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Maths Word Search

This word search contains twenty-five words related

C P R L M O P E N O C S A Q Q
to Maths.
T S F Z E H D X T B V E N F A
How many can you find?
A E L X L E H E Q U A T I O N

L L H D C F H Q I M D A Q N F

L G D I R G R A P H D N R N E

Y N M V I N R A N G E I R A Q

W A J I C T R U C H A D K E U

L X G D M S I R P T C R N M A

F D M E I P R M B E I O T G L

N O I T R O P O R P F O V G T

F A S Q U A R E E B U C N J M

D T U E V M E D I A N A G S O

I A U A E R A P Y R A M I D D

L D V C L T C A R T B U S J E

J E Y C Y T I L I B A B O R P
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Colour by Number
1056.12 – 725 16 × 23

488 – 152.4
Instructions 2507 ÷ 8 189.6 + 112
129 + 274
Calculate each answer
then use the key to 726 ÷ 2

2
556.
124.2 + 179

6
×3

17
shade each section in
24 × 29

+
1444.4 ÷ 4

8–1

13
the correct colour. 254 + 162

2
14
59

86
12
Red 0 - 100

3–
6+
4
13 ×

14 ×
Yellow 101 - 200

58
39
5268 – 4915

5
3

7
13 × 15 23 × 9 96 ÷ 4 195 ÷ 3
Orange 201 - 300
132 × 2.5
Blue 301 or more 1865 ÷ 5

96
9 × 3 × 12

4÷2

3
789

–
946 ÷ 8 1098 – 687

59
1026 – 696

– 46

756.

2
122 + 112

7
34 × 9

933 ÷
95
8652 ÷ 25
1968 ÷ 4

3
2÷

0÷
174 + 162

3
96
2

7
25
41

14
8– 337 – 213

0
956 ÷

85
-58 + 72

÷
39 5600 ÷ 25

9+
× -2
7÷

8
4

12
5
4

-15
24 × 6 48
6352 – 5917

625 – 313

70
127 + 198
32

73
14 × 2 × 14

38
÷1

÷
23
6

756.8 – 438
5214 – 4657
25 × 13
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Famous Mathematicians

Your task is to find out about six of these famous mathematicians. You might want to think about:
• what their full name was and how long they were alive for;
• when they were alive;
• what they are famous for or what they discovered.

Mathematician Fact 1 Fact 2 Fact 3

Archimedes

Eratosthenes

Fibonacci
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Lovelace

Pascal

Pythagoras
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Banneker

Alele-Williams

Turing
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Key Terms

Instructions
Write a definition for each key term. You may use a dictionary.

acute angle

area

average

circumference

cube number

cube root

diameter

difference

equation

equal

expression

factor
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formula

hexagon

integer

isosceles triangle

length

multiple

obtuse angle

octagon

pentagon

polygon

prime number

probability

product

quadrilateral
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radius

reflex angle

scalene triangle

square number

square root

sum

variable

volume
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The Value of Words
Instructions
a. Use the key to calculate the value of each word, in pounds. The first question has been completed for you.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P
50p £1.03 £0.62 15p 10p 72p 22p £0.15 £0.08 £1.21 £2.50 £1.08 42p £0.78 £0.05 £1.65
Q R S T U V W X Y Z
£3.00 45p 68p £0.18 95p £0.27 £1.11 £1.85 £2.05 £2.88

1 NUMBER £0.78 + 95p + 42p + £1.03 + 10p + 45p = £3.73

2 ALGEBRA

3 PROBABILITY

4 STATISTICS

5 GEOMETRY

6 RATIO

7 MEASURE

8 OPERATION

9 ADDITION

10 SUBTRACTION
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11 MULTIPLICATION

12 DIVISION

13 SUM

14 TOTAL

15 PRODUCT

16 CALCULATOR

Extension
• Does the longest word have the largest value?

• Does the shortest word have the smallest value?

• Create a mathematical word which has a bigger value than any of the words in the list.

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The Broken Calculator
Instructions
• Both calculators are broken and most of the buttons have fallen off.
• Using the buttons that are left over on each calculator, how could you make each of the numbers below? You don’t have to use all the digits
and you may use each number more than once.

Calculator 1 Example Calculator 2 Example

How could you make 26? How could you make 3?
23 + 3 = 26 120 ÷ 20 ÷ 2 = 3
AC ÷ AC
× ×
2 3 1 2
+ = 0 =

a How could you make 6? a How could you make 4?

b How could you make 7? b How could you make 5?

c How could you make 12? c How could you make 6?

d How could you make 10?

