Welcome to our weekly maths puzzler. On this page you’ll find Maths related challenges for you to try out every day for the next few weeks. This week’s is live now so get started by clicking below to reveal your challenges.
Please submit your answers via Show My Homework or to themathsteam@sandhillview.com before we share the answers with you on Friday!
Week One Challenges
Week One
30/03/20Monday 30th March
Using household objects, represent the first 5 square numbers.
You could use things like tins, bottles or toilet rolls (if you have them!)
31/03/20
Tuesday 31st March
There are 7 teachers in the maths department. Each teacher has a photo of each of their parents, each of their grandparents and each of their great grandparents. They don’t have any pictures of themselves. How many photos are there altogether?
01/04/20
Wednesday 1st April
Using household objects, represent Pythagoras’ theorem. You could use things like tins, bottles or toilet rolls (if you have them!)
02/04/20
Thursday 2nd April
03/04/20
Friday 3rd April
Using household objects, represent the sequence 1, 3, 5…
For bonus marks, also represent the nth term of this sequence.
You could use things like tins, bottles or toilet rolls (if you have them!)
Week One Answers - Click to Reveal!
Tuesday: 14 x 7 = 98 pictures
Thursday: The answer is 90
Week Two Challenges
Week Two
20/04/20Monday 20th April
Using household objects, represent the next picture in each pattern:
21/04/20
Tuesday 21st April
Below is a tangram. A tangram is a puzzle that can be rearranged into different shapes. There are at least eight pictures you can make with this tangram. Mr Jackson has found one picture to help you – a camel.
Can you find the other 7? A hint will be released tomorrow to help you.
You can download a printable version of the tangram by clicking here.
22/04/20
Wednesday 22nd April
You know over a chair in the LRC and suddenly 10 pairs of eyes are looking at you.
How many people are there in the LRC?
23/04/20
Thursday 23rd April
24/04/20
Friday 24th April
You know over a chair in the LRC and suddenly 10 pairs of eyes are looking at you.
How many people are there in the LRC?
Complete the soduku puzzle by putting the numbers 1 – 9 in every row, column and box, but watch out, you can’t use the numbers more than once!
You can download a printable version of this puzzle by clicking here.
Week Two Answers - Click to Reveal!
Week Three Challenges
Week Three
27/04/20Monday 27th April
Using items around your house, or by drawing a picture, represent the graph of y = x.
31/03/20
Tuesday 28th April
We have chosen an interactive puzzle for today. Please follow this link to play the ‘parking lot’ game.
01/04/20
Wednesday 29th April
A teacher drops some coffee over a sum. Can you help him find the missing numbers?
02/04/20
Thursday 2nd April
03/04/20
Friday 3rd April
Complete the soduku puzzle by putting the numbers 1 – 9 in every row, column and box, but watch out, you can’t use the numbers more than once!
You can download a printable version of this puzzle by clicking here.
Week Three Answers - Click to Reveal!
Week Four Challenges
Week Four
4/05/20Monday 4th May
Using items around your house, or by drawing a picture, represent the graph of y = x².
05/05/20
Tuesday 5th May
We have chosen an interactive puzzle for today. Please follow this link to play the ‘maths match flash’ game.
06/05/20
Wednesday 6th May
Arrange a 4 by 4 square using only aces, Kings, Queens and Jacks from a pack of cards. Every row, column and diagonal should have one of each card and one of each suit.
(Hint: this is a little bit like a sudoku problem)
07/05/20Thursday 7th May
08/05/20Friday 8th May
Complete the soduku puzzle by putting the numbers 1 – 9 in every row, column and box, but watch out, you can’t use the numbers more than once!
You can download a printable version of this puzzle by clicking here.
Week Four Answers - Click to Reveal!
Week Five Challenges
Week Five
11/05/20Monday 11th May
Using toilet rolls, represent the square numbers as a picture.
12/05/20
Tuesday 12th May
How many times can you subtract 3 from 12?
13/05/20
Wednesday 13th May
Move three sticks to make the fish swim in the opposite direction:
14/05/20
Thursday 14th May
15/05/20
Friday 15th May
Complete the soduku puzzle by putting the numbers 1 – 9 in every row, column and box, but watch out, you can’t use the numbers more than once!
You can download a printable version of this puzzle by clicking here.
Week Five Answers - Click to Reveal!
Week Six Challenges
Week Six
18/05/20Monday 18th May
Using items around your house, or by drawing a picture, represent all of the prime numbers up to 20.
