PLE Number Challenge

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PLE Number Challenge

Use number facts, operations and estimation to choose an answer—and defend why it makes sense.

THE CHALLENGE

The Number Evidence File

Your PLE study team has fifteen number claims to investigate. For every claim, identify the rule, calculate carefully and use estimation or number sense to check the result.

1 · READ THE NUMBER

What does each digit mean?

Notice the place value, unit, fraction, base or operation before calculating.

2 · CHOOSE THE RULE

Decide before you calculate.

Write the operation or property you need. This prevents random working.

3 · CHECK THE CLAIM

Estimate and explain.

Ask whether the size and form of the answer fit the original question.

Investigate each claim.

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WARM-UP · Place value and number properties

1. How is 5,326 written in words?

2. What is the value of 7 in 274,619?

3. Round 84,672 to the nearest thousand.

4. Find the HCF of 24 and 36.

5. Find the LCM of 6 and 8.

GUIDED APPLICATION · Fractions, decimals, percentages and bases

6. Calculate 3/4 + 2/3.

7. Calculate 2.4 × 0.35.

8. Find 15% of 240.

9. Convert 243₅ to base ten.

10. What number is represented by XLIX?

REASONING CHALLENGE · Defend the answer

11. Each bus carries 45 pupils. How many buses are needed for 257 pupils?

12. Three consecutive even numbers total 72. What is the middle number?

13. A quantity of 64 is shared in the ratio 3:5. What is the smaller share?

14. A learner says 4 + 6 × 3 = 30. What is the correct value?

15. Which number is a square number between 100 and 130?

Coach reflection

Return to every item you missed. Say the rule aloud, redo the calculation without the choices, and explain how you checked that the answer was reasonable.