Maths Challenge Cards Set D

*The ‘Maths Challenge Cards - Set D’ pdf files which you can download from this site give you the first 10 questions and answers from the complete set of 50. If you would like to have the complete set of questions and answers, please go to my website . . .

I originally designed these Challenge Cards for the more able pupils in Year 7. However, I have labelled them alphabetically to give teachers the option of using them with different year-groups. No extra skills are needed beyond those usually taught to year 7 pupils. The aim is to challenge and extend pupils by encouraging them to use their existing skills imaginatively and creatively as they tackle sometimes difficult, new or unfamiliar problems. The cards are of roughly the same difficulty (which means that they do not have to be worked through in any particular order).

The cards are designed to be printed up landscape on A4 card (two A5 Challenge Cards to a page) and the set comes complete with answers. The Challenge Cards have been extensively tried and tested in the classroom and many teachers have found them to be a valuable extra resource. I hope you and your pupils enjoy using them.

note : Although most teachers print straight to card, some have chosen to print on paper at either A5 or A6 size. Easily stuck into the pupil’s maths book, the problems produced this way can be useful for either classroom or home working. Alternatively, problems can be emailed to pupils for homework / prep or for distance learning.

In maths, as in other subjects, able pupils need (and deserve) to be challenged. These cards are designed to do just that; they have already proved popular ‘extender’ material with teachers in the UK and beyond.