Starter Cards - NUMBER

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Starter Cards - NUMBER
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Introduction

• These cards are designed to be used as mental and
  oral starters at Key Stages 2 to 4
• Ideally they should be laminated with the sample
  key questions on the back
• Please add key questions of your own and adapt
  the cards to reflect the ability of your
  students

3
N1
4
N1
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
EXTENSION

• If I have 4 Liverpool, how many Everton ?
• If I have 12 Everton, how many Liverpool ?
• I have 20 badges altogether ..

I have 21 badges . If there are 3 Liverpool
badges

• How many Liverpool Badges can you see?
• How many Everton?
• How many badges altogether?
• If I had 10 badges altogether, how many would be
  Liverpool , Everton ?

5
N2
6
N2
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
EXTENSION

• What is the 6th term?
• .10th term, 20th
• What will the 5th blue number be?
• What is the 10th blue term?

What is the nth term? Use the nth term to find
the 30th term, 50th

• What is the 1st number in this sequence?
• the 3rd, 4th
• On your whiteboards, write the number that you
  think comes next.
• What will the 8th number be?
• What will the next red number be?

7
N3
8
N3
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
EXTENSION

• What is the 6th term?
• .10th term, 20th
• What will the 5th blue number be?
• What is the 10th blue term?

What is the nth term? Use the nth term to find
the 30th term, 50th

• What is the 1st number in this sequence?
• the 3rd, 4th
• On your whiteboards, write the number that you
  think comes next.
• What will the 8th number be?
• What will the next red number be?

9
N4
12
10
N4
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
EXTENSION

• Share 12 in the ratio of 21 , 12 , 24
• Share 12 in the ratio 213 , 113 .
• Write the ratio 24 in its lowest terms .

• Share 12 in the ratio 3/2 5/2

• Share 12 between 2 people so that 1 person gets
  twice as much as the other
• 3 times as much
• Equal amounts
• 5 times as much

11
N5
¼,½,¾,1
12
N5
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
EXTENSION

• What is the 6th term?
• .10th term, 20th
• What will the 5th blue number be?
• What is the 10th blue term?

What is the nth term? Use the nth term to find
the 30th term, 50th

• What is the 1st number in this sequence?
• the 3rd, 4th
• On your whiteboards, write the number that you
  think comes next.
• What will the 8th number be?
• What will the next red number be?

13
2
N6
9
12
5
4
23
21
16
14
N6
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
EXTENSION

• Write down all the multiples of 2, 3 ..
• factors of 8
• Prime numbers
• An even prime number
• The biggest prime number
• The number with most factors ..

Which 3 numbers added together give a total which
is a prime number a square number a cube
number a triangle number . ..

• On your whiteboards, write down all the odd
  numbers
• Even numbers
• Which number is a half of .
• a third of
• .a quarter of
• The biggest even number
• Find the difference between the biggest and
  smallest number