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Maths Challenge
Maths quizzes for children aged 9 - 11 emphasising mental maths and problem solving.
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Maths Challenge
Maths Challenge is for pupils aged 9 to 11 and aims to consolidate their mental maths skills.
There are 18 programmes available in total - of which and 9 as audio only. Whether you use the audio or the video versions you will find the same basic structure:- programmes are approximately 15 minutes long
- Ralph the presenter asks a series of questions, for pupils to write down the answers during timed pauses
- the answers are subsequently provided by Matrix, for pupils to mark their answers and work out their scores
- there are 3 sections: a quick-fire round to open; a middle section which applies maths problems to the everyday world; a closing section which requires pupils to 'juggle' three numbers to create a target number using a comination of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
The programmes aim to build pupils' confidence with the mental maths element of Key Stage 2 mathematics - the emphasis is on having fun with numbers!