Extra Tasks

Year 6 (3B) Student Resource Book

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Number Knowledge 1

- Place Value

1. NK 3 - Extra Tasks 1 - 11111

2. NK 3 - Extra Tasks 2 - 3-Digit Repeats

3. NK 3 - Extra Tasks 3 - The Square

4. NK 3 - Extra Tasks 4 - Magic Squares

Chapter 1

- Adding and subtracting using a range of strategies

1. Ben's Cycle Ride

2. That's Puzzling

3. Reverse the Digits

4. Adding 1 to 10 & 1 to 100 in your head

Number Knowledge 4

There are no Extra Tasks for NK 4.

Chapter 3

- Estimating the answers to addition and subtraction problems

1. More Estimation Practice

2. The Long Day

3. Estimating Statistics

4. Estimating Perimeters

5. Estimation for Life

Chapter 3

- Adding and subtracting using written methods

1. Do I Add or Subtract?

2. More Addition & Subtraction Practice

3. Adding & Subtracting by choosing a mental or written strategy

4. Place My Digits

Number Knowledge 5 - 9

There are no Extra Tasks for NK 5 - 9.

Chapter 4

- Adding and subtracting decimals

1. Addition & Subtraction of Decimal Practice

Number Knowledge 10

There are no Extra Tasks for NK 10.

Chapter 5

- Multiplying and dividing whole numbers

1. Interpreting Remainders

2. Family of Facts

3. What Does This Say?

4. Cross Number Puzzle

Chapter 6

- Solving problems using all four operations

1. Choosing Which Operation

2. A Mathematician's Guide to Problem Solving (2 Pages)

3. Puzzles

4. Investigations

5. Whoops I Made a Mistake!

Number Knowledge 11 - 12

There are no Extra Tasks for NK11 - 12.

Chapter 7

- Fractions, decimals and percentages

1. Percentage Smorgasbord

2. Shop Smart

3. Flags

Chapter 8

- Fractions and ratios

1. Puzzle

2. Patterns in Equivalent Fractions

3. Game - Make Me The Same

4. How Would You Pave It?

Chapter 9

- Equations and relationships

1. Three Dogs

2. Painting Pots

3. Letters of the Alphabet

4. Captain Equals

5. Is it Always True?

Chapter 10

- Patterns and rules

1. Rules for Patterns (2 pages)

2. Equation Patterns

3. Birthday Candles

4. The Binary System

Chapter 11

- Time

1. Changes Over Time

2. Puzzle Mix Up

3. A New School/Class Timetable

Chapter 12

- Perimeter, area and volume

1. Don't Burn

2. Same Perimeter

3. Game - Make My Area or Perimeter

4. What Can You Draw?

5. Mop It Up

6. Making Boxes

7. More Perimeter, Area &

Volume Problems

8. The Library

Chapter 13

- Measures

1. Rain, Rain Go Away!

2. Sink or Swim?

3. Solving Measures Problems

4. Which Units?

5. Unit Puzzle

6. Mixed Up

7. Game - What Did I Use to

Order These?

8. What Is It?

9. Cooking With a Purpose

10. The Cross-Country Race Course

Chapter 14

- 2D shape

Chapter 15

- 3D shape

1. Draw Half A Net First

2. Prism Or Not?

3. Painted Cubes

4. Making A Necklace

5. Chop It Off or Make A Hole

6. Making Stamps

7. Making Models

8. The Model

Chapter 16

- Maps and scales

1. Map of the School

2. The Theme Park

3. Longest and Shortest

4. Game - Sprouts

5. Puzzles

6. Can You Find The Way?

7. Scale Practice

8. Three Houses

Chapter 17

- Transformations

1. Cat and Mouse

2. Gameboards

3. Game - Copy Me

4. Design Your Own Book Cover

Chapter 18

- Displaying and analysing data

1. Make It Up

2. Graph Word

3. More Graph Practice (2 pages)

Chapter 19

- Surveys and collecting data

1. School Census

2. Sport on the News

Chapter 20

- Probability

1. Finding Outcomes

Chapter 21

Rich tasks for all strands

There are no Extra Tasks for Chapter 21.

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