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Dave Carden
Liverpool LEA
Introduction
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These cards are designed to be used as
mental and oral starters at Key Stages 2 to 4
Ideally they should be laminated with the
sample key questions on the back
Please add key questions of your own and
adapt the cards to reflect the ability of your
students
N1
N1
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
•How many Liverpool
Badges can you see?
•If I have 4 Liverpool,
how many Everton ?
•How many Everton?
•If I have 12 Everton,
how many Liverpool ?
•How many badges
altogether?
•If I had 10 badges
altogether, how many
would be Liverpool ,
Everton ?
•I have 20 badges
altogether …..
EXTENSION
I have 21 badges ….
If there are 3
Liverpool badges …
N2
1,3,5,7...
N2
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
•What is the 1st number
in this sequence?
•…the 3rd, 4th
•On your whiteboards,
write the number that
you think comes next.
•What will the 8th
number be?
•What will the next red
number be?
CORE
•What is the 6th term?
•….10th term, 20th …
•What will the 5th blue
number be?
•What is the 10th blue
term?
EXTENSION
What is the nth
term?
Use the nth term to
find the 30th term,
50th …
N3
1,4,7,10...
N3
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
•What is the 1st number
in this sequence?
•…the 3rd, 4th
•On your whiteboards,
write the number that
you think comes next.
•What will the 8th
number be?
•What will the next red
number be?
CORE
•What is the 6th term?
•….10th term, 20th …
•What will the 5th blue
number be?
•What is the 10th blue
term?
EXTENSION
What is the nth
term?
Use the nth term to
find the 30th term,
50th …
N4
£12
N4
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
•Share £12 between 2
people so that 1 person
gets twice as much as
the other
•3 times as much
•Equal amounts
•5 times as much
CORE
•Share £12 in the ratio
of 2:1 , 1:2 , 2:4 …
•Share £12 in the ratio
2:1:3 , 1:1:3 ….
•Write the ratio 2:4 in
its lowest terms ….
EXTENSION
•Share £12 in the
ratio 3/2 : 5/2 ……
N5
¼,½,¾,1…
N5
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
•What is the 1st number
in this sequence?
•…the 3rd, 4th
•On your whiteboards,
write the number that
you think comes next.
•What will the 8th
number be?
•What will the next red
number be?
CORE
•What is the 6th term?
•….10th term, 20th …
•What will the 5th blue
number be?
•What is the 10th blue
term?
EXTENSION
What is the nth
term?
Use the nth term to
find the 30th term,
50th …
N6
2 9 12
5 23 4
21
16
N6
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
•On your whiteboards,
write down all the odd
numbers
•Even numbers
•Which number is a half
of ….
•…a third of
CORE
•Write down all the
multiples of 2, 3 …..
•…factors of 8
•Prime numbers
•An even prime
number
•….a quarter of
•The biggest prime
number
•The biggest even
number …
•The number with
most factors …..
•Find the difference
between the biggest
and smallest number
EXTENSION
Which 3 numbers
added together give
a total which is a
prime number … a
square number …a
cube number … a
triangle number ….
……..