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Times Tables and Division Challenge

4×5 108 ÷ 9 2 × 13 65 ÷ 5

9×8 72 ÷ 6 3 × 12 2÷2
7×2 35 ÷ 5 11 × 7 8÷4

12 × 11 40 ÷ 8 6 × 12 25 ÷ 5

10 × 9 28 ÷ 4 8×5 56 ÷ 8

13 × 3 66 ÷ 11 5 × 12 77 ÷ 11

2 × 12 144 ÷ 12 15 × 2 117 ÷ 9

4×6 36 ÷ 2 3 × 20 132 ÷ 12

7×8 45 ÷ 5 2 × 18 169 ÷ 13

2 × 11 99 ÷ 9 3×4 156 ÷ 12

9×7 120 ÷ 10 4×4 35 ÷ 7

11 × 9 84 ÷ 6 0×5 42 ÷ 6

8×4 96 ÷ 8 2×6 54 ÷ 9

12 × 9 48 ÷ 6 3×9 63 ÷ 7

5×6 49 ÷ 7 7 × 12 48 ÷ 4

7×4 21 ÷ 3 13 × 11 30 ÷ 5

3×8 16 ÷ 2 10 × 9 40 ÷ 10

9×6 12 ÷ 4 15 × 10 88 ÷ 8

8×1 15 ÷ 5 13 × 4 130 ÷ 10

0×7 60 ÷ 12 2 × 14 121 ÷ 11
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Addition and Subtraction Challenge

45 + 101 67 − 34 1088 + 478 4506 − 216

23 + 27 98 − 55 2056 + 789 9997 − 658
68 + 43 104 − 89 295 + 498 2054 − 417
112 + 45 256 − 87 312 + 714 1081 − 804
145 + 62 567 − 314 896 + 747 670 − 487
132 + 98 312 − 49 409 + 6802 248 − 119
43 + 56 687 − 563 608 + 7897 902 − 675
98 + 35 981 − 607 2145 + 421 9783 − 406
114 + 232 604 − 239 3987 + 318 8962 − 434
101 + 98 345 − 268 803 + 746 786 − 387
85 + 67 938 − 412 1043 + 157 962 − 908
42 + 55 656 − 437 952 + 986 4894 − 1394
109 + 156 298 − 131 475 + 9042 561 − 416
246 + 398 385 − 215 1037 + 157 896 − 516
312 + 497 1085 − 617 5682 + 492 7845 − 2478
458 + 984 2567 − 678 632 + 1084 2398 − 1304
1092 + 48 9875 − 567 783 + 209 9987 − 4377
456 + 86 2050 − 498 6013 + 549 9832 − 984
549 + 290 114 − 89 619 + 8014 736 − 698
236 + 641 262 − 119 378 + 50 295 − 117
1032 + 1067 562 − 229 409 + 656 8978 − 3659
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Numberpillars
Instructions
Your task is to find the number with the most ‘links’.
Rules
• Start with any number less than 100.
• If the number is even, then halve it.
• If the number is odd, add 1 and then halve it.
• Carry on until you get to the number 1. 10 5 3 2 1

For example: 5 links

• Start with any number less than 100: 10

• If the number is even, then halve it: 10 ÷ 2 = 5

• If the number is odd, add 1 and then halve it: 5 + 1 = 6 then 6 ÷ 2 = 3

• The answer is odd, so you must add 1 and then halve it again: 3 + 1 = 4 then 5 ÷ 2 = 2

• If the number is even, then halve it: 2÷2=1

So, the number 10 has 5 links: 10, 5, 3, 2, 1

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Lagrange’s Four-Square Theorem
Instructions
Lagrange’s theorem states that every positive integer can be made by adding four square numbers. For example, 7 is made by 22 + 12 + 12 + 12
(or 4 + 1 + 1 + 1).
Your task is to find eight different ways to make 214 using Lagrange’s theorem.

8
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Maths Riddles

• I am a cube number and a square number below 100.

• 8, 4 and 16 are factors.
What number am I?

• I am a square number.
• I am an odd number.
• I am between 20 and 50.
• 7 is one of my factors.
What number am I?

• I am a prime number.
• I am less than 20 and I have two digits.
• If you double me and subtract 9, you get a square number.
What number am I?

• I am a square number.
• I am an even number.
• I am between 20 and 50.
What number am I?

• I am an even number.
• I am more than 80 but less than 90.
• 6, 12 and 7 are some of my factors.
What number am I?