Maths Activities

Adding Two Digit Numbers

Description: A fun activity for pupils to practise adding two digit numbers from the combined score of two dice, without using a calculator. This activity also encourages collaboration in the recording of the results. To vary the activity it can be played speaking the numbers in different languages or using different number systems.

Learning Outcomes: Pupils will be able to transcribe two digit numbers from two dice into numerals.

12 and 24 Hour Clock

Description: This game helps pupils to practise conversion of 12 to 24 hour clock times and vice versa. It also encourages the language of agreement/disagreement and of justification. There are a variety of ways of ‘telling’ the time.

Learning Outcomes: Children will be able to make up amounts of 5 in different ways. They will know what the ‘exact amount’ for an item is. They will also have worked collaboratively with their partner.

Buy a Bear

Description: With this game we are giving young children the experience of shopping (parts of the bear) and exchanging money into equivalent amounts. We are also introducing children to the concept of ‘exact amount’.

Learning Outcomes: Children will be able to make up amounts of 5 in different ways. They will know what the ‘exact amount’ for an item is. They will also have worked collaboratively with their partner

More than, Less than

Description: This game has been designed to encourage the rapid recall of addition and subtraction in units of 2, 5 and 10 in numbers up to 100, as well as encouraging the language development for “more than” and “less than”. For example 10 more than 10 is 20.

Learning Outcomes: Pupils will be able to express which numbers are more than or less than a given number. They will also increase their mental math skills.

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