Download Numicon Activity Ideas for Parents

Numicon
Activity Ideas
Please try to use some of these
activities with your children at home.
Also, ask them to show you
what they do with the numicon
at school.
• Make a pattern e.g. 4, 1 ,4, 1, 4, 1 draw the numicon shapes
• Make a picture: house, train, face etc.
• Find a piece that is one more/ one less than a given number
• Choose 2 numicon pieces from a bag. Which is more/less? What’s the difference?
Place them on top to show subtraction.
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• Can you order the shapes from smallest to biggest?
• Give me the number 4 in numicon pieces. Is there another way you could give me
4? Repeat for other numbers.
• Number bonds to 10. e.g.
• Inverse: 4 + 5 = 9 therefore 9 – 5 = 4
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• Commutative: does not matter which way round you add 12 + 6 is the
same as 6 +12
*Does not work for subtraction*
• Multiplication 3 x 5 3 lots of 5 numicon pieces
+ + = 15
• Place value -tens and unit frame to show 2 digit numbers
Tens Units
1
3
• Sort numicon pieces into odd and even numbers. Investigate numbers that
when added together they always make an even number. E.g. 2 + 2 = 4
• Throw a dice and take the numicon piece to match the number rolled. When
the amount exceeds 10 match amount with a 10 numicon piece and other
required amount. E.g. 5 + 3 + 8 = one 10 numicon piece and one 6 numicon
piece
Can be made with:
• Count up in 2’s, 5’s and 10s drawing the numicon pieces
• How many different rectangles can you make using the numicon pieces.
Record number sentence to describe e.g. 4 + 2 = 6
• I have one yellow plate. Which plates can I change them for?
is the same as
and
• I have one red plate. Give me the double. Repeat for other numbers
Double 5 is 10
• Which shapes will make squares?
• I’m thinking of a number with one green and yellow numicon piece. What is
it?
• Add three numbers in any order. Use 3 numicon pieces to illustrate.
• How many 5 piece numicon pieces would you need to make 45?
• Give child 2 piles of numicon pieces. Find out which pile is more or less.
Pile 1
Pile 2
• Give child 3 piles of numicon pieces. Find out how many and order piles.
Be creative, have fun and experiment with the numicon pieces.
Enjoy!