2 … Y=25, Z=26

How much is your first name? Last name? Full name? Who has the highest scoring name in your family? What’s the highest scoring 3 letter name you can find? What’s the lowest scoring name you can find?

Variations – use animals, food, cars, football club names, etc.