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Problem-solving Investigations - Year 3/4
Hamilton provide weekly Mixed Year 3/4 maths problem-solving investigations (below). These mixed-age investigations below will be phased out when we phase out our mixed age weekly maths plans. Year 3/4 short maths blocks will be coming during Summer Term for September 2019 and will include investigations for every unit. Find out more about the timetable for Hamilton's Y3/4 maths blocks, including investigations.
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Children investigate how many numbers between one and ten thousand have a zero.
Use numbers 0 to 7 (or multiples of 10 from 0 to 70) to make a total of 10 (or 100) on each side of a square.
Subtract a number which is the reverse of another, e.g. 62 - 26, or 462 - 264.
Children create specified 3-D shapes using 2-D representations and then combine these to create other 3-D shapes including a cube.
Children double numbers up to 10 (Y3) or 20 (Y4) and look for duplicate sequences.
Children use knowledge of inverse operations to quickly work out a sequence of calculations.
Children arrange the 'nearly numbers' in a square so that each row and column adds to Magic 147.
Year 3: Children subtract numbers with identical digits from 101, 102, 103...and look for patterns in the answers. Year 4: Children create 3-digit palindromic numbers with a 'hole' (i.e. a zero) in the middle. They subtract 3-digit numbers with equal numbers of 1s, 10s and 100s and identify patterns.
Children work out which times won't show correctly because of a faulty segment in the digital display.
Year 3: Children use their knowledge of the 3, 4, and 5 times tables to work out mystery numbers. Year 4: Children use their knowledge of the 5, 6, and 8 times tables to work out mystery numbers.
Children use their knowledge of fractions and tables to find mystery numbers.