Christmas Tree Maths Back to calendar Decorate the tree with numbers and find the final one in the star. To place numbers, add the 2 numbers below. Download the activity at the bottom of the page. Christmas Tree Maths Back to Resources [...]
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' [...]
Pixel Colouring! Back to the calendar Pixel Colouring! Back to Resources Help the elves finish their mural. Do the maths, drag the correct colour and the picture will be revealed. Use the 'Check' button to verify your answers. Download a paper version at [...]
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 [...]
Mary Boole's Curve Stitching ADD TO TEN Skill: addition, counting, stitching, patience Resources: template, wool, plastic needle , [cardboard and pen for making the holes] Activity: This is a simple but long activity that will combine maths and art; thinking and stitching. Use additions of 10 to connect the right holes with wool and [...]
Snakes and ladders Skill: Counting, addition, position and direction Resources: One die per pair of pupils, counters, snakes and ladders board Activity: Give each pair of pupils a die and one counter each. Each person starts on 1 and takes it in turn to roll the die and move the appropriate number of [...]
Skill: Addition, multiplication, place value. Resources: Napier’s Bones template (see below) Activity: This activity uses an interesting historical context to help pupils understand place value ideas. It is also a fun and interesting way of performing multiplication. Pupils can check their answer using a calculator or performing long multiplication. Questions: 1. Study page number [...]
Christmas Decoration! Back to Resources Help the elves finish painting the rest of the decorations. Do the maths and drag the correct colour. Use the 'Check' button to verify your answers. Use the blue arrows to try addition, subtraction and multiplication. Download a paper version at the bottom of the page. [...]
