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| Numeracy Links: Organise work and refine ways of recording - Ma2 Using and Applying :1f Search for patterns in their results; develop logical thinking and explain their reasoning - Ma2 Using and Applying: 1k
Use all four number operations to solve simple word problems involving numbers and
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| Instructions: Each child will need a copy of the worksheet. Ask the children to consider mentally writing all the numbers from zero to twenty. How many zeros have you got? (3) Now try 0-99, how many zeros? (10) Can anyone explain how they can be certain they are right? Children to work through the challenge |
Plenary: Did everyone reach the same answer? (193) Children to share their methods, which were the most effective? Did the children write everything down, group numbers together or devised their own system? |
| Extension: How many zeros would be needed if you had to number a million houses? Consider how many separate digits needed for 100,000 front doors. |