Today, Mr Breeze from Y Pant came to school to show the Year Six M.A.T. Maths pupils a new way of extending their learning. He introduced them to the Moodle which is an interactive I.C.T. device. The children will be set challenges on a forum where they can chat about methods and solutions. Our M.A.T. pupils will soon have the opportunity to host a workshop for other feeder schools on how to use the Moodle. This will be a fantastic opportunity to teach their peers. They will then be able to 'chat' and share ideas with M.A.T. children from other schools.

Well done Noah for taking part in one of my challenges. I won't publish your answer until others have had a go. Come to me tomorrow for some housepoints.

Y5 and Y6 Brainteaser

Think of a Number

Try this challenge:

Follow this sequence of steps.

Think of a number between one and ten.

Double your number.

Add ten.

Halve your number.

Take away the number you first thought of.

Your answer should be five.

Why is the answer always five?

Does this work if you start with a larger number?

Can you make a series of similar questions for which the answer is always eight?

Post your findings on the Blog, or bring them to me in school.

Year 3 and 4 Brainteaser.

Number Generator

Make three digit numbers using the numbers below (for example, 314)

1, 2, 3, 4.

What method will you use?

How many 3 digit numbers did you find?

Can you put your answers in order?

Post your answers to the Blog or write them down and bring them to me.

Y3 and Y4 Maths Challenge.

Just 19

To complete this challenge you will need to use two rules of number: adding and taking away.

Challenge:

9, 8, 7, 2.

Using some or all of these numbers each time, can you make every number from 1 to 19 using only addition and/or subtraction? For example, 4 is made with the number sentence 9-7+2.

How did you work out your totals? Which numbers did you use first? Is there another way? What could you try next?

Post your answers to the Blog, or bring your workings out to me to stick in your Maths book.

How old is Gran?

Y5 and Y6 BRAINTEASER

Here is a brainteaser for you.
You need to use reasoning about number and calculation.

Challenge

A girl, her mother and her grandmother have a combined age of 90 years.

The mother is half the age of the grandmother.

The girl is one third the age of the mother.

How old is the grandmother?

The girl's father said, 'I am the average age of all of you.'

How can you work out his age quickly?

Post your answers to the Blog.
Try to include reasons why the information in each statement helps you, and how you can find out what calculations you need to do.
As a next step you could try to make up an example of your own. You must be careful to make sure that the problem is possible and that ages make sense.