Missing
digit puzzles are a perfect way to challenge Key Stage 2 pupils and help them
to achieve maths mastery. Use the puzzles as starter activities, whole class
problem solving or for stretching the more able.
The
instructions for these puzzles are simple - fill in the gaps in the
calculations using each digit provided only once. The puzzles are designed so
that there is one solution but thousands of possibilities. They cannot be
solved by simply trying all the permutations - there are far too many. Pupils
will have to really think about the problems and use their knowledge and
understanding of maths to decide which statements to fill in first.
The
puzzles will develop and consolidate children's understanding of addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division, as well as fractions, decimals,
percentages and much more.