Here are some specific activities, investigations or visual aids we have picked out. Click anywhere in the grey area to access the resource.
Basic Multiplication A self-marking exercise on multiplication with increasing levels of difficulty.
Basic Division A self-marking exercise on dividing numbers of up to four digits by one or two-digit whole numbers using the formal written methods of short and long division
Broken Calculator Some of the buttons are missing from this calculator. Can you make the totals from 1 to 20?
Chain Challenge How fast can you perform all of the given operations without using a calculator?
Palindrome Products Use long multiplication and pattern spotting to fill in the table with palindromic products.
Division Video A reminder of how to divide one number into another using short or long division.
Convoluted Find the runs of four multiples in order as quickly as you can.
Connect 4 Factors This a game for one or two players. The winner is the first to line up four numbers with a common factor.
Make an expression Use the digits given to form an expression equivalent to the given total.
Masad For each pair of numbers subtract the sum from the product then divide the result by 20 without a calculator.
Multi-step Problems Solve multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why.
Multiplication Video A reminder of how to multiply two numbers using the column method or long multiplication.
Happy Numbers To find out whether a number is happy square each of its digits, add the answers and repeat. End in one and the number is happy.
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