Developing Mathematical Habits of Mind with NRICH

Habits of Mind

• Natural Curiosity• Thinking Mathematically• Working Collaboratively• Mindset and Determination

Natural Curiosity

Unequal Averages

Unequal Averages

Work out the mean, median, mode and range of:

4, 6, 7, 7, 11

What do you notice?

Can you find other similar sets?

Can you find sets of five positive whole numbers that satisfy:

Mode < Median < Mean

Mode < Mean < Median

Mean < Mode < Median

Mean < Median < Mode

Median < Mode < Mean

Median < Mean < Mode

Thinking Mathematically

Dicey Operations

Dicey Operations

Roll a die 9 times.

Fill in the grid after each roll.

Who can get closest to 1000?

Dicey Operations

Roll a die 5 times.

Fill in the grid after each roll.

Who can get closest to 10000?

Working Collaboratively

Olympic Measures

Mindset and Determination

Product Sudoku

Enriching the Secondary Curriculum

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