19/05/20
Tuesday 19th May
‘Lock down’ is an excellent time to learn new skills. For today we have chosen an interactive chess game, why not challenge yourself to learn how to play this challenging game.
20/05/20
Wednesday 20th May
Using +, -, x and ÷, what is the largest number you can make using:
9, 8, 4 and 3.
21/05/20
Thursday 21st May
15/05/20
Friday 22nd May
Complete the soduku puzzle by putting the numbers 1 – 9 in every row, column and box, but watch out, you can’t use the numbers more than once!
You can download a printable version of this puzzle by clicking here.
Week Six Answers - Click to Reveal!
Week Seven Challenges
Week Seven Challenges
01/06/20Monday 1st June
Using items around your house, or by drawing a picture, represent the eight times tables.
02/06/20
Tuesday 2nd June
We have chosen an interactive puzzle for today. Please follow the link below to play the ‘hangman’ game:
https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/hangman-game-with-math-words.html
03/06/20
Wednesday 3rd June
A teacher drops some coffee over a sum. Can you help her find the missing numbers?
04/01/20
Thursday 4th June
We have chosen an interactive puzzle for today. Please follow the link below to play the ‘mazes’ game:
https://www.mathsisfun.com/measure/mazes.html
05/06/20
Friday 5th June
Complete the sudoku puzzle by putting the numbers 1 – 9 in every row, column and box, but watch out, you can’t use the numbers more than once!
Week Seven Answers - Click to Reveal!
01/06/20
Monday 1st June:
02/06/20
Tuesday 2nd June:
03/06/20
Wednesday 3rd June:
04/06/20
Thursday 4th June:
05/06/20
Friday 5th June:
Week Eight Challenges
Week Eight Challenges
08/06/20
Monday 8th June:
Using items around your house, or by drawing a picture, represent the nine times tables.
09/06/20
Tuesday 9th June:
We have chosen an interactive puzzle for today. Please follow the link below to play the ‘3D tetris’ game:
https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/3d-tetris-game.html
10/06/20
Wednesday 10th June:
A teacher drops some coffee over a sum. Can you help her find the missing numbers?
11/06/20
Thursday 11th June:
We have chosen an interactive puzzle for today. Please follow the link below to play the ‘mazes’ game:
https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/allout.html
12/06/20
Friday 12th June:
Complete the soduku puzzle by putting the numbers 1 – 9 in every row, column and box, but watch out, you can’t use the numbers more than once!
Week Eight Answers
Week Nine Challenges
Week Nine Challenges
15/06/20
Using items around your house, or by drawing a picture, represent the twelve times tables.
16/06/20
We have chosen an interactive puzzle for today. Please follow the link below to play the ‘Alpha Twist’ game:
https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/ninja/alpha/
17/06/20
A teacher drops some coffee over a sum. Can you help her find the missing numbers?
18/06/20
We have chosen an interactive puzzle for today. Please follow the link below to play the ‘arranging’ game:
https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/arrange.html
19/06/20
Complete the soduku puzzle by putting the numbers 1 – 9 in every row, column and box, but watch out, you can’t use the numbers more than once!
Week Nine Answers
Week Ten Challenges
Week Ten Challenges
22/06/20Using items around your house, or by drawing a picture, represent the thirteen times tables.
23/06/20We have chosen an interactive puzzle for today. Please follow the link below to play the ‘Arty Agent’ game:
https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/ninja/arty/
24/06/20A teacher drops some coffee over a sum. Can you help her find the missing numbers?
25/06/20We have chosen an interactive puzzle for today. Please follow the link below to play the ‘blob game’ game:
https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/blob-game.html
26/06/20Complete the soduku puzzle by putting the numbers 1 – 9 in every row, column and box, but watch out, you can’t use the numbers more than once!
Week Ten Answers
Week Eleven Challenges
Week Eleven Challenges
29/06/20Using items around your house, or by drawing a picture, represent the formula to find the area of a rectangle (area = base x height)
20/06/20We have chosen an interactive puzzle for today. Please follow the link to play the ‘Bottle Bash’ game.
01/07/20A teacher drops some coffee over a sum. Can you help her find the missing numbers?
02/07/20We have chosen an interactive puzzle for today. Please follow the link to play the ‘box up’ game.
26/06/20Complete the soduku puzzle by putting the numbers 1 – 9 in every row, column and box, but watch out, you can’t use the numbers more than once!
You can view a printable version of the above puzzle by clicking here.