Photocopiable Investigations

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Welcome to hours of mathematical enjoyment!

(Ages 7-10): Half and Quarter Hours (£0.70)

Explore the relationship between hours and minutes. Build patterns in half hours and quarter hours to consolidate understanding and then challenge yourself or a partner to convert times from hours to minutes.

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(Ages 7-10): How many minutes in a day? (£0.70)

Discover a pattern in the number of minutes in different numbers of hours and then extend the pattern to find out how many minutes there are in a day. Discover the link between the 60x table and the 6x table.

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(Ages 8-11): Shadow Clocks (£0.80)

Investigate how the length and direction of a shadow change during the course of a day. Learn about compass directions, symmetry, practical measurement using a metre stick, time (am/pm) and use of a table to display results.

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(Ages 10-13): Train Journey (£1.80)

Investigate how to use train timetables, calculate journey times, interpret maps, measure distances, use averages and work with scale.

Create an information booklet about a forthcoming train journey.

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(Ages 10-13): Flights (£1.20)

An investigation into flight times for an aeroplane between different places. Covers map scales, averages, conversion tables and speeds.

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