Topics: Starter | Creativity | Number | Problem Solving

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• The intention is for pupils to look for a way eleven can be partitioned to give two odd numbers. They will soon realise that it can’t be done and should be encouraged to explain why. The explaining why is the rich aspect of this Starter and can be explored by learners of all ages. Finally the teacher can then present the ingenious solution to this problem given below if none of the pupils have already figured it out for themselves.

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