Transcript Starters designed to get students `Talking Maths`

Starters designed to get
students ‘Talking Maths’
The answer is 36
What is the Question?
What questions can you
ask and answer?
Sequences – Group in as many ways
as you can and explain your reasoning
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5, 9, 13, 17……
4, 2, 0, -2…..
3, 6, 11, 18…..
2, 5, 10, 17, 26…..
1, 8, 21, 40, 65…..
6, 10, 14, 18…..
Division always makes a number
smaller
Multiplication always makes a
number bigger
True or False – Discuss
Provide reasons to support your argument
All Polygons Tessellate
True, False or Sometimes
Discuss
Provide reasons to support your
argument
2
X
>X
Always, Sometimes, Never
Discuss
Provide reasons to support your
argument
p + 12 = s + 12
Always, Sometimes, Never
Discuss
Provide reasons to support your
argument
Which picture is the odd one out
Discuss
Provide reasons to support your argument
What can you say about these numbers
Discuss
5
7
9
8
36
2
1
16
13
21
4
x + y = xy
True or False
Discuss
Provide reasons to support your
argument
Which is bigger 3n or n+3
Is there a value that n could be so that 3n or
n+3 could be the same
What method could you use to solve this
problem?
The area of a rectangle is
always a larger number
than the perimeter
Always, Sometimes, Never
Discuss
Provide reasons to support your
argument