Mathematics and numeracy

Challenge 1: Ancient Egyptian numbers

In this two-part challenge learners will compare our base 10 system using Hindu-Arabic numbers to ancient Egyptian base10 system which used hieroglyphics for numerals but did not have 0 as a place holder.

Challenge 2: Islamic patterns

In this two-part challenge the learners to Islamic patterns and the concept of tessellation. Learners will practise using shape vocabulary in French in conjunction with colour adjectives.

Challenge 3: Scale

In this challenge the learners can create a scale model of the great pyramid with resources from the PBS website. This gives the actual measurements and scale measurements for the Great Pyramid.

This challenge links to the concepts covered in the technologies challenge.