It is very cold at the North Pole, so cold that your brain could stop working.
Show that your brain is working well right now by writing out the 101 times table.
How far can you get in five minutes?
North Pole
101 miles
Try this activity again when you are feeling cold. Can you get as far in five minutes?
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Teacher, do your students have access to computers such as tablets, iPads or Laptops? This page was really designed for projection on a whiteboard but if you really want the students to have access to it here is a concise URL for a version of this page without the comments: Transum.org/go/?Start=December17 However it would be better to assign one of the student interactive activities below. |
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Here is the URL which will take them to a game that will help them practise the 101 times table.
Here is the URL which will take them to the most popular multiplication tables app.
Transum.org/go/?to=tablesmaster
Are you a morning person?
Try the Time Of Day Test
Count down from 1000 in steps of 7 trying to get as far as possible in five minutes.
Do this task in the morning then repeat it in the evening. Which time of the day were you able to do best?