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University of Cambridge: Nrich: Is It Magic or Is It Maths? ActivityUniversity of Cambridge: Nrich: Is It Magic or Is It Maths? Activity
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University of Cambridge
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3rd - 8th
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University of Cambridge: Nrich: Is It Magic or Is It Maths?

Curated by ACT

On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern recognition skills while working on this magic challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

number patterns, number sense, patterns

Additional Tags

analyzing patterns, arithmetic patterns, finding a pattern, finding patterns, identify patterns, identifying a pattern, identifying patterns, looking for patterns, number relationships, numeric patterns, numerical patterns, pattern generalization, pattern generalizations, pattern identification, pattern identify, pattern recognition, pattern relationships, patterning, recognize a pattern, recognizing patterns, nrich

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

4.OA.C.5

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