Step 2 Objective
Investigate a general statement about familiar numbers by finding examples that satisfy it.
- Examples of what pupils should
know and be able to do - Probing questions
- What if pupils find
this a barrier?
What if pupils find this a barrier?
Pupils may need more experience of using the vocabulary. Give pupils a list of words, e.g. odd, even, multiple, greater than, between. Ask pupils, in pairs, to select a number without showing their partner, and then to write some statements about the number to help their partner guess the number. For example, starting from 15:
- It is an odd number.
- It is a multiple of 5.
- It is an odd number between 10 and 20.
Then try starting from general statements for pupils to find their own examples.