Starters designed to get students ‘Talking Maths’.

Starters designed to get Starters designed to get students ‘Talking Maths’students ‘Talking Maths’

The answer is 36The answer is 36

What is the Question?What is the Question?

What questions can you What questions can you ask and answer?ask and answer?

Sequences – Group in as many ways Sequences – Group in as many ways as you can and explain your reasoningas you can and explain your reasoning

• 5, 9, 13, 17……

• 4, 2, 0, -2…..

• 3, 6, 11, 18…..

• 2, 5, 10, 17, 26…..

• 1, 8, 21, 40, 65…..

• 6, 10, 14, 18…..

Division always makes a number Division always makes a number smallersmaller

Multiplication always makes a Multiplication always makes a number biggernumber bigger

True or False – DiscussTrue or False – DiscussProvide reasons to support your argumentProvide reasons to support your argument

All Polygons TessellateAll Polygons Tessellate

True, False or Sometimes True, False or Sometimes DiscussDiscuss

Provide reasons to support your Provide reasons to support your argumentargument

XX22 > X > X

Always, Sometimes, NeverAlways, Sometimes, NeverDiscussDiscuss


p + 12 = s + 12p + 12 = s + 12

Always, Sometimes, NeverAlways, Sometimes, NeverDiscussDiscuss


Which picture is the odd one out Which picture is the odd one out Discuss Discuss

Provide reasons to support your argumentProvide reasons to support your argument

What can you say about these numbers What can you say about these numbers DiscussDiscuss

5 7 9 836 2 1

16 13 21 4

x + y = xyx + y = xy

True or FalseTrue or FalseDiscussDiscuss


Which is bigger 3n or n+3Which is bigger 3n or n+3Is there a value that n could be so that 3n or Is there a value that n could be so that 3n or

n+3 could be the samen+3 could be the same

What method could you use to solve this What method could you use to solve this problem?problem?

The area of a rectangle is The area of a rectangle is always a larger number always a larger number

than the perimeterthan the perimeterAlways, Sometimes, NeverAlways, Sometimes, Never

DiscussDiscussProvide reasons to support your Provide reasons to support your

argumentargument

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