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  In this Year Seven textbook from Task Maths, there are 28 mathematics tasks. There are also useful sets of review exercises after every three tasks and revision exercises at the end. Each task consists of a number of differentiated activities. Many activities are investigative or exploratory and encourage discussion of ideas. Task Maths contains some innovative content in most tasks with some containing material which is very different, and possibly more engaging, than that found in many texts.
  
  1. Monty - Number patterns on a 100 Square using a computer program
  
  2. How big is your classroom? - Area and volume
  
  3. Birthdays - Data handling using birth dates and ages
  
  4. Halving - Particularly based on symmetry and halving of various grids
  
  5. Bags of cubes - Introductory probability
  
  6. Slot machines - Coin problems and paying for various tickets
  
  7. Leaves - Area of a leaf
  
  8. What is a square? - Exploring properties and making other shapes starting with squares
  
  9. A slice of pie - Angles and pie charts
  
  10. Words - Handling data – includes word length, starting letters , house numbers
  
  11. Cube models - Problems based on shapes made from cubes including isometric drawings
  
  12.Twelve days of Christmas - Puzzles based on the song including changing the rules
  
  13. The answer is 42 - Explorations – what is the question
  
  14. Models made from squares and triangles - Making 3D models
  
  15. Bingo - Probability –includes using dice and random numbers
  
  16. Number chains - Variety of number chains generated by flow charts
  
  17. Polygon arrangements - Symmetry mainly based on ATM Polygonal MATS
  
  18. Palindromes - Variety of tasks and includes the ‘Palindromic Number” investigation
  
  19. Food - Includes a range of ancient recipes, changing units, favourites, network diagrams
  
  20. Number shapes - Number patterns
  
  21. Optical illusions - Measuring and angles in an interesting context
  
  22. What is a third? - As a vulgar fraction, decimal and percentage
  
  23. It's magic! - A resource for magic squares and crosses includes construction methods
  
  24. People and calculators - Methods of calculation and some ways of using a calculator
  
  25. What is a circle? - Circles in everyday contexts and circle patterns
  
  26. Folding Paper and Card - Folding in half and folding strips to make shapes
  
  27. Number ladders - A number-based strategy game
  
  28. What a load of rubbish! - Handling data: re-cycling and proportions of different types of rubbish
  
  The Teachers' Resource Book Contents *Introduction The first part of the book covers the approach taken, resources and materials needed and the teacher’s role. *Guide to tasks There are typically two or three pages of information on each of the 28 tasks which give answers and brief suggestions for approaches to the activities as well as listing any resources needed.
  
  *Answers to the review exercises and to the revision exercise
  
  *Copymasters.
  
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