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Here are some specific activities, investigations or visual aids we have picked out. Click anywhere in the grey area to access the resource. The options may go beyong the scope of this level of the Functional Skills requirements.

• Counting Quest Try this exercise to master counting up to 100 items with precision and confidence.
• Number Grids Investigate the properties of number with these interactive number grids.
• Number Line This number line visual aid is designed to be projected onto a whiteboard for whole class exposition.
• Counter A dynamic visual aid that counts! Choose the first term, common difference and the speed
• Furthermore A self-marking exercise on counting forwards or backwards in tens, hundreds, thousands etc.

Click on a topic below for suggested lesson Starters, resources and activities from Transum.

• Mental Methods Though using pencil and paper are as useful as having up-to-date technology skills, there is no substitute for strategic mental methods for working out calculations and solving problems. The activities in this topic are designed to improve pupils' abilities to use their brains. Calculating 'in your head' can be a difficult task. If you cannot remember what you have worked out or simply do not know how to solve a problem then it can be very challenging and frustrating. It is important to learn and practise mental arithmetic and using mathematical patterns, you can dramatically improve the speed and accuracy of your mental mathematics. See also the Arithmetic topic and our Number Skills Inventory.