When written as a word or words what is the smallest positive whole number containing the letter 'a'?
A challenge to find the number which when written as a word has all the letters in alphabetical order.
Can you un-jumble these mathematical words?
Rearrange the letters in the ex
Write the numbers written as words using digits.
Work out the mathematical words missing from the story about buying a tent.
This is the Maths version of the traditional memory game. Memorise 10 mathematical facts then recall them as they disappear from view.
Find the nine mathematical words hidden in the love story. The last letters of the hidden words form an anagram of the name of a famous mathematician.
Find the words missing from the mathematical limerick.
Write down as many mathematical words as possible that begin with the letter M.
A small crossword puzzle containing mathematical words.
Find mathematical words which can be made by using the letters in the name of your school?
Can you recognise the mystery numbers from the clues?
Write down the names of all the mathematical shapes you know.
Write down as many mathematical words as possible that begin with a particular letter.
An activity designed to address common misconceptions.
The Vixen Value of a word is the number of vowels multiplied by the number of consonants. How many words can you find with Vixen Value of 24?
Vowels have been taken out of mathematical words. Can you recognise them?
Create your own mathematical word search for the whole class to enjoy.
Turn mathematical words into designs which will help you remember the meanings of the words.
Place the camping items into the plots on the camp site according to the clues given.
Find the matching pairs of circle diagrams and circle properties in this interactive online game.
A memory game to be projected to help the whole class revise the names for the parts of a circle.
Crack the code by replacing the encrypted letters in the given text. There are lots of hints provided about code breaking techniques.
A slide presentation showing techniques for cracking simple codes and ciphers.
Match the names with the commonly used Greek letters.
A simplified, mathematical version of the challenge seen in the British TV programme Only Connect. Find the connections between the terms.
The mathematical version of TV's Blockbusters game show. Find the mathematical words from the clues.
Work out the mathematical words missing from the story about buying a tent.
Here are clues to some mathematical words all beginning with the letter M. Can you figure out what they are?
Match the British and American words for mathematical concepts.
The letters of mathematical words have been mixed up. Can you recognise them?
Jumbled words from a database of over 500 different mathematical words. Can you solve these anagrams?
An interactive mathematical crossword for you to do online. Find the missing words from the given clues.
The game of charades played with mathematical words. Choose easy, medium or hard words from our database of over 500 words.
If '7 D in a W' stands for 7 days in a week, what do you think these mystery numbers are?
A poem about the numbers one to nine. Just for fun can you make up a last line for each verse?
Find the five lettered mathematical words by matching numbers with their equivalent in words.
Name the polygons and show the number of lines and order of rotational symmetry.
Use words for position and direction including left, right, in front, behind, under and above.
Hang out the washing on the line so that the probability words on the t-shirts are in order.
A visual aid to highlight the vocabulary of probability and to debate the relationship between the given words.
The mathematical version of the classic hangman game. Guess the letters that are contained in the words.
Pupils are not allowed to use their hands to point but must describe fully any shapes they can see in this picture.
Find the mathematical word from a series of guesses and clues.
Vowels have been taken out of mathematical words. Can you recognise them?
Remember these mathematical words for their shape and movement.
Fill in the missing words to show an understanding of the vocabulary of equations, inequalities, terms and factors.
Write the numbers given in words as digits and vice versa.
Listen to the voice saying the algebraic expression then write it in its simplest form.
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