Are you a teacher who needs extra tasks for early finishers? Is your child spending too much time behind a screen?
This book was designed to provide a learning opportunity to foster the curiosity and confidence of children aged 8-11 and set them well on the path to academic success. The goal that this book sets out to achieve, is to provide puzzles that are stimulating and creative, leaving the puzzle solver hungry for more. To assist in this goal, the use of graphics is used where possible, multi-step puzzles were utilised, and a progression in difficulty exists for every puzzle type. To allow for independent work, where necessary, math guides are included, and students can assess their performance themselves via the solutions at the back of the book.
What are the learning outcomes for this book? The puzzles inside have been designed to support the learning of key areas outlined in the Primary National Curriculum for Key Stage Two, specifically:
- Solve addition, subtraction, & multiplication problems utilising the correct order of operations
- Reading of Roman numerals (in historical context) up to 1000 (M)
- Addition and Subtraction of up to 3 digits
- Addition & Subtraction of fractions with the same denominator
- Solve money problems involving fractions and decimals to two decimal places
- Multiply numbers of up to 3 digits by 1 or 2 digit numbers
- Multiply & divide proper, improper, and mixed fractions
- Multiply simple pairs of proper fractions, writing the answer in its simplest form
- Solve problems which require answers to be rounded to specified degrees of accuracy
- Solve problems involving the calculation of percentages
What sort of puzzles are in the book?Addition, Subtraction & Multiplication Puzzles:
- 90 x Fruit Math Logic Puzzles (addition/subtraction/multiplication of healthy foods)
- 36 x Single, Double, & Triple Digit Math Problem Sheets
Fractions Puzzles
"3 out of 2 people have trouble with fractions"
The topic of fractions in mathematics learning should not be overlooked in education due to the applicability to daily living (Muharram et al, 2019). In an attempt to bridge the the conceptual understanding of fractions and natural numbers, a ‘gumball machine puzzle’ has been included to provide a visual representation of a part of a whole with the use of real objects ‘gumballs’.
- 12 x Addition of Fractions Sheets (inc. proper/improper/mixed)
- 12 x Subtraction of Fractions Sheets(inc. proper/improper/mixed)
- 12 x Division of Fractions Sheets (inc. proper/improper/mixed)
- 12 x Multiplication of Fractions Sheets (inc. proper/improper/mixed)
Percentages and Roman Numerals
- 24 x Percentages of Whole Numbers (visually aided)
- 6 x Roman Numeral Conversion Sheets
- 24 x Roman Numerals & Percentages Puzzle Sheets
Logic Puzzles
- 8 x Sudoku Puzzles (inc. single/double/triple/samurai)
- 6 x Two-Dimensional (2D) Mazes
- 14 x Three-Dimensional (3D) Mazes
So if you want a unique new activity book for hours and hours of entertainment, look no further. Scroll up and click the 'buy now' button now to get yours today!
