Challenges Maths Worksheets For Year 2 (age 6-7)
My favourite section: a selection of challenges and investigations to really stretch the brain! There are plenty of ‘how many ways...’ activities to encourage logical thinking and some nifty maths games to play.
Colour balloons: how many ways?
How many ways can the balloons be coloured? A logical thinking exercise.
Dice problem solving
How many different ways can you score a total with two dice?
Problem solving with 3 dice.
Use three dice to see how many different ways a score of 12 can be made.
Dice sorting
Roll two dice and add the totals. Record and sort the results. What do you notice?
Shape and Money Challenge (2)
Buy shapes which are priced according to the number of sides.
How many ways?
Mini investigations into how many different ways totals can be made from three numbers.
How many sums?
Use any three numbers to make a sum and add it up. How many different ways can you do this?
Addition: How many ways of making 100?
A mini investigation for superbrains. How many ways can you make 100, just using the numbers and signs shown?
Four dart challenge
What possible scores could I get with four darts?
Beanbag and bucket
Sam's got a great aim but how many can he score with four beanbags?
Digit investigation
Addition and subtraction related to the six digits shown.
Dice sorting numbers
Roll two dice and add the totals. Record and sort results.
Sorting dominoes
Dominoes are a great resource for sorting. Try these ideas to begin with.
Terrific twenty
Using only the numbers 3 and 2 and the + and - signs, can all the numbers up to 20 be made?
Up and down
Put the numbers in the boxes so that the total of the row across adds up to the same as the total of the column down. Several ways to do this, leading to further investigations.
Addition numbers
Find as many ways as possible to complete the number sentence.
3 coin challenge
I've got three coins. They are all different. What possible totals could I have?
Quarter of a bar of chocolate
How many ways are there of eating a quarter of a bar of chocolate?
Find the right signs
All the signs are missing. Find the correct signs to complete the number sentences.
3 cards for 12
Can you find 10 different ways of making 12 with 3 cards? (One card is zero, which makes it trickier!)
19 Miles
Three very athletic runners sharing a 19 mile relay. They each run an odd number of miles. How could they do this?
Make 2-digit numbers
Make and order 2-digit numbers from a selection of number cards.
Presents Challenge
How many presents could each of the three girls have got from a total of 20. They all got an even number of presents!
How long? Timed challenge
How long will it take to complete a page of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division questions?
Not 3 in a line
How many counters can you place on the grid without getting 3 in a row?
Dinosaur egg laying challenge
3 dinosaurs laid some eggs. They laid 19 altogether. How many did they each lay?
Nim (1)
An easy version of the game of Nim. Great for logical thinking and you can always win (if you know what you are doing!)
Hexagon Challenge
Find a route through the maze from IN to OUT adding the numbers as you go.
Buttons in the Boxes
Three boxes and 20 buttons. How many different ways can the buttons be put in the boxes so that each box has an even number?
Car Number Plate
Create a number plate for the gorillas new car: but you can only use the digits 1, 2 or 3!
Magic Squares
The very simplest forms of magic squares and some ideas on how to turn them into colour patterns.
Sudoku First
Fill in the puzzle so that every row, column and diagonal contains the numbers 1 to 4.
