We welcomed our next years year 7 into school today, and spent a lesson building number walls.
Here is an example of one.
The rule is to get each new number, you add the two numbers underneath.
It can however get tricky. Here are some of the extension questions we looked at.
What happens if you use the same four numbers as before, but in a different order?
If you have four numbers, but not the bottom four, can you still find all the missing numbers?
Is the answer unique, or are might there be more than possible right answer?
Here is a particularly challenging example of that from a Y6 student! Well done if you can work it out (it took me while!).
If we give you a target number for the top, how many different ways are there of finishing the wall. We plan to have a gallery of student work up soon.
For examples of algebraic number walls you can have a look at MyMaths (remember our login and password)
Check back soon for more examples of student work.
Here is an example of one.
The rule is to get each new number, you add the two numbers underneath.
It can however get tricky. Here are some of the extension questions we looked at.
What happens if you use the same four numbers as before, but in a different order?
If you have four numbers, but not the bottom four, can you still find all the missing numbers?
Is the answer unique, or are might there be more than possible right answer?
Here is a particularly challenging example of that from a Y6 student! Well done if you can work it out (it took me while!).
If we give you a target number for the top, how many different ways are there of finishing the wall. We plan to have a gallery of student work up soon.
For examples of algebraic number walls you can have a look at MyMaths (remember our login and password)
Check back soon for more examples of student work.
