What number am I? 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Working with Students Further Resources This task is about using clues to identify a number. Question 1Change answer a) I am a number between 2 and 10. When I am divided by a 2 or a 3, my remainder is 1. a) I am a number between 2 and 10. When I am divided by a 2 or a 3, my remainder is 1. What number am I? Question 1Change answer b) I am a number between 30 and 50. When I am divided by a 5 or a 9, my remainder is 3. b) I am a number between 30 and 50. When I am divided by a 5 or a 9, my remainder is 3. What number am I? Question 1Change answer c) I am a number between 30 and 60. When I am divided by a 7 or an 8, my remainder is 2. c) I am a number between 30 and 60. When I am divided by a 7 or an 8, my remainder is 2. What number am I? Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto marking displayed to students). Level: 4 Curriculum info: Maths, Number and Algebra, Number Strategies Keywords: factors, multiples, division, divisibility Description of task: Students identify numbers using clues which give the range within which each number falls and two factors with their remainder. Curriculum Links: This resource can help to identify students' ability to apply multipicative strategies flexibly to division with whole numbers with remainders. Learning Progression FrameworksThis resource can provide evidence of learning associated with Multiplicative thinking, sets 6-7 within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks. Answers/responses: Y9 (03/99) a) 7 moderate b) 48 difficult c) 58 very difficult Diagnostic and formative information: Common error Likely calculation Likely reason a) b) c) 6 45 56 3 × 2 9 × 5 8 × 7 Ignores remainder. Give-aways Sharing fruit and vegetables What number? At the Zoo
