Train Maths
April 22nd, 2008 · 6 Comments
An interactive whiteboard starter to practise mental or written maths. Issue the class with mini whiteboards or paper and pens to do their working out on.
Click 30 or 60 to determine how long they have between new questions. The train will arrive. The timer will start. The students then need to take the starting number shown on the red flag and apply the calculations shown on the carriages. When the time reaches zero the train will leave and a new one will arrive. Four trains will arrive and leave before the end. At the end, click “check” to see the trains with their answers. The resource is fully automated so is a useful activity to set while marking the register.
Also included is a worksheet with blank trains either for the students to use in their working out or for teacher created questions.
Remember to use F11 in Internet Explorer or Firefox to go to full screen as this resource is a little larger than usual.
Go to Train Maths Difficult.
Difficulties are relative to primary age children.
Get worksheet.
An alternative interactive whiteboard game.
Tags: General Maths · Number · Starter/Plenary
6 responses so far ↓
1 Gertie // Apr 22, 2008 at 8:03 pm
lovely!!
Well done!
And thanks for sharing
2 Ailsa // Apr 22, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Wow . A super resource. Thanks!
3 Rod // May 7, 2008 at 11:09 am
A great resource but is it possible to change the colour of the flag as some pupils are having trouble seeing the starting number against the red flag.
4 admin // May 7, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Thank you all for the comments. The flag is now coloured yellow - hopefully that will provide better contrast. I should have thought of that as contrasts on interactive whiteboards aren’t as good as on a monitor.
Any other suggestions on any of the resources please do mention them.
5 myrtle // May 10, 2008 at 3:59 pm
I love this, any chance of even more time options?….45secs and 1 min + etc…
6 admin // May 10, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Thanks for your suggestion. Its always a bit of a balancing act between keeping it simple and offering choices. I tend towards the simple! I’ve found that most options on resources aren’t used and so they just clutter it up. Its a question of finding what the desired options are.
As others have asked for more time options on this as well it looks like more options are needed, so I will try to add another time option. Probably a 90 second or 2 minute one and see how that goes.
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