Make 20

This is a 'Word Search' inspired activity.

Each card features a 10 by 10 grid of numbers. The children have the challenge of finding a line of four numbers that total 20. Each board features 12 or 14 such strings of numbers.

If the cards are laminated the children can be encouraged to work together with white-board pens to find as many as they can.

The lines which total 20 only run horizontally or vertically, and all of the numbers have been chosen with care - this is not computer generated selection, each set has been purposefully created to offer the children a reasonable amount of challenge.

The sheets could also be used as a homework activity.

The downloadable pdf file includes three challenge grids together with answers. The whole lot looks like this:

There are a further 10 Make 20 grids available for mathsicks+ members, follow the link below for more information.

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