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EBA Skills

Help them feel capable enough to keep going.

Twenty short, connected skills that build fluency, judgement and logical thinking. Each challenge gives them something they can finish, improve and feel more certain about the next time.

Speed & calculation

Speed Maths

Outcome

Make familiar calculations feel easier.

Build the fluency to answer without stopping to reconstruct every basic calculation from the beginning.

Speed & calculation

Missing Number Rush

Outcome

See the relationship, not just the blank.

Help them understand how addition, subtraction, multiplication and division connect when part of the calculation is missing.

Speed & calculation

Operation Dash

Outcome

Know which operation the question needs.

Practise recognising whether the numbers should be added, subtracted, multiplied or divided instead of choosing by habit.

Speed & calculation

Target Total

Outcome

Find more than one way through a problem.

Build flexible thinking by combining numbers and operations to reach a clear target.

Speed & calculation

Calculation Chain

Outcome

Hold onto the thinking from one step to the next.

Strengthen calculation and working memory by carrying a result through a connected sequence.

Check & verify

Maths Referee

Outcome

Spot mistakes before accepting them.

Help them inspect equations and become more willing to question an answer that does not make sense.

Check & verify

X Check

Outcome

Make early algebra feel less unfamiliar.

Practise testing a value and seeing whether it makes an equation true.

Check & verify

Pattern Check

Outcome

Recognise the rule behind what they see.

Help them notice how a sequence changes and decide whether the next item genuinely belongs.

Check & verify

Estimate Check

Outcome

Know when an answer looks wrong.

Build the number sense to judge whether a result is sensible before accepting it.

Check & verify

Method Check

Outcome

Understand where the working went wrong.

Help them inspect a method, locate the mistake and see how one incorrect step affects everything afterwards.

Number properties

Prime Path

Outcome

Recognise prime numbers without guessing.

Turn prime-number knowledge into something they can identify and use confidently.

Number properties

Factor Finder

Outcome

See how numbers fit together.

Build familiarity with factor pairs so division, fractions and later number work feel less disconnected.

Number properties

Multiple Hunt

Outcome

Make times-table knowledge easier to recognise.

Help them spot multiples even when they are mixed among numbers designed to look almost right.

Number properties

Number Sort

Outcome

Know why a number belongs.

Practise organising numbers by their properties instead of treating every number as an isolated fact.

Number properties

Odd One Out

Outcome

Explain what makes one answer different.

Build the habit of comparing properties, finding the rule and justifying the choice.

Logic & deduction

Animal Detective

Outcome

Trust the conclusion the clues lead to.

Use information carefully, remove impossible options and stay with the reasoning until one answer remains.

Logic & deduction

Number Detective

Outcome

Turn number facts into useful clues.

Combine properties such as odd, even, greater than, prime and multiple to identify a hidden number.

Logic & deduction

Shape Detective

Outcome

Recognise shapes by what makes them different.

Use sides, angles, symmetry and other properties to identify the correct shape with greater certainty.

Logic & deduction

Logic Grid Junior

Outcome

Keep track of several clues at once.

Build organised reasoning by connecting information and ruling out combinations that cannot be true.

Logic & deduction

Higher or Lower Hunt

Outcome

Make every guess more informed than the last.

Practise narrowing a range, learning from feedback and choosing the next move deliberately.

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