Math · Stage 1
Maths detective: explore, test and spot the pattern
Explore, test and spot the pattern like a maths detective, and give evidence for or against an idea.
✦ Math📘 Stage 1 · S1⏱ ~9 min🧒 Ages 5–6★ Free to start
explore, test and spot the pattern like a maths detective, and give evidence for or against an idea
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Is Siti right?
Dewi finds 8 blocks at the market stall. Her friend Siti says that odd numbers are all small. Dewi is not sure. She does not want to guess. How can she find out if Siti is right? She will play with the blocks, test numbers, and look for one case that could break the idea. By the end I can try things out, test an idea, and show why it is true or false.
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What your child will learn
1Warm up with counters
2Play with 8 blocks your way
3Say true facts about a tile
4Test 13 against two clues
5Sort numbers by the clues
6Collect examples and spot the pattern
7Evidence that backs an idea
8One example can break a claim
9Spot what examples share
10Properties of an object
11Match each word to its picture
12Check your thinking
13Fix four wrong ideas
14Button pairs: explore and test
15I can be a maths detective
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A peek inside
Budi has 8 blocks and plays with them his own way. What can he find out and tell?
Budi puts the 8 blocks in pairs.<br>He counts 4 pairs with none left.<br>He tells it: I made pairs, and 4 + 4 = 8, so 8 is even.
Try this at home: Budi has 8 blocks and plays with them his own way. What can he find out and tell?
Ready to play and learn?
Start the free interactive lesson, or print the handout for screen-free play.
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