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This resource contains ten instant maths ideas covering a whole range of suggestions that may be used as starter questions, extension questions or probing questions to assess understanding. Areas covered include: * exploring the different answers that can be achieved by completing parts of a complicated calculation in different orders * developing true or false statements * exploring the difference brackets make to a calculation * a resource sheet requiring students to insert the correct operators to make the calculations correct.

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