This activity allows students to explore how numbers are composed, by having them look at different ways of grouping them.

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This task is an opportunity for students to think about why the rules of exponents work, so they can use them with that understanding, rather than trying to remember rules.

This is a task that combines art, mathematics and design.

Can you explain why every year must contain at least one Friday the thirteenth?

The purpose of this activity is to give students an opportunity to explore the concept of geometric proportionality.

This problem requires children to think about factors and multiples and, in particular, common factors, but it is not necessary for them to have met this term prior to having a go at the task.

It’s a good way for students to experience different patterns on a number line.

This task helps students build number sense as they practice calculating.

This is another investigation where students can practice addition and think about combinatorics – a nice way of organizing counting.

This is a really nice task as it is open to everyone, can be solved in different ways and can also extend to work in combinatorics – a nice way of organizing counting.

Leo the Rabbit has become a Youcubed favorite.

Jo has used this task with a lot of success on the first days of school with very hesitant students. Soon after setting the challenge the board area becomes full of students putting up their solutions, then returning to their seat to look for more.

The activity encourages students and teachers to engage in visual, creative thinking. We have coupled Mark’s activity with asking students to reason and be convincing, two important mathematical practices.

In this class activity, students find the missing number to complete a number sentence while also seeing different representations made by other students.

Ask students roll a dice twice.

In our Math Cards activity we have used the structure of cards, which children like, but we have moved the emphasis to number sense and the understanding of multiplication without any time constraints.

It encourages class participation and discussion as students explore equality as they move around the room.

Students work together to make different number combinations for a given number.

This task reminds us of Four 4’s because students are practicing number combinations to get specific results.