Develop fluency with the target boards. Use the target boards to:
- recall and remember useful number facts;
- use number facts to calculate mentally;
- explain thinking and methods of calculating.
- use mathematical language correctly.
Print Target Board 3
- Say each number out loud.
- Say the numbers in order.
- Point at a number and then find that number of objects.
- Point at a number – what is 10 more than that number?
Ask children to look at the target board and:
Find two numbers that total / add up to 20.
- How do you know you are correct?
- How did you work it out? Explain your thinking.
- How many pairs of numbers can you find?
- Make a list of the pairs you find.
- Make up a number story to go with your pairs of numbers e.g. 13 + 7 = 20 There were 13 ladybirds sitting on a leaf, 7 more came along and now there are 20.
Find more than two numbers that total 20?
Find numbers that make other totals.
Find the total of the numbers in the first column. How did you work it out? Which numbers did you add first? What did you notice? Did you notice that 18 + 2 = 20? How does this help?
Find the sum of the numbers in the bottom row. How did you do that? Which numbers did you add first? What did you notice? What is the easiest way to add up the numbers?
Find the column with the highest total. Which column is easiest to add up? Why?
Find the number that is double 1, double 2, double 3………..
Find the number that is half of 10, half of 12………
Find two numbers with a difference of 2, a difference of 4…………
Make a list of your numbers. Put them in order. What do you notice? Can you find any patterns?
Problem solving with the target board
My total is 16 – find two numbers that you can add together to make my total. Can you find three numbers to make my total?
One of my numbers is 7. When I add it to another number, my total is 13. What is my second number?
I am thinking of a number and when I count on 5, I say 14. Find the number I started with.
I am thinking of a number and when I count back 3, I say 8. Find the number I started with.
I am thinking of a number. I doubled it to make 16. What is my number?
My difference is 5 – find two numbers on the target board that have a difference of 5.
I am thinking of two numbers. When I take away the smaller from the larger my answer is 4. What numbers could I be thinking of? How many pairs of numbers can you find? How do you know you have found them all?
One of my numbers is 15. When I subtract another number, I am left with 9. What is my second number?
Make up some of your own problems like this.
Digit Dog Challenges 