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Fitting numbers

In this Core Maths activity students are asked to play a ‘ladder game’ in order to improve decision making and explore probability theory.

Fitting Numbers: Overview
This teacher guidance contains a range of information including prior student knowledge, suggested approaches and possible extension activities.

Fitting Numbers: Guidance
These teacher notes include the task objectives, an explanation of the resources involved in the task and instructions of how to play the game.

Fitting Numbers: excel sheet

This excel spreadsheet contains a series of tabs containing addition and multiplication statements and sample space diagrams.

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