This teaching resource is compatible with PCs and tablets both Android and iPad and phones too. It is a math/logic puzzle taken from this book. It is easy to understand, uses only simple addition, but is challenging to solve. It is useful for mixed ability groups as the whole class will be able to grasp […]
This resource was inspired by the Puzzle of the Month in the always informative newsletter by Andrew Jeffrey, also on twitter as @AJMagicMessage. The challenge is to arrange the numbers 1 to 15 so that each adjacent pair, when added together, result in a square number. This puzzle is particularly nice in that it doesn’t need […]
This maths-practice game was originally for practising multiplication but now includes other arithmetic too The purpose of the game is to last as long as possible, recorded by the ever increasing score. The car’s fuel is constantly ticking down. The fuel can be topped up by collecting the correct fuel barrels to answer the question […]
Note that these are teaching resources to aid in teaching. They are not designed for self study, although they could be useful in refreshing a student’s knowledge by using the tools by which the teacher taught him or her. To assist in this and also to refresh the memories of any parent who might […]
This IWB and iPad compatible classroom resource is designed as a starter or plenary activity. Show the resource to your class and give them 30, 60 or 90 seconds to calculate the highest possible total of 4 tiles. They must pick a starting tile, then move either up, down, left or right to form the […]