Mental Mondays #3 

mental and oral mathsThis Mental and Oral activity revolves around number bonds (or complements) to 100.

Children work in pairs, using a mini-whiteboard. Ask them to draw a three by three grid and to quickly fill the grid with different multiples of 5. When they have completed this the teacher starts to call out random multiples of 5, children can circle a number on their grid if it is the other half of the pair totalling exactly 100 (the compliment to 100). Read more »

Make 50 

Number bonds to 50 - maths activityA number of members asked for more 'Make It' resources, especially for higher numbers.

We created these for addition to 50, tested them out and found that they were a hit. Take a look at them and see what you, and your children think. Read more »

Invite A Friend 

mathsticks - invite a friendKeen to keep up our resolution of continuously adding new features... We've just implemented a new Invite a Friend link.

"Invite a Friend" is a direct email invitation system to enable you to let other teachers or parents know about mathstick's excellent maths resources.

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Mental Mondays #2 

mental and oral mathsThis Mental and Oral activity focuses on developing children's use and understanding of number properties.

Children work in pairs, using a mini-whiteboard or a scribble pad in order to determine the identity of two 'secret' numbers. The information you give them about these numbers is related to addition and multiplication, for example: Read more »

Multiples Game 

Maths multiples gameThis is another of our clean-and-simple maths games. It is a 'three in a row' type game with a tight focus on practicing/using multiplication facts.

The game board features a grid of 25 numbers, children work in pairs using different colours of counters and a set of digit cards (2 to 9). They take it in turns to reveal a card, and then put a counter on any multiple of that number on the board. Read more »

Mental Mondays #1 

mental and oral mathsThis first Mental & Oral activity is focused on collaborative calculation. The children are shown four numbers with the instruction that they work in pairs on mini-whiteboards to devise calculations that will make all four numbers equal.

The activity is easily prepared and can be differentitated. Younger children could be asked to use addition (and/or subtraction). For example, with the following four numbers displayed... Read more »

Neighbours 

number calculation gameHere's another deceptively simple maths game which delivers a powerful 'learning' punch. We first used this one at the end of last year and it was very popular! Read more »