Children apply their addition skills in an investigation looking at how they can make the biggest possible sum using digit cards. This uses the standard written method.
A Stone Age Themed resource to introduce adding two and three digit number, including words problems. Includes two levels of children's activities and challenge questions, finishing with a reasoning problem for the plenary. A 10 page resource that can be easily adapted to simplify to 2 digit numbers or extend to adding two 3 digit numbers.
Lovely practical task that involves measuring flint and then adding the length of flint and sticks to make spears for Stig, with printable flint for the children to measure.
A nice resources that introduces consecutive numbers and then introduces the investigation, can any counting number be made by adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing consecutive numbers, gives opportunity to explore brackets and negative number e.g. 6 = (1-2) + ( 3+4) A 13 page resource.