Maths Club
During the Spring Term, Year 4 and 5 pupils were part of a Maths Explorers Club; with the aim to help them solve problems, think logically and learn to test every possibility, not giving up if an answer is difficult to achieve.
Below are a few problems and games the children had to solve- can you solve them? Why not try playing a game against a friend (or your child!)
For more problems and maths games like these, go to www.nrich.maths.org
The coloured shapes stand for eleven of the numbers from 0 to 12. Each shape is a different number.
Can you work out what they are from the multiplications below?
Gallery
Place each of the numbers 1 to 5 in the V shape below so that the two arms of the V have the same total.
How many different possibilities are there? What do you notice about all the solutions you find?
Can you explain what you see?
On a digital clock showing 24-hour time, over a whole day, how many times does a 5 appear? Is it the same number for a 12-hour clock over a whole day?
Games
Achi
This game is played in Ghana.
Stones that were marked for this game in the third century AD have been found near Hadrian's Wall in Northern England.
A game for two players:
You need:
Four counters each
A game board (which you can easily draw on a piece of paper)
To start:
Take it in turns to place a counter on an empty circle.
Keep going until all the counters are on the board.
Then take it in turns to slide one of your counters along a line to an empty circle.
The winner: the first player to get three counters in a straight line.
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Try these games interactively on the nrich website. You can play against the computer or with another person:
http://nrich.maths.org/1195 (Two stones)
http://nrich.maths.org/5468 (Factors and multiples)
http://nrich.maths.org/2526 (Square It)
