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Number Play · Use mental arithmetic and spot patterns · 3:40

You'll learn: Support a claim or find a counterexample

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Always sometimes or never

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You'll learn: Support a claim or find a counterexample

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Use mental arithmetic and spot patterns

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Regroup to make a friendly calculation
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Regroup to make a friendly calculation
You'll learn: Explain mental addition and multiplication
An operation changes more than the digits
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An operation changes more than the digits
You'll learn: Reason about possible result sizes

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Explore the Collatz process

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Two rules create a number journey
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Two rules create a number journey
You'll learn: Apply half for even numbers and three times plus one for odd numbers
Examples leave a bigger question
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Examples leave a bigger question
You'll learn: Understand what an unproved conjecture means

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Estimate quantities sensibly

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Estimate using a small count
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Estimate using a small count
You'll learn: Use representative groups to estimate a larger quantity
Choose a sensible scale for an estimate
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Choose a sensible scale for an estimate
You'll learn: Check whether a result is plausible

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Explore games and winning strategies

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Work backwards in a counting game
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Work backwards in a counting game
You'll learn: Find useful target totals for adding one two or three
Change the rules and rethink the strategy
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Change the rules and rethink the strategy
You'll learn: Adapt reasoning when the target or allowed move changes

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Turn a question into a small data collection

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What do we need to find out
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What do we need to find out
You'll learn: Turn a practical question into collectable responses
Collect data consistently
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Collect data consistently
You'll learn: Record each response once in useful categories

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Organise observations with tally marks

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Tallies help us keep count
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Tallies help us keep count
You'll learn: Record observations in groups of five
Turn tallies into a frequency table
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Turn tallies into a frequency table
You'll learn: Read category counts and verify totals

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Read a pictograph and its key

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A picture can stand for several objects
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A picture can stand for several objects
You'll learn: Use a key to interpret a pictograph
Half a symbol has a meaning too
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Half a symbol has a meaning too
You'll learn: Read a partial symbol when the key permits it

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Construct a pictograph

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Choose a useful pictograph key
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Choose a useful pictograph key
You'll learn: Balance space and accurate representation