Christmas Mystery Box Back to the calendar Christmas Mystery Box Back to Resources The precious map of Santa's journey is safely locked away. Say the magic word and the box will open! Unfortunately, Santa has memory problems! But don't worry the clever elves
Snow Problem Back to the calendar Snow Problem Back to Resources Which event is most likely to happen? An idea from the book Think Twice by Alex Bellos Use the 'Check' button to verify your answer.
Free the Cookies Back to the calendar Free the cookies Back to Resources Delicious cookies have been locked in a safe. Unfortunately, the 4-digit combination has been forgotten. Solve the riddle and free the cookies! Click on the image to see a larger
How Old? Back to the calendar How Many? Back to Resources Paul, Niamh, Lucy and Dara are four siblings. Solve the riddle and figure out their age. Use the 'Check' button to verify your answers. Download a paper version at the bottom of
How Many? Back to the calendar How Many? Back to Resources The elves are getting ready to wrap presents. They have different sized boxes for the different items. Solve the riddle and figure out how many boxes they can wrap. Use the 'Check'
Santa's Workshop Back to the calendar Santa's Workshop Back to Resources The elves are working hard in Santa's workshop. Solve the riddle and figure out how many toys the team is building. Use the 'Check' button to verify your answers. Download a paper
Skill: counting, problem-solving Resources: Printed booklet Activity: This Maths Week Activity Book contains riddles, mazes, code breakers, picture equations, word puzzles and more! Enjoy doing maths with this fun and colourful activity booklet in English or Irish, thanks to the collaboration between Fingal Libraries and Maths Week Ireland. A space has been left at the
Skills: Data, shape and space Resources: A selection of 2-D shapes, branching database template Activity: This task looks at the similarities and differences between 2-D shapes. Explain to pupils that we are going to use a branching database to sort the shapes. A branching database uses questions to help distinguish the shapes. Show pupils
Skills:Representing and interpreting data, fractions, decimals, ratio, length measuring. Resources: Measuring tape (one per two pupils), string, record table (see below). Activity: Divide pupils into groups of two. Introduce pupils to Leonardo Da Vinci’s concept of human proportions. Show them how to properly measure parts of their body using a measuring tape. Pupils, in
Skills:Addition, subtraction, algebra Resources: A variety of concrete resources to support addition and subtraction Activity: Give pupils any number between one and ten, for example, 6. Explain that ’6’ is the answer but you do not know what the question is. Ask pupils what the question might have been if it was an addition
