Numeracy problems to solve for Key Stage 1, 2 and 3

A Christmas puzzle

The different Christmas pictures have different values.
Added together they give the totals shown

				8
				20
				17
				20
?	11	18	20	`

Can you find the missing total?
The Missing total was 16.

Can you find the value for Santa? The value for Santa was 2
Can you find the value for the snowman? The value for the snowman was 3
Can you find the value for the gift? The value for the gift was 8
Can you find the value for the holly? The value for the holly was 4

Star Patterns

Create some stars from pentagons.
You can print off the pentagon shape to use.

Did you create lots of designs?
Were these some of them?

Try joining the corners to each other.

Can you see the star shape?

Can you find different ways of colouring in the pattern to create different stars designs. Here is one design.

An extra challenge

Try joining the corners of the small pentagon in the middle to make even more star patterns and designs.

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On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me twelve drummers drumming, eleven pipers piping, ten lords a-leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a-milking, seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree.

What is the total number of gifts given on the 12th day? Complete the table to discover how many gifts were given on each of the twelve days of christmas.

DAY	TOTAL NUMBER OF GIFTS GIVEN	Extra Challenge: Can you discover the rule to determine how many gifts were given on the ninth day?
1st	1
2nd	3
3rd	6
4th	10
5th	15
6th	21
7th	28
8th	36
9th	45
10th	55
11th	66
12th	78

Print off and cut out the shapes drawn on the 8 x 8 square and rearrange to form the 13 x 5 rectangle. What are each of their areas?

The area of the square is 64cm2 Print this off, cut out the shapes, can you make the rectangle?

The area of this rectangle is 65cm2

The same pieces have used to make each shapes but their areas are different.

This means that 64 = 65. Where is the catch?

These problems were sourced by North East Lincolnshire's Numeracy Team